Afrikaans singing sensation Min Shaw got the shock of her life when she read in a magazine she had married a man 39 years her junior and even enjoyed a lavish honeymoon in Mauritius. But the 91-year-old knew nothing of it — there had been no wedding at all and she was instead lying in a Roodepoort, Gauteng hospital bed with a broken hip. The man, who had allegedly claimed to be the groom, was her manager, Shaun Mynhardt, who is dating a well-known male Cape Town doctor.
Shaw is a well-knownAfrikaanssinger who rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s and became a household name through her music, films and stage appearances. She was one of the biggest stars of her time and remains a respected figure in SA entertainment. But theJy is my lieflinghitmaker has now taken a big knock after she became entangled in the fake marriage scandal.
The scandal started when Mynhardt allegedly sent emails toHuisgenootposing as Shaw — even using her official email address — claiming the two had hitched. To back up the story, the 52-year-old is said to have supplied photographs of the pair taken over the years at weddings and other functions, passing them off as “honeymoon” pictures, which led to the story being published. When it later emerged that Mynhardt had allegedly lied to the magazine and that there had been no wedding, he publicly ripped into Shaw’s family and friends, including actress Lizz Meiring.
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Mynhardt has flatly denied the allegations, claiming instead that a group of people were jealous of the SA Legends Museum he started to honour local singers,actors, theater mavens, and broadcasters. He also claimed Shaw — whom he referred to as “Aunty Min” — owed him R8,000.
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