Girlfriend of DJ Tira’s Son, Samkelo Shezi, Spills the Tea on Their “Fake” Relationship and Lobola

• It seems the world of content creation was not in the cards for Mbali Dlamini, as she has spilt the juicy deets about her and Samkelo Shezi's relationship
• The social media personality was in an interview with Matthew Lani on a YouTube podcast, where she revealed a whole lot about their relationship
• The couple trended late 2025 when it was revealed that they had a lobola ceremony, but not everything is as it seems

Samkelo Shezi, the alleged son of Afrotainment boss DJ Tira, has come under the spotlight for his relationship with Mbali Dlamini.

According to Dlamini, who was on a podcast interview with Mathew Lani on Hang Outs, Samkelo, who recently paid lobola, always had cameras following them around.

Mbali Dlamini speaks on Samkelo relationship

So where did it all begin? Mbali Dlamini revealed that she met Samkelo at Tira's home after she was sent there to collect her gifts for promoting Bearings Cider. But they were already speaking in the DMs.

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They started dating, but she noticed something off when Samkelo did not want to be alone with her. Mbali claimed that they always had cameramen following them to shoot content.

"There were always cameras following us. There was a lot of commotion. Whenever I would address this with him, he would ask me what it is that I think is happening. He refuses to come out and state that we are only making content. Instead, he pretends to love me but he doesn't."

Check one of their last Instagram posts below:

Dlamini further made revelations about their relationship, saying they never engaged in any bedroom activities. Whenever she confronted him about this, he allegedly would spin this and ask her if that's more important.

"At this point, I don't know what it is. Maybe he loves himself, but he did show me that even the previous girls he shot content with, he never did anything with them. I was hurt when our private conversations where posted. I thought I was talking to my partner. I did not care about all of those things," she said.

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As the interview progressed, she revealed that Samkelo would leave her alone for hours and return the next morning, make fun of her with his friends and never apologise and would also break up with her numerous times. Even the lobola content was just that... content, according to Dlamini. Ndlovu previously revealed that he went broke after paying the bride price.

Despite their ups and downs, Mbali said Samkelo loved her when the internet became vile.

"But despite everything, Samkelo loved me and he supported me even when people spoke badly about me."

Watch the interview below:

DJ Tira announces end of Fact Durban Rocks

In a previous report from Briefly News, on Friday, 12 December 2025, DJ Tira confirmed that this year's New Year's Eve will be the last for his very popular festive season event.

In a statement, DJ Tira also disclosed the way forward and why the New Year's Eve would be the last event.

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Source: Briefly News