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Ayanda Borotho, an actress and TV producer, has spoken out about marriage and receiving death threats for her views on the polygamous show Mnakwethu. Ayanda Brorotho, a gifted actress, claimed in an interview with King David Studio Podcast that she was criticized on social media for her views on polygamy culture.
“It was disturbing for me when I came out and spoke about the culture of polygamy. There was this show called Mnakwethu. I was quite disturbed by how this culture of polygamy was being represented. I went and asked elders. I researched and sat with wise men. Is this correct? Something seems off.”
“When I came out and spoke about how this culture of polygamy was now being presented, where your wife is being ambushed with a mistress… a mistress of ten years. I am here to ask. And I was like, we gotta address that. This is a narrative that supports a toxic kind of masculinity. The author and TV producer Ayanda MaNgubane Borotho adds that a husband shouldn’t decide to take another wife without his wife’s approval.
“If we had to define what polygamy, really is, to begin with. it isn’t about lust; it isn’t about men. Polgamy is for and is about women. And that is why I refer to it as an empowered decision to take another wife.”
“As a husband, you don’t take that power away from your wife. She decides for herself, that for whatever I need another wife to assist me in the household. It’s never been about the man. It’s about the family.”
According to Showmax, Musa Mseleku’s famous show Mnakwethu is an emotional reality show in which married men introduce polygamy and potential new wives to their existing spouses.