Black Coffee – real name Nkosinathi Maphumulo – has been dragged on social media after he claimed he was not in a customary marriage with his ex-wife, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa, despite images on the internet suggesting otherwise.
The Grammy Award-winning DJ made the comment in reaction to the Constitutional Court’s landmark ruling this week.
BLACK COFFEE DENIES CUSTOMARY MARRIAGE
Shortly after the Constitutional Court ruled that antenuptial contracts signed after customary marriages – and the practice of lobola – was invalid, Black Coffee broke his silence on social media.
The DJ responded to a video post by podcaster Penuel Mlotshwa, who argued that lobola did not constitute a civil union, which by default is set to a community of property contract.
Black Coffee boldly stated: “There was no customary marriage” of his union to Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa.
He added: “We both never intended to do a customary marriage”, and “even our prenup stated that we were unmarried”.
Black Coffee and Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa reportedly wed in a Zulu traditional wedding in 2011. This, after lobola negotiations were made with the actress’s family.
In 2017, the couple signed an antenuptial contract ahead of their white wedding, which took place at Sun City.
The couple officially announced their separation in 2019.
The hitmaker is now taking his 2025 divorce judgement to the Supreme Court of Appeal.
He is opposing the ruling that upheld the 2011 traditional Zulu wedding as a civil union and subsequently deemed his 2017 antenuptial contract as invalid.
He is also opposing the judgement that he pay his ex-wife, Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa, over R60 000 per month in spousal support, until her death or until she remarries.
SOCIAL MEDIA USERS NOT IMPRESSED
On the X app, Black Coffee was ridiculed for denying his traditional wedding and customary marriage to Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa, despite the event reportedly taking place in 2011.
Many users accused him of backpeddaling to save face, after the Constitutional Court’s ruling. Others claimed he was trying to protect his assets by minimising his ex’s presence in his life.
Here are a few tweets…