Sbu Mpisane: Who is multi-millionaire MaMkhize’s ex-husband?

Sbu Mpisane’s name is making headlines following a shoot-out that took place in his wing of the La Lucia estate his estranged wife and multi-millionaire Shawn “MaMkhize” Mkhize.

The former businessman told News24 that there are people out to kill him as the same men have entered his house four times in two months.

According to Mpisane, the same thugs entered twice in December 2022 and twice last week. When they entered on Saturday, they allegedly used the house keys but he said he does not know where they got it from.

He further revealed that he shoot one of the suspects in the leg and the other two escaped.

The suspects’ firearms and the house key they used have been handed over to the police who are investigating.

The last time Mpisane was in the news was when his ex-wife MaMkhize opened up about their marriage in her book. Before that, he made headlines in 2018.

But who is Sbu Mpisane? Read on to find out…

1. SBU MPISANE AND MAMKHIZE WERE TOGETHER FOR OVER 20 YEARS

Mpisane and MaMkhize met in 1991 when the Royal AM boss was 18 years old. In 2011, the former couple had a luxury wedding anniversary which was covered by SAbC1’s Selimathunzi.

News of their divorce surfaced in 2018.

“I honestly believed we had a great marriage despite occasional turbulences. Even when we celebrated that epic 10th anniversary of our marriage in 2011, I still believed I was joyful in my marriage. That’s the reason it took me 25 years to realise there was only one benefactor and one beneficiary in this imagined romance. He was the one lavished with all the love to his heart’s content,” read passages from MaMkhize’s book, My World, My Rules.

2. HE IS ANDILE AND SBAHLE MPISANE’S FATHER

The 51-year-old shares son Andile Mpisane with MaMkhize. Andile is a footballer, musician and Royal AM chairman.

The businessman also has daughter Sbahle Mpisane who was born out of his previous relationship in 1993.

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In 2019, Andile exposed his father for allegedly cheating on his mother and conceiving at least four children out of his marriage. In his explosive Instagram post, the Makhwapheni hitmaker revealed that his father had been using resources belonging to his mother to maintain the kids he allegedly had with his mistresses.

3. HE ALSO OWNS A FOOTBALL CLUB

In August 2019, Mpisane was declared the sole owner of Royal Eagles FC, a football club that he and MaMkhize founded in 2014.

During their messy divorce process, a dispute over the ownership of the club occurred, leading MaMkhize to eventually resigned as part-owner of the club — something Andile was not happy about according to his 2019 Instagram post about his strained relationship with his father.

“Yesterday, I bid farewell to the legacy uMa had set up for me. Yesterday I truly felt pain for my mother, who had endured 25 years of marriage with a sucker of her blood. As bitter as it was to let go of ROYAL EAGLES FOOTBALL CLUB, it was worth more to maintain the carefree spirit, with no anxiety I have seen on uMa since the separation from her husband

“I call him her husband and not my father because a father would not go on 2 years without speaking to his son. A father would not intentionally LIE & STEAL what was built for his son,” Andile said in part in his explosive Instagram post about his father.

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4. HE WAS A POLICEMAN

Sbu Mpisane was a metro police constable for 13 years and was known in Durban as one of the richest cops in the city.

After resigning from his job, he joined MaMkhize’s construction business, which has amassed millions of rands over the years — Showmax revealed.

5. MPISANE AND MAMKHIZE STILL LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE

Although separated, Mpisane and MaMkhize still live in the same house. Their La Lucia estate has a far-left wing that Mpisane lives in and MaMkhize live in the end.

When news about the alleged attempted hit on Mpisane broke at the weekend, MaMkhize told the Daily Sun that she was not involved.

“Thank you all for the messages of concern but as you are all aware, I am separated from Sbu Mpisane.

“The incident that took place on Saturday does not involve me or my wing of the estate,” she told the publication.