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100 women, blood and betrayal: Hammanskraal marriage drama shocks SA

Alyssia Birjalal|Published

The Hammanskraal marriage meltdown involving a Porsche, prayers and 100 problems has taken the internet by storm.

Image: Facebook

Grab your popcorn and adjust your screen brightness, because the streets of South African social media are officially on fire.

What started as an 11-year marriage goals aesthetic has devolved into a digital war zone involving a white Porsche, a work bag full of secrets, and a list of "associates" longer than a grocery receipt.

The confrontation

Galaletsang Precious from Hammanskraal, known for documenting her lavish lifestyle - think home-cooked feasts and luxury car reveals, dropped a bombshell that shattered the "perfect marriage" illusion. 

After Thabiso (her hubby) pulled a four-day vanishing act, Galaletsang didn’t just find his location; she found his archives.

The tally? Over 100 women. The confrontation was public, messy, and brutal.

Galaletsang laid it all out. Screenshots of flirtatious chats that suggested Thabiso was running a small village on the side. 

A stash of condoms was found in his work bag (which, ironically, he hadn't used at home for days).

She didn't just leave; she took to the timeline to roast the man she once called her king.

Thabiso's defense 

Thabiso didn't go quiet. Taking to Facebook, he offered a classic "Yes, but..." apology.

While he admitted to the betrayal, he pivoted hard to his "role of provider".

His argument was essentially a financial audit of the marriage. He said that he paid for Galaletsang’s schooling, funded her siblings' school fees and was the one buying her mother’s medication.

He blamed a "mindset gap" and claimed Galaletsang’s insecurity led her to harass every unknown number in his contacts. In Thabiso’s world, the Porsche and the tuition should have bought him a "Get Out of Jail Free" card for his extracurricular activities.

Read his full statement below.

A screengrab of the statement Thabiso posted on Facebook.

Image: Facebook screenshot

Thabiso went on to explain his side of the story on Facebook.

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Thabiso blamed a "mindset gap" and claimed Precious’s insecurity led her to harass every unknown number in his contacts.

Image: Facebook screenshot

Thabiso's argument was essentially a financial audit of the marriage.

Image: Facebook screenshot

The great gender divide

The internet has split faster than a Hammanskraal lightning storm, turning this breakup into a proxy war for gender politics.

Social media troll, @ChrisExcel102 wrote: "My Brother Thabiso - Took her to school - Took her siblings to school - Her family was depending on him financially - Paid for her mother's medication. Just because of a few vaganas, she acts like Thabiso is the monster that ever existed on Earth. What an ungrateful woman."

@mbalis_bakery commented: "Men, please step forward, what is it that you truly want? Precious Cooks clearly loved Thabiso, and she is a full package, yet he still pursued 100+ women. What do men really want?"

@destinyzee joke: "Men are clapping for Thabiso, but they haven’t checked if their gfs or wives' numbers are there on that list. Nisenjeni kwa nina."

Meanwhile, Galaletsang has since posted a number of things that have been happening in her marriage behind closed doors. 

In one post, she wrote: "After 11 years of being together, you chose to beat me over Banyana. That is really wrong and deeply hurtful……. Then you lie to your family and my family that I am violent and ke batla go hlaba ka thipa. You abused me enough, the fact that you beat me, dragged me, and I told you to stop, but you never stopped."

She posted pictures of police reports and blood splattered all over their home.

A screengrab of one of Precious's Facebook posts.

Image: Facebook.