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Celeb divorces, sad losses and extravagant birthday bashes
September 12, 2025
|The Star
CELEB headlines this week swing from bittersweet divorces that left fans talking, to emotional losses and extravagant birthday bashes.
Here's your weekly celeb gossip roundup:
Phumeza Shoba ends her marriage with musician Shota
After 11 years of marriage, it was revealed to the public by Sunday World that TV personality, Phumeza Shoba is divorcing her husband, Shota.
According to the publication, the TV presenter is the one who initiated divorce proceedings in July 2025.
However, the couple have not addressed the news and it is also alleged that the pair were together in Spain early this month after Phumeza shared a clip of her admiring the sunset on a yacht.
Ayanda Thabethe throws her son an extravagant second birthday party
The media personality took to Instagram as she shared a glimpse of her child Enzo’s second birthday.
Thabethe shared a carousel of images of the Baby Shark-themed birthday party on Instagram as she showcased the celebration.
She also shared an intimate and heartwarming video of the day she gave birth, as the nurse handed her the newborn after her c-section.
Heartbroken Prince Kaybee recalls the last painful moments of his late mother’s passing
The South African music producer and DJ lost his mother earlier this year after an illness and the heartbroken DJ has been revealing how much pain he has been in since.
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