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Second wife strife in Ukungenwa

A man, a wife, a brother’s widow… and too many secrets in Moja Love reality series Ukungenwa

Sundays at 19:30 on Moja Love on DStv Channel 157
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About the show

07 April 2022

Reality series. In the traditional practice of Ukungenwa, a young man can inherit his late brother’s wife and children – whether or not he already has a wife and children of his own. Watch as Siyabonga Mhlongo and his wives MamMkhize (his original wife) and MamChunu (his brother’s widow) find a way of co-existing through jealousy and practical issues. But Siya has been keeping some secrets…
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Who’s Who

Husband Ukungenwa
Siyabonga Mhlongo

When his older brother passed away, Siyabonga’s father ordered him to practise ukungenwa: to marry his brother’s widow and adopt their children. Now Siya is trying to make life work with his late brother’s wife who lives in rural KZN, while trying to appease his current partner with whom he shares a life within Johannesburg. Siya claims that he is not attracted to his second wife but there are several things about their relationship that he’s hiding.

Ukungenwa 1St Wife
MaMkhize

MaMkhize is Siya’s first wife, who lives with him in Johannesburg. They have a son together. Siybaonga wasn’t upfront with her about his father’s orders and in this series, we’ll watch as she finally finds out what’s going on – not from Siya himself, but from a member of his family. We will watch her struggle to accept the second wife in her marriage and share in her disappointment and sense of betrayal, forced into a lifestyle not of her choosing.

Second Wife Ukungenwa
MamChunu

Through the series, though, MamChunu reveals that there is already far more to her relationship with Siya than he admits. According to MamChunu, she and Siya had been in a romantic relationship in the past and already had children together before his brother’s death. She doesn’t like the way that Siya has been hiding and silencing her, and longs to claim her place at his side as his second wife.

Watch Ukungenwa Season 1 from Sunday, 16 April at 19:30 on Moja Love (DStv Channel 157)

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