16/12/2025
MAI NGA SPILLS IT ALL: “I WALKED OUT ON KAPFUPI — I’M DONE!”
Zimbabwe’s streets are buzzing after Mrs Manjalima, popularly known as Mai Nga, dropped bombshell revelations on a popular online podcast about her 20-year turbulent marriage to comedian and musician Freddie “Kapfupi” Manjalima.
Kapfupi, who rose to fame in the early 2000s through street theatre skits, is now at the centre of shocking claims made by his estranged wife — claims that have left social media divided.
Report by Wilis Moyo
“I LEFT AS PUNISHMENT… BUT IT GOT WORSE”
Mai Nga revealed that she left her matrimonial home in February, saying Kapfupi’s chronic alcoholism had destroyed their family life. She says his constant drinking led to verbal and physical abuse, humiliation, and neglect of their children.
According to Mai Nga, Kapfupi would disappear for days, returning home only after the children had already gone to school — slowly losing his bond with them.
THE CHILDREN CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE
The couple has four children aged 20, 17, 11 and 4, while Kapfupi also has two other children with different women. Mai Nga alleges that at times Kapfupi failed to send the children to school, forcing her to shoulder responsibilities alone.
“THAT DAY BROKE ME”
In one of the most disturbing moments shared on the podcast, Mai Nga claimed Kapfupi once ate a child’s poo while drunk, an incident she says traumatized and embarrassed her beyond recovery.
FROM WIFE TO FELLOW DRUNKARD
She admitted that living with Kapfupi pushed her into drinking as well, turning both of them into alcoholics. “Our lives were being ruined,” she said, adding that walking away was her last resort to reprimand his behaviour.
20 YEARS, NO LOBOLA
Shockingly, Mai Nga claims that Kapfupi never paid bride price (lobola) throughout their two-decade union. Even when he later sent emissaries to ask her to return, she refused — demanding lobola first. She now says she is no longer interested at all.
NO PROPERTY, NO SECURITY
Despite Kapfupi’s fame, Mai Nga revealed the couple never acquired property together. The house Kapfupi stays in allegedly belongs to his parents, while the only major asset was a car gifted by Wicknell Chivhayo.
THE FINAL EXIT
Mai Nga says she packed everything and left while Kapfupi was asleep, returning briefly in March after being told things had improved — only to find the situation even worse. She has since been staying at her parents’ home.
NEW CHAPTERS FOR BOTH
Kapfupi has reportedly moved on with another woman, while Mai Nga says she too is looking ahead to a new marriage. She disclosed that her current boyfriend is helping with family upkeep, though she admitted he is a married man whose wife is unaware.
NO FORGIVENESS, NO TURNING BACK
“I am not prepared to forgive Kapfupi,” Mai Nga said firmly.
Is this the tragic fall of a street legend — or a long-silenced story finally being told?
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