Overview
- Matthew Booth and Bongani Mthombeni announced they are expecting a child using Instagram images of three pairs of sneakers and a caption from Mthombeni reading “Tiny kicks are officially on the way.”
- The pregnancy will be the couple’s first together and will join a blended household in which each partner already has two children from prior marriages.
- The relationship first drew national attention in 2022 after Sonia Booth’s social-media exposé, known as “cheesecake-gate,” and both Booth and Mthombeni denied that the affair occurred at that time before going public with their romance in late 2023.
- Mthombeni has publicly rejected the label of ‘mistress,’ said the online attacks harmed her mental health, and holds a master’s in chemical engineering from the University of Cape Town while serving as a director at Royal Haskoning DHV.
- The announcement shifts coverage from past accusations and contested divorces toward family life, which could reduce legal scrutiny and change how institutions and the public judge the couple’s reputations going forward.