Lebo M proposes to US lover

Composer has broken things off with Malefu Ntsala and proposed to Besso

- By Qhama Dayile

Just days after ending his engagement to Malefu “Mel” Ntsala, Grammy award-winning composer Lebohang “Lebo” Morake is newly engaged to American Tatiana Dixon, also known as Besso.

This Heritage Day, Lebo M is hosting the African Icons concert in Durban in honour of the late Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala.

His new sweetheart, based in Los Angeles, has flown all the way from the United States to attend the celebration in Durban. The couple is currently staying at a five-star beach hotel while he promotes his concert.

An informant shared with Sunday World how Lebo M proposed to Dixon immediately after he ended things with Ntsala. “To say she is the cause of him breaking off the engagement would be undermining his intelligence. It all boils down to choice, and he chose Besso - she won.”

Lebo M broke off the engagement with Ntsala just over three months ago when he started seeing red flags,” the source said.

“He thought he had made the right choice, but Mel was not living up to Lebo’s standards. He needed someone who really wanted to settle down. She was still going out until the early hours of the morning. Spending money recklessly; there was a lot.”