'Secret' wife loses out in estate spat
09 June 2019 - 00:00
When domestic worker Thembisile Manqele tied the knot in a traditional wedding ceremony with her employer Christoffel Badenhorst 22 years ago she never thought she would end up fighting with her husband's family over his estate after his death...
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