clothes,buthecan’tmaintain”their

four-year-olddaughter.

NeoLebogoclaimsEmmanuelhasnot

laideyesontheirtwo-year-oldtwins

despiterepeatedpromisestomeetthe

littleboyandgirl.“I’mtiredofprotecting

hisreputation,”shesays.“Heneedsto

ownuptohisresponsibilities.”

Thefed-upmothershavetakenthe

fallenfootballstartocourtbuthesays

legalaction“doesn’tscare”him.

Headmitshe’sstrugglingtosupport

hischildrenbutrecentlytooktosocial

mediatoannouncethathisfiancée,

ArantxaMaarman,is pregnant.

“Childrenarea blessing,themorethe

merrier,”hetellsDRUM.

EmmanuelsaysNtombi(21)andNeo

(23)arejustbitterbecausehe’sfound

lovewithhisnewbabymama.“Those

twoarecrazy,especiallyNtombi,”hesays.

‘HE’S NOT

STEPPING UP’

H

E WAS considered the
next big thing at Kaizer
Chiefs. Emmanuel
Letlotlo worked his way
through the ranks of
the top-flight club, but
his star faded almost
as quickly as it rose. Af-
ter a mere five matches he was booted

from the senior team.
Now the 23-year-old striker is clubless

• yet it’s not his future in football that’s
  the talk of the town.

Emmanuel is at the centre of a messy
child maintenance battle. Two women,
one the mother of twins he’s never made

time to meet, are demanding he pay
papgeld for the kids he fathered. He’s a
deadbeat dad, his baby mamas say.
Ntombi Gama says, “he has money to

party and go clubbing, wear designer

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Footballer Emmanuel Letlotlo’s

baby mamas say he hasn’t been

taking care of his kids – so they’re

taking him to court BY QHAMA DAYILE

“She speaks to me like I’m her child.

“They need to come clean that they’re

jealous that I moved on and I’m happy.”

The striker says he can’t do anything

about being unemployed. When his con-

tract with the Glamour Boys ended, he

had no means of supporting his kids.

“But it’s not like I’m not trying to make

ends meet. I just don’t have a team yet.

I’m waiting to start somewhere else

very soon. What do they want me to do,

go work at Pick n Pay? Never.”

He’s had lots of free time since Ama-

khosi cut him loose but hasn’t visited his

young children because he fears their

mothers.

“What if they poison my food or drug

me when I go see the kids? No, I’m not

going there. If they want me to see the

kids, they must drop them off at my

parents’ house.”

The former Kaizer Chiefs striker is expecting

his fourth child with fiancée Arantxa Maarman.