Black Coffee breaks silence on ConCourt ruling, says judgment does not apply to his appeal

Black Coffee reacts to ConCourt ruling on antenuptial agreements

DJ Black Coffee has publicly weighed in on the Constitutional Court’s landmark ruling on antenuptial agreements entered into after customary marriages.

He clarified that the judgment does not apply to his ongoing legal battle with ex-wife Enhle Mbali Mlotshwa.

The award-winning producer, whose real name is Nkosinathi Maphumulo, trended online after the ruling was delivered on Wednesday, 21 January 2026, with many social media users speculating that the decision could weaken his appeal at the Supreme Court of Appeal and potentially uphold a High Court judgment granting Enhle half of his estate and ongoing maintenance.

The conversation gained momentum after podcaster and social commentator Penuel Mlotshwa shared a video explaining the implications of the Constitutional Court judgment.

In response, Black Coffee broke his silence in a comment posted on Thursday, 22 January, addressing what he described as widespread misconceptions about his case.

He stressed that the ruling being discussed stemmed from a different matter and should not be conflated with his own appeal.

Black Coffee went on to outline two key grounds on which he is challenging the High Court decision that recognised his 2011 traditional Zulu ceremony as a valid customary marriage and declared his 2017 and 2019 antenuptial contracts invalid.

“Spot on. I’m probably going to get in trouble with my legal team for this comment, but as you said, this is not just about me anymore, and keeping quiet about this hasn’t helped me in any way. Either way, details of our case at this point are out there,” he wrote.

He added that the Constitutional Court case differed fundamentally from his own, saying, “The case you mentioned is different from our case because there was no customary marriage.”

Black Coffee then pointed to what he described as the core pillars of his appeal: “1. Intention (we both never intended to enter into a customary marriage). All the details supporting this are in our case, as documented by both of us. 2. Prenup We signed this as our 1st step to the agreed civil marriage (even our prenup states that we were unmarried).”

He concluded by acknowledging the limits of what he could publicly disclose, adding, “I obviously will not divulge more than this, but I hope this carries enough weight to keep the conversation going for all🙏🏿”.