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It’s a YES! Rouge announces her engagement

Congratulations are in order for Deko Barbara-Jessica Wedi, popularly known as Rouge, who recently got engaged to her long-term boyfriend, MacMillan Mabaleka.

What seemed to have just been a day of getting baptised turned out to also be the day that she said YES to the big question.

On the day, both Rouge and her lover got baptised; after the baptism, he visited her at home and surprised her with a marriage proposal, to which she responded positively.

Taking to her social media platforms, the star announced that she is soon to walk down the aisle after accepting her boyfriend’s proposal.

“Here I thought the 10th of June would just be my Baptism date and giving my life to God again. Nope, ROUGE IS ENGAGED of course it was going to be him,” she wrote. 

Many of her friends and supporters flooded her comments section with congratulatory messages and wished her well on this new journey.

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