HER previous relationship was the talk of the town. Zodwa Wabantu caused a stir when she dumped her fiancé a few months after she’d paid lobola for him – this is why she’s kept details of her new man close to her heart.
Zodwa (34) is by no means ashamed of dating 23-year-old Vusi Buthelezi, she tells us.
She’s posted loved-up snaps of her bae on social media. But she’s learned from the past and wants to protect her new relationship.
The dancer made headlines when she dumped her ex, Ntobeko Linda (24), after paying lobola for him. She’d bought their rings, picked a date and had fittings for her dress.
Then, a few weeks after the engagement, she dropped the bombshell that the wedding was off.
“I was on the verge of marrying him but he became too much for me,” she says.
It was a tough decision because “he was a part of me”.
“I’d done things for him. When I started dating him, he wasn’t a celebrity but gradually he became one and I didn’t like that.
“I’ve always made it clear to him that I don’t like dating a celebrity because I’m a celebrity myself. This is because the celebrity lifestyle is fake, and I don’t want to date a fake person. When I come back home, I need a real boyfriend, not a fake one.”
Now Vusi is the man on Zodwa’s arm, and she’s ready to share him with the world.
“I am glad Vusi understands this. He grounds me, he always brings me back to normal life, he actually reminds me who Zodwa really is.”
She took time to heal before starting afresh, she adds.
They’d dated for four years and she’d hoped things would work out with him – they reconciled briefly – but deep down, she knew it wasn’t meant to be.
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