Man 'catches' wife cheating with form 1 pupil

A four-year-old marriage of a couple in Lobengula West suburb of Bulawayo is allegedly on the rocks after the husband discovered 'love messages' sent to the wife by a 13-year-old boy from the neighbourhood.

Nathan Mlambo (27) could not believe his eyes last Saturday when he browsed through his wife's phone and came across text messages allegedly sent by a Form One pupil (name supplied) who is learning at Sikhulile High School.

Circumstances as disclosed by the source are that Mlambo was always suspecting that his wife was cheating on him but could not prove it. It is said on the fateful day, the wife, only identified as MaNyoni, was in the bathroom when Mlambo seized the opportunity to browse through her phone to check on anything that could hint that she was cheating.

His mission proved to be 'successful' when he bumped to a Whatsapp conversation that revealed his wife's secret relationship with the alleged boy. Without wasting time, he questioned his wife about the messages and the woman allegedly professed ignorance and said the messages were just from a 'harmless' Form One boy whom she always jokes with on Whatsapp.

This allegedly did not go down well with the husband who accused his wife of cheating and disrespecting him by secretly declaring her love to other men. Reports say since then the marriage has been on the brisk of collapse.

"When the wife was asked about the love messages she claimed that they were just jokes as she will be teasing the young boy. They exchanged bitter words with the husband fuming. He was very angry as he was accusing his wife of four years of cheating on him with a Form 1 boy. MaNyoni however, maintained that she was just joking and teasing with the 13-year-old lad," said the source.

Our news crew caught up with the young boy, who appeared blank regarding the issue.

"I don't know anything about that and I did not send any love messages to anyone. I know MaNyoni, we always watch soccer in her house but I don't know about those (love) messages," the seemingly innocent and shocked boy said.

MaNyoni however maintained that the messages were from the young boy, though she claimed that she was just teasing him.

"I cannot refute that the messages were there but that's how I usually joke with him. It's not true that we are in love. he is just a young boy and people are now spreading lies saying I am in love with him," she claimed.

Efforts to get a comment from the husband were not successful by the time of going to press.