Love is...
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Last published Fri, Aug 1, 2025
Babalwa Maxeke is building her dream life-power suit by power suit, one logistics deal at a time. Love? That's not part of the plan.
At just 25, Babalwa is the no-nonsense Business Director at Speedy Logistics. She's got a luxury car, an ironclad schedule, and a mother who thinks matchmaking is a spiritual calling. While her sisters are happily married, Babalwa is dodging blind dates and focusing on success-until a chance encounter shifts everything.
Luthando Mngomezulu is ambitious, thoughtful, and dangerously charming. He's also the co-founder of a growing logistics company-one that just might become Babalwa's next major business partner. As the lines between personal and professional blur, Babalwa finds herself torn between the life she's carefully built... and the future she never expected.
LOVE IS a story of family pressure, late-night laughter, big dreams, and the kind of love that doesn't ask you to choose-it challenges you to grow.
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