A triumvirate of political wives
● Although their partners faced varying degrees of success in 2018 — with one cementing his political standing, another moving sideways and the last stranded in the political desert — three political wives added a much-needed dose of glamour and charm to the social whirl this year.
The triumvirate — Thembeka Cele, the gorgeous wife of police minister Bheki Cele; Nozuko Mbalula, the wife of former minister of razzmatazz
Fikile Mbalula; and Norma Gigaba, the wife of bumbling former minister
Malusi Gigaba — looked a dream wherever they showed up, from the opening of parliament to the launch of a fancy Italian fridge.