The Gauteng High Court (Johannesburg has dismissed a renowned actress and TV presenter’s urgent application for interim maintenance from her estranged DJ and singer/songwriter husband.

According to TimesLIVE, Acting Judge Sanet van Aswegen ruled against the actress and media personality’s application after finding that she failed to honestly and fully disclose her finances, which made it impossible for the court to accurately calculate her true financial needs while their divorce, filed in September 2025, is being finalised.

The former couple, who got married in 2014, out of community of property, have one minor child, a budding DJ who is visually impaired.

According to the court papers, the minor’s medical bills and venture into the music scene initially placed their household under financial strain, which caused the husband to fall into debt.

Since the commencement of divorce proceedings, the husband has been sending R5 000 for maintenance to his estranged wife while she claims her monthly expenses total R65 850-R87 000 for herself and R21 700 for their son.

The woman had alleged her husband fired her from a R100 000-per-month role as a manageress after they parted ways, leaving her unemployed and in financial distress.

However, the acting judge identified several contradictions, including that she failed to disclose R262 000 in earnings she received between April and May 2025 for her presenter gig on a TV show and that their marital home was registered solely in her name and was completely paid off.

Van Aswegen noted that exaggerated expenses directly undermined the administration of justice, stating that because the woman failed to fully disclose her earnings, her true financial means could not be verified.

The husband will now continue to pay R5 000 per month towards the maintenance of their minor child.

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