Coldwar between Babes Wodumo and Mampintsha’s mom at memorial. Most women in Africa hate what they call mother law. This is something very amazing and we do not know why, maybe if there is a lady who is reading this must tell us why ?
Mampintsha’s mother attended and Mampintsha’s wife did too , but Mamazala sat a few seats away from Babes Wodumo. It is not a secret that the two women never liked each other and they have been fighting for years and years.
Mampintsha’s mother arrived very late , imagine an hour late at the memorial service of her son. Tira had to stop his speech and waited untill she sat down and Tira asked the crowd to welcome her.
Mampintsha’s mother , was walking with the aid of 2 ladies who were holding her arms , walked into the hall, which turned silent as she passed Babes Wodumo and her family in the front row – reserved for family – and sat at the other end.
Babes Wodumo was surrounded by armed guards, appeared in good spirits as she held their son, Sponge, in her arms and danced to Maphumulo’s group Big Nuz’s new song ngeke, which prompted the crowd to burst into song and danced along with her.
“We were not people who talked a lot, all of us as a group, from R Mashesha, Mampintsha and myself. We were people who liked to chill in the studio and make music. We thank you for your support from day one.
“We were the first Durban artists to have a song of the year. It was not because we were wiser. We just became united as artists,” Ntsomela said.
“Our friend is gone. We will cry, but we also believe that his spirit is with us and we still have some work to do to raise his children and his company. West Ink can’t die. It is our company,” DJ Tirasaid.
Tira added: “It is still unbelievable that my friend is gone. It is hard. There are things that you never think will happen. I never thought that in my life I would see Mampintsha’s picture behind me like this. My heart is still sore but what will make us go forward is the love that you give us.”
Babes Wodumo’s father said
“My son-in-law, I am grateful because he left me with a grandchild… I am happy that I am an in-law of the Maphumulo family. Babes is a musician because of Mampintsha. He taught and mentored my child until she became the musician that she is. He left her as an artist who can feed herself. Very few men can do that for their spouses. He groomed his wife to be who she is.”
