Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi is a South African real estate agent best known as the wife of David Mabuza, Vice President of South Africa and Vice President of the African National Congress (ANC).
She has been married to David Mabuza since 2003 and has supported him through his political career and personal challenges.
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- Full name: Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi
- Date of birth: Not applicable
- Age: Not applicable
- Female
- Place of birth: Not applicable
- Nationality: South African
- Occupation: Real estate agent
- Height: 1.7m
- Parents: Not applicable
- Siblings: Not applicable
- Spouse: David Mabuza
- Children: None
- Relationship status: Married
- Net worth: 1 million USD
Early Life & Education
Not much is known about Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi’s early life and education. She has not revealed her date of birth, place of birth, parents, siblings or ethnicity to the public.
She is said to have grown up in South Africa and attended several schools there.
Personal life
Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi is married to David Mabuza, Vice President of South Africa and Vice President of the ANC.
They married in 2003 after David Mabuza divorced his first wife, Ruth Funi Silinda, who was a businessman and owned a construction company.
Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi and David Mabuza do not have children together as far as public opinion is concerned. They live in a luxury villa in Barberton, Mpumalanga worth about R80 million.
Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi was David Mabuza’s loyal and supportive wife, especially after he survived multiple assassination attempts and health problems.
In 2015, he was poisoned and had to go to Russia for treatment. In 2018, he was hospitalized for 1 month due to an unknown illness.
In 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19 and recovered within a few weeks. In 2021, he underwent successful angioplasty at Durban hospital. Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi accompanied him on several trips to Russia and other countries.
Career
Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi is a real estate agent specializing in buying and selling real estate. She works for Nkangala Real Estate Agency, based in Witbank, Mpumalanga.
She has been involved in lucrative deals, such as selling a house for Rs 12 million in 2019.
She was also accused of benefiting from her husband’s political influence, as her company and Silinda’s company received tenders from the Mpumalanga government that David Mabuza led at the time.
The tenders were worth around R500 million and involved the construction of low-cost housing and schools. The Hawks investigated the incident, but no charges were brought against them.
Net value
According to various sources, Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi’s net worth is estimated at $1 million.
She earns income from her real estate agency business and investments.
Argumentative
Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi has been involved in several controversies with her husband, such as the approximately R500 million corruption case in 2010, where her company and Silinda’s company received tenders from the David Mabuza-led Mpumalanga government in at that moment.
The tenders involved the construction of low-cost housing and schools but some projects were never completed or were of poor quality. The Hawks investigated the incident, but no charges were brought against them.
Another controversy Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi faced was in 2018 when a woman named Nonhlanhla Ngwenya claimed that she was David Mabuza’s second wife and that he married her in a traditional ceremony in 2014.
She also claimed that she had a son with him and that he abandoned them. She demanded R1 million from him for maintenance and damages. David Mabuza denied the allegations and said he only has one wife, Nonhlanhla Patience Mnisi.
He also said that he had never met Ngwenya and that she was trying to extort money from him. The case has been brought to court but the outcome is unknown.
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