Lion King producer Lebohang Morake, widely and affectionally known as Lebo M, is headed for divorce court after a fifth failed marriage.
Sunday World understands that Morake will be issuing his wife Pretty Samuels-Morake with summons for a divorce.
In a statement shared by his management on Tuesday, the composer will not be responding to speculation about the reasons that led to the breakdown of the marriage.
This, he said, is because he regards the matter as private and personal.
“I will not be drawn into salacious allegations and innuendos about my business and personal life,” said Morake.
“I will be going ahead with the divorce and have already instructed my attorneys.”
Morake was married to Viveca Gipson for five years. He divorced her and married Nandi Ndlovu who he stayed with for 11 years.
He then divorced Ndlovu and married Angela Ngani-Casara for five years from 2008 to 2013. Morake also became engaged to Zoe Mthiyane but their relationship ended in 2016.
He remarried his third wife Ngani-Casara but they divorced again in 2017. In April 2021, Morake got engaged to Samuels-Morake.
In 2022, Sunday World reported that Samuels-Morake fired a broadside at television actress Mthiyane, accusing her of being a Picasso of lies and an absent mother.
Morake had broken up with Mthiyane when their child was nine months old in April 2016. He said he continued to live with the child and his eldest son in Blair Athol in Lanseria, Johannesburg.
Morake also accused Mthiyane of forsaking the child, saying she has only seen the child a few times after Joburg High Court judge granted him custody in December 2018.
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