She confirms that she is six
month pregnant and that she has decided it is better to “marry” her son because
she does not want to marry her late husband’s young brothers, whom she says are
coveting her.
Betty stunned a village court
last week when she said the affair with her son had begun three years earlier.
She said after spending a lot of
money sending Farai to school following the death of her husband, she felt she
had a right to his money and no other woman was entitled to it.
“Look, I strove
alone to send my son to school and no one helped me. Now you see that my son is
working and you accuse me of doing something wrong.
“Let me enjoy the products of my
sweat,” she told the village court council.
Farai said he was more than
prepared to marry his mother and would pay off the ilobola balance his father
had left unpaid to his grandparents.
“I know my father died before he
finished paying the bride price and I am prepared to pay it off,” he said. “It
is better to publicise what is happening because people should know that I am
the one who made my mother pregnant.
Otherwise they will accuse her of
promiscuity.” But local headman Nathan Muputirwa says: “We cannot allow this to
happen in our village, mashura chaiwo aya, (This is a bad omen indeed). In the
past they would have to be killed but today we cannot do it because we are
afraid of the police.”
He warned them to immediately
break off their marriage or leave his village. They chose the latter and have
since left the village for an undisclosed destination.
Source:
Jadeafrican.com
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