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‘The Real Housewives of Durban' star Annie Mthembu opens up about her three-year separation

‘The Real Housewives of Durban' star Annie Mthembu opens up about her three-year separation

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Annie Mthembu has publicly revealed that she has seperated from her husband Durban businessman Kgolo Mthembu.
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'The Real Housewives of Durban' star Annie Mthembu ( née Lodick) has publicly confirmed that she has split from her husband, Luma Hospitality Group founder Kgolo Mthembu.
For months, rumours have been circulating that the couple, which was introduced to the public on the popular Showmax reality show, had gone their separate ways. Annie, for the first time has publicly shared that she is no longer with Kgolo.
Annie, speaking on 'Engineer Your Life with Lungelo KM', the same podcast she had been on two year ago defending her marriage from cheating rumours, spoke her truth on the end of her union.
'I really have to fight in my heart to forgive him, like fight with myself. It's going to take a lot of time and in December it will be three years of our separation,' revealed the businesswoman.
On her previous tell-all on 'Engineer Your Life with Lungelo KM', Annie spoke of character assassination that she suffered at the hands of 'The Real Housewives of Durban' cast member, which went to the extent of lies being created about her marriage, finances and livelihood.
Annie in her new interview addresses the cheating around her relationship and her decission to protect her marriage it in the public eye, which is something she did. 'No one likes to be cheated on, it makes you question yourself a lot are you enough, is there something wrong with me, why can I not be enough for you.
'In admitting that I was being cheated on I felt like I was saying 'I was not good enough'. I was highly embarrassed. I was not in a good place. I just wanted to protect all of us from this, even though I was not being protected.
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