REVEALED: Millionaire Shauwn Mkhize’s age gets South Africa talking
MaMkhize is a South African flamboyant businesswoman and philanthropist, and president of Royal AM Football club; her real name is Shauwn Mkhize. The flamboyant businesswoman flaunts her riches on social media; she never skips a moment to pamper herself with everything money can buy. Questions have been raised over her age and how she managed to accumulate the wealth, she has. Shauwn Mhkize is a powerhouse in the business circles; she is one of the richest South African women with a net worth of R 376 million.
Shauwn Mkhize parents, early life and age
Shauwn Mkhize was born on 6 April 1975 in the village of Umbumbulu in KwaZulu-Natal to parents Florence Grace Mkhize (mother) and Amos Mswane (father). Florence Mkhize’s mother was an anti-apartheid activist and politician who later became an ANC councillor in the eThekwini municipality. Known as ‘Mam Flo’ in the political circles, her proximity to political power benefited her from the Black Empowerment programmes. Before her death in 2008, Florence Mkhize formed a construction company named Zikhulise Construction which she left in the control of her daughter Shauwn Mkhize.
Shauwn Mkhize Marriage and Divorce
At the age of sixteen, Shauwn Mkhize married a metro police officer Sbu Mpisane in 1991. Shawn and Sbu have one child together, Andile Mpisane, and by the time of their marriage, Sbu had his daughter Sbahle Mpisane who remained closer to MaMkhize even after divorce with her father.
They were one of South Africa’s power couples, but it all fell apart in a terrible divorce. Andile Mpisane, in a lengthy Instagram post, revealed that his father cheated on Shauwn Mkhize and fathered four children outside their wedlock despite being financially dependent on Shauwn.
According to Shauwn herself, Sbu cared for himself and forgot to love his spouse, thus ending their marriage.
“I think the small problem that led my marriage to divorce was that Sbu loved himself, and I also loved Sbu. So, no one cared for me. As time went by, in the process, I ended up losing myself. Right now, I’m trying to find myself and regain and find my identity,” she said.
MaMkhize Company Zikhulise Construction
Being an Accountant by profession, Shauwn Mkhize inherited Zikhulise Construction and expanded it to a multi-million rand entity. She diversified in Maintenance and Transport, Auto Recoveries. Her business acumen propelled Shauwn Mkhize to amass so much wealth at a young age.