Orlando Pirates midfielder Thembinkosi Lorch and his allegedly quoted wife, Natasha Thahane, are now in the limelight after the actress published a series of images in wedding attire this weekend.
With their unconfirmed reports of an on-and-off romance, the couple has left their followers wondering if the duo actually got married on October 6, 2022.
A day before the post was made, Lorch missed Saturday’s championship game at Moses Mabhida Stadium following an injury sustained during the match.
In 2019, as an attacking midfielder for Orlando Pirates, he was crowned South African Player of the Season and Players’ Player of the Season.
Who Is Thembinkosi Lorch Wife?
Thembinkosi Lorch is said to have a wife; reportedly, he is said to have married Natasha Thahane, the mother of his child.
His rumored wife, Natasha Thahane, is a South African actress, model, and media figure widely recognized for her appearances in Blood & Water, The Queen, Skeem Saam, and It’s OK, We’re Family.
She begins her role as Wendy Dlamini in the Netflix adolescent crime thriller Blood & Water in 2020. That same year, she starred in BET Africa’s Isono and was named a brand ambassador for “Garnier Even & Matte.”
Likewise, she starred in the reality show Top Billing.
Natasha Thahane’s On-Screen Career Started In 2013
Thahane made her cinematic debut in an Edgar advertisement in 2013. The following year, she made her television series breakthrough with “Drama King,” an episode of the e.t.v. anthology eKasi: Our Stories.
Within a year, she came back for “uManqoba,” another chapter. In season 1 of Saints and Sinners, she made a cameo appearance as Fundiswa, and in season 2, she returned to the same role as a recurring character.
Thahane’s portrayal of Enhle Tango in the SABC1 serial drama Skeem Saam helped her become well-known between 2015 and 2016.
She departed to star as Amogelang Maake in the Mzansi Magic telenovela The Queen. She was a series regular for the first two seasons before becoming a recurrent character for the next two.
In the SABC3 drama, It’s OK We’re Family, she played the lead role of Leshae K and also appeared in Lockdown seasons 4 and 5 in 2019 as Katlego Jali.
Natasha Thahane Wedding Photos On IG
Netizens initially speculated that Thahane is hitched after she uploaded a series of images on her official Instagram account dressed in traditional clothes.
Her managers, meanwhile, informed The Citizen that they had “no interest in reacting to any conjecture.”
This comes after Thahane fueled wedding rumors in October by posting a photo of herself in an orange dress with a striped top piece and a video of her aunts ululating on her Instagram story.
In a series of photos, the actress is seen wearing gorgeous Xhosa traditional clothing with beads on her shoulders. She also tweeted a photo of her guests, who comprised professional colleagues and close relatives and friends.
Is Natasha Thahane Married To Thembinkosi Lorch?
Internet users initially assumed that the actress married Orlando Pirates midfielder and her baby’s father, Thembinkosi Lorch, even though the couple is said to have pulled apart.
Natasha is seated close to Lorch, wearing a Gucci bucket hat, in an Instagram story recorded by one of the guests; which was uploaded with the caption: “Our lovely couple.”
However, the soccer star is not suited for the usual gathering and subsequently released an old photo from a themed party, which Thahane published on September 27.
Do Natasha And Thembinkosi Have A Child Together?
According to iharare.com, Orlando Pirates soccer player Lorch was spotted posing with his alleged baby with Natasha Thahane in a now-deleted Instagram image earlier in June.
Natasha and Lorch’s romance first came to light in 2021, when the two were photographed on a ‘baecation’ spending quality time together in Zanzibar.
After such images, social media fans assumed that the Orlando Pirates’ dribbling wizard was the child’s presumed father as the two uploaded pictures of the youngster on their respective Instagram.
However, a few months after Natasha and Lorch released images of their child, it was revealed that the two lovebirds had split up.
Musa Khawula, a notorious celebrity gossip columnist, started the rumor when he implied that Thembinkosi Lorch had erased photos of Natasha Thahane and that the two had unfollowed one another on Instagram.
Inside Thembinkosi Lorch’s Relationship With Nokuphiphiwa Mthithibala
Before dating Natasha Thahane, he was reportedly in a relationship with Nokuphiphiwa Mthithibala, a life coach and fitness enthusiast. Lorch and his ex-girlfriend did have a scene back in 2020.
During their relationship, back in 2020, he was detained after allegedly abusing his former girlfriend, Nokuphiwa Mathithibala, in Midrand, Johannesburg.
According to The Citizen, the club issued a statement denouncing all forms of violence, including aggression against women and children.
Known as Phiwa, she owns a company called Life Coach with Phiwa, which, is a professional and licensed life coaching service that specializes in assisting its customers in achieving their objectives and enhancing their competence, capacity, and productivity.
Originally from Matatiele, Eastern Cape, she presently resides in Johannesburg and works as a quality assurance facilitator for Next Corporate and Travel Solutions.