/ 24 December 1996

MATCHED

President Nelson Mandela and Graa Machel, the widow of the late Mozambican pre sident Samora Machel, have been involved in a very public relationship. Kingsl ey Makhubela, chief of state visits in Mandela’s office and M-Net presenter Do reen Morris are expected to tie the knot in the near future. South African rug by wing Chester Williams wed his long time girlfriend Teresa Muller. Johnnic c hairman Cy ril Ramaphosa married his long time sweetheart Tsepo Motsepe, a specialist med ical researcher. Adriaan Vlok married Antoinette du Plessis, ex-wife of former finance minister Barend du Plessis. Soweto businessman Mike Paledi exchanged

vows with Caroline Locke, daughter of former South African golf star Bobby Loc ke. Housing Minister Sankie Mthembi-Nkondo married the chief executive of Nati onal Sorgh um Breweries, Mohale Mahanyele. Zimbawean president Robert Mugabe married his former secretary, Grace Marufu, at a glittering, pricey ceremony dubbed “the m other of all weddings”. All Black! wing Jonah Lomu married his South African sweetheart Tania Rutter twice – fi

rst in a ceremony so secret not even the couple’s parents knew about it, and t hen months later at a church inKimberley.