Uthando neS'thembu () is a South African reality television series on Mzansi Magic that follows the polygamous family of businessman Musa Mseleku and his five wives, MaCele, MaYeni, MaKhumalo, MaNgwabe and MaKhwela.
Musa also hosts Mnakwethu, a show about men asking their wives for permission to take a second a wife. There's a talk show with the Mseleku wives on SABC 1 called Igumbi Lamakhosikazi. MaCele and MaKhumalo have a relationship advice show, Ezomshado. The older children appear on the spin-off show Izingane zeS'thembu. MaKhumalo also appears on the show The Real Housewives of Durban.
Family Musa Mseleku has 11 children: 3 with MaCele, 3 with MaYeni, 2 with MaNgwabe, and 2 with other women.
Busisiwe "MaCele" Mseleku, married in 2002, mother of Lwandle, Abongwe, and Owami, raising stepdaughter Snenhlanhla "Sne" Nokukhanya "MaYeni" Mseleku, married in 2007, mother of Mpumelelo, Mnini, and Obanzi Thobile "MaKhumalo" Mseleku, married in 2009, raising stepdaughter Mpilonhle "Mpilo" Mbali "MaNgwabe" Mseleku, married in 2009, mother of Mawande and Zenande Samke "MaKhwela" Mseleku, married in 2024, mother of Methuli
There was another wife, MaSaule, who died in a car crash before the show.
See also Polygamy in South Africa Sister Wives, an American reality TV show about a Mormon polygamous family.
References
External links DStv: Uthando neS'thembu