IDENTICAL TWINS Owami and Olwethu decided that they would both marry Mzukiseni.
But after eight years, they’ve decided that they’ve had enough.
It has been miserable, they told the SunTeam. They claimed the man they married in a traditional wedding in 2011 lied about his previous marriage and the number of kids he had – and that he abused them.
In an interview on Ukhozi FM in June, they claimed their man had a condition that led to disordered thinking and behaviou
The twins revealed to Daily Sun they’d been separated for five months and had been sleeping in separate rooms. But in October Mzazi moved out, leaving them with their two daughters, who’re both seven. A reality show that was supposed to start in January never happened.
“We didn’t speak about the abuse because our husband would apologise and we’d forgive him. We only spoke to our family.”
“So much has happened in our lives, but we’ve been hiding it,” said Owami.
Olwethu said: “He used to beat us. He poured diesel over the house but couldn’t find matches.
“If he had we’d be dead today. We fear he might end up doing something bad to us.”
They said they inseparable while growing up.
Owami said: “Some people found this strange but we didn’t have a problem with marrying the same man.”
The twins didn’t have photos or other proof of the abuse. But Mzazi admitted on Ukhozi that he’d abused his wives. He said he was sick and needed help
“As their husband I ask myself how they’re still with me,” he says in a voice note of the programme which Daily Sun listened to.
“I have things that bother me. I’ve tried seeking help. I love my wives and in my normal senses I’ll not harm them.”
The twins’ mother Buyiswa Mvangeni (45) said had at first believed a mature man would take care of her two babies.
“Mzazi called a meeting with both our families,” she said.
“But even then nothing changed.
“The abuse got out of hand and nothing could be done to save the marriage.”
She couldn’t go to the police because the twins wouldn’t have liked that.
Daily Sun contacted Mzazi. He said he was at a Skeem Saam shoot and requested that he be phoned on Wednesday. But his phone went to voice mail.
Mzazi’s lawyer Thato Mahapa asked Daily Sun to send questions via email. He confirmed that the twins and his client were involved in a family dispute.
“We’re not at liberty to provide further details because the dispute affects the interests of minor children,” he replied via email.
“Our client and the twins are working on finding an amicable resolution with their legal representatives.”
He said a joint statement would be released once an agreement had been finalised.
He said they didn’t wish to respond to all allegations in Daily Sun’s email.
“Some of those allegations relate to a matter that is before the courts. We’re not able to provide detailed commentary at this stage,” he said.
He said there were factual inaccuracies in the email.
“We believe the joint statement will provide clarity once finalised and released,” said Mahapa.
National police spokeswoman Brenda Muridili said the twins could open cases at their nearest police station.
How they weathered the terrible times
Oliver Markus once said: “Envy is the desire to have what someone else has. Jealousy is the fear of losing what you have. The more insecure you are about yourself or your relationship, the more jealous you are, because you are afraid to lose your significant other to someone.”
However, identical twins Owami and Olwethu Mzazi from Vosloorus in South Africa have disapproved Oliver Markus’s school of thought. The pair has always shared everything without envy or jealousy dividing them.
Owami and Olwethu even took a step further when they married the same man – a man twice their age. It is quite unusual, right?
Not to Owami and Olwethu who say their life-long dream was to marry the same man.
Growing up in their humble home in Vosloorus, the girls washed the dishes, played, went to school and even bathed side by side – now that is sisterhood. They were brought up by their grandmother, who always instilled in them the right values.
Owami and Olwethu explained to South African Broadcasting Corporation’s Mapaseka Mokwele in 2016 how the union works for them; how they sleep in separate bedrooms and how their husband, 50, alternates his nights.
However, sometimes they all share the same bed.
Owami and Olwethu got married to their man on the same day after he paid their dowry.
“We have always done everything together,” Owami told South Africa’s Drum Magazine in February, 2016. “That is how our grandmother raised us.”
With this upbringing, they knew that nothing would separate them, not even a man.
