How Sello Maake kancube found his Pearl two years ago
STAGE and TV legend Sello Maake kancube and wife Pearl Mbewe continue to serve couple goals, 24 months after saying “I do”.
On Monday, the former Generations actor and wife, a manager, shared sweet tributes to one another in celebration of their two-year anniversary.
The couple shared a series of snaps from the day they officially laid eyes on each other in 2020, to the moment he popped the question and the day they became husband and wife.
I had the privilege of chatting with the love birds on Tuesday, about the secret to their successful and healthy relationship, despite a 22-year age gap.
I couldn’t resist asking how they spent their anniversary day. And the veteran actor shared: “I always prefer to celebrate very quietly, especially on the day, and thereafter you can say let’s have our celebration.
“I think for me, the day becomes a day or moment of reflection. I celebrate my birthdays that way, they become days of reflection and I’m dragging my wife into that space as well,” he added.
“We are going to be celebrating on October 27. We’ve invited 10 couples, who are celebrating their anniversaries in October, and who have also been married for almost 24 months too,” said Mbewe.
“We will be breaking bread. Share ideas on how to make our marriages work, and hopefully walk this journey with them for the next 60 years.
“Love is beautiful and we need to stop shying away from celebrating love because we are scared that people will say, ‘It will end in tears’.”
Taking us down memory lane, she said the actor had turned down about four business meetings with her, she was shocked when he finally showed up at her mother’s place, over 24 months ago.
“We were supposed to have met a couple of times before we officially met. I wanted to work on a certain project with him and he kept on cancelling.
“So, we both happen to know Lebo, who is married to Letoya Makhene. When I got the invitation (to Lebo and Letoya’s engagement party), I asked him if he was attending and he said yes.”
“I then asked him to fetch me, but because he had cancelled our business meetings too many times previously,
I didn't think he was going to pitch. So I didn’t even bother myself getting ready,” Mbewe recalled.
“I was sitting at home, drinking wine with my friend who was visiting … I was at my mom’s house.
“When he arrived, my sister said, ‘Ntate Sello is outside,’ I said ‘What do you mean, he’s outside? I thought that was impossible,” she said, chuckling.
He added in the background: “And I had to wait two hours for her to get ready.”
“I had to make him wait. I thought to myself, ‘What kind of human being are you, you cancel important meetings and you show up for a party’.
“The nicest thing is, I asked my sister to go check what he was wearing so I could complement his look. For me the first moment I saw him, I knew he was my soulmate.”