With his feet dangling above the floor and his child's
portion of food, it looks like he's having dinner at his grandma's.
In fact Sanele Masilela, 8, is enjoying dinner with his
wife, following his marriage to her two weeks ago, and said he is now beginning
to feel like a proper husband.
The school boy married Helen Shabangu after his grandfather
contacted him from beyond the grave telling him that he needed to wed.
The schoolboy chose family friend and mother-of-five Helen
and his family paid £500 for her to be his wife at a £1,000 ceremony in Tshwane, South
Africa.
Sanele admitted that since the wedding, he has begun to feel
like a married man.
He said: “The day was great and it was exactly what I had
imagined it would be like.
“My friends thought it was really funny that I was getting
married but I do now feel like a husband.”
Dressed in a bow tie and tiny silver suit, little Sanele,
the youngest of five children, exchanged rings in front of 100 guests and even
puckered up for a kiss.
But, despite appearances, it wasn't real - the marriage was
just a ritual and not legally binding.
The couple do not live together but Helen is often invited
to have dinner with him at the family's home.
Sanele has gone back to his life and continues to enjoy
school and playing football with his friends but admits that the wedding was
important to him.
He said: 'My grandfather contacted me through a picture of
my mother's wedding.
'We have a special bond because I am named after him.
- Sanele Masilela said that he feels like a proper husband now
- Married 61-year-old friend Helen Shabangu in an extravagant white wedding
- His dead grandfather asked him to wed from beyond the grave
- His family insists it was just a ritual to appease ancestral spirits
Culled from DAILY MAIL
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