Woman takes love rival's photo to inyanga

A BULAWAYO woman is at loggerheads with her boyfriend's wife whom she's accusing of trying to bewitch her after she reportedly took her photo to an inyanga.

The alleged mistress Sylvia Dube claimed her boyfriend's wife Sithembile Sibanda wanted to bewitch her for dating her husband.

So nasty is the war that Dube has since vowed to fight back Sibanda with juju.

The man at the centre of the photo dispute, Ellison Magama is alleged to have sired a baby with Dube.

Having failed to endure Dube's threats and constant harassment, the fearful Sibanda sought the court's intervention and applied for a peace order against her rival.

In court she claimed that she was living in fear of her husband's alleged mistress who was constantly threatening to bewitch her.

The court heard that Dube was also in the habit of visiting Sibanda's place causing a scene by verbally abusing her.

"Sylvia Dube is dating my husband and they have a child together. They fell in love sometime in November last year.

From that time I have never known peace as she is in the habit of coming to my place to verbally and physically abuse me.

"She once came with her sisters and assaulted me. They were accusing me of taking her (Sylvia)'s photo to an inyanga. Sylvia later threatened me saying she was going to bewitch me too," she said.

Responding to the allegations, the self-styled "home wrecker" Dube admitted that she was dating Sibanda's husband.

She said when she went to her home, Magama had told her that his wife took her photo to an inyanga.

Following her confession that she was dating the applicant's husband presiding magistrate Sheunesu Matova granted the peace order in favour of Sibanda in which he ordered Dube not to verbally and physically abuse her or go to her house in Entumbane suburb.