“It’s NOT Over!” Supreme Court To Revisit Black Coffee And Enhle Mbali’s Explosive Divorce Drama

Just seven days into the new year and Black Coffee and Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa are already back on the timeline — and once again, it’s not for music or movies.

Mzansi’s once-favourite couple is making headlines after confirmation that the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) will review their long-running divorce saga, reopening one of South Africa’s most contested celebrity legal battles.

Supreme Court Steps In on Black Coffee and Enhle Mbali Divorce

On Tuesday, 6 January 2026, social media buzzed after it emerged that the SCA will this year take another look at the divorce dispute between the internationally acclaimed DJ and the popular actress.

This follows Black Coffee being granted leave to appeal a ruling delivered by the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg last year, a judgment that largely favoured Enhle Mbali.

After more than six years of legal back-and-forth, the dispute surrounding their customary marriage and antenuptial contract is far from settled.

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The High Court ruled that due to the importance of the legal questions involved, as well as conflicting judgments on customary marriage, the SCA must now provide final clarity.

Why Black Coffee Is Challenging the Ruling

The appeal centres on the October 2025 judgment which found that Black Coffee and Enhle Mbali entered into a valid customary marriage in May 2011. The court further held that the marriage was in community of property and that their civil marriage concluded in January 2017 was legally invalid.

Black Coffee disputes this finding, arguing that Acting Judge M Ntanga erred in concluding that a valid customary marriage existed. According to him, the engagement process, the antenuptial contract and the eventual civil marriage demonstrated his intention to marry under civil law rather than customary law.

He is also challenging the spousal maintenance order, arguing that entitlement to maintenance must first be proven before such an award is made.

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He maintains that there was no factual basis for Enhle Mbali’s claim, stating that she failed to demonstrate need, quantum or duration, particularly in light of the substantial amounts he says he already pays her on a regular basis.

Black Coffee contends that the issues raised in the main judgment are of significant importance and that there is a reasonable prospect the Supreme Court of Appeal may arrive at a different conclusion.

Enhle Mbali Pushes Back

In opposing the appeal, Enhle Mbali argued that Black Coffee raised new points that were not presented as evidence during the trial. She maintained that the evidence clearly showed compliance with customary law requirements and that his participation in family processes and rituals demonstrated consent to a customary marriage.

She further argued that the court was correct in stating that customary law must reclaim its rightful place among South Africa’s legal systems and that the appeal has no reasonable prospects of success.

On the issue of spousal maintenance, Enhle Mbali said she had, during trial proceedings, thoroughly set out her needs. She explained that her career was placed on hold during the marriage and that she had presented detailed evidence regarding her income, expenditure, health challenges, household expenses and the flow of funds in and out of her bank account.

She maintained that the court had already determined a reasonable maintenance amount, adding that given her current age, her prime years as an actress are behind her.

In granting leave to appeal, Judge Ntanga noted that the critical issue remains whether both parties consented to being married in terms of customary law. He stated that this question goes to the heart of whether Black Coffee has prospects of success should another court find that there was no intention to enter into a customary marriage.

Does the Supreme Court change the game, or is this saga heading for yet another round of legal stalemate?

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