Long wait for wedding day
2005-04-28
Engela Duvenage
THEIRS is a story of love, patience - and soccer.
When Mjongiswa Elliot Capu saw his future wife, Nosiseko Roselie, more than 14 years ago, he was taking part in a soccer match just outside Wellington. She was one of the spectators.
He was so impressed by this lady that he quietly made a resolution to find out if she was already spoken for. She wasn’t, and their courtship began.
The two, who both originally hail from the Eastern Cape, courted while Mjongiswa was employed on a local stud farm, and Nosiseko lived on a nearby farm in Antoniesvlei.
Later they moved to George, where their first son, Luthando, was born in 1998. Their younger son, Simthandile, was born a bit more than a year ago.
Such is Mjongiswa’s love for soccer that both their sons are nicknamed after the Brazilian soccer stars, Ronaldo and Ravaldo. It is, after all, soccer that brought their parents together.
About six years ago, they returned to Wellington, where they originally met, and Mjongiswa was employed by the Du Plessis family as their jack of all trades and master of many skills, doing anything from general maintenance and gardening to making wrought-iron beds.
A big worry to Mjongiswa was that they could not get married, as his bride-to-be did not have the necessary identity documents needed for the legal aspect of it.
“Because we are not from here, it made it more difficult to get all the papers,” he explained.
She applied quite a few times, but never with any luck.
Mjongiswa, however, never gave up.
“I’ve had the plan to marry her for a long time,” he says, “so that we can live as one family and trust each other, which ensures less trouble.”
In February this year, she received her valuable green book of life, which meant that they could officially get married.
It was planned for the Department of Home Affairs offices, but Wellington attorney André‚ du Plessis and his wife Wanda had much grander plans for their loyal employee.
Fourteen years after they met, the couple were married on a hot March afternoon at the Du Plessis residence.
A white BWM was commissioned as bridal carriage. Christa Vergotini sang a lovely English song, while Reverend Pieter Barnard from the Dutch Reformed Church in Courtrai officiated.
Lawyer Helene Esterhuize was the bridesmaid, while the du Plessis’s daughters Michelle and Nicolette took care of the flowers and other arrangements.
It was a real family wedding, with Nosiseko’s sister and family members of Mjongiswa also attending.
Mjongiswa looked the part of the bridegroom in a dark suite, while Nosiseko wore more traditional attire.
The rings they exchanged were made by local jeweller Nikki Siebritz.
At the function afterwards, a toast of champagne was drunk to the health and happiness of the couple.
“Only death parts us,” says Mjongiswa, a man of strong conviction, and more importantly, patience and love for his soft-spoken wife.
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