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'Cheating' wife placed under house arrest
16 Mar 2018 at 05:55hrs | Views
A Shangani woman embroiled in a domestic dispute with her husband has told a Bulawayo Civil Court that her jealous hubby has allegedly placed her under "house arrest" after he suspected that she had been cheating on him.
Ellen Zvitambo claimed that her husband, Nkosinathi Ndlovu, employed as a Machine Operator at Blanket Mine in Gwanda was violating her rights by allegedly not allowing her to leave the house or go to church, work and mingle with other community members.
Zvitambo, who was seeking a protection order against her husband, told the presiding magistrate Tinashe Tashaya that Ndlovu was also verbally, physically and economically abusing her.
"Nkosinathi Ndlovu is my husband and he has been verbally, physically and economically abusing me since 2008.
He constantly assaults me with a stick and fists whenever we have a misunderstanding, the latest incident being on 11 January this year when he beat me up after arriving home in the evening from Bulawayo saying I was late.
"He wants me to be at home all the time and doesn't allow me to mingle with other community members, as a result I do not go to church or any community meeting or social gathering.
"I am a trained dressmaker and my husband does not even allow me to join the dressmaking team in our community. His conduct is disturbing my peace," complained Zvitambo.
In response, Ndlovu didn't dispute his wife's accusations. He however, accused her of cheating on him.
"It's true that I beat her up. This was after she arrived home late and failed to give satisfactory reasons. On the day in question I suspected that she was having a good time with her boyfriend as her clothes were had dust and grass all over.
"I later discovered that she was cheating on me after I stumbled upon some love messages in her phone on messages she was exchanging with her boyfriend," responded Ndlovu.
His response did not go down well with the magistrate who sternly ordered him not to verbally, physically and emotionally abuse his wife as well as not to stop her from attending church or any other community or social gathering.
After the ruling Ndlovu who looked unhappy said he was expecting the judgment to compel his wife to respect him as the head of the family.
Ellen Zvitambo claimed that her husband, Nkosinathi Ndlovu, employed as a Machine Operator at Blanket Mine in Gwanda was violating her rights by allegedly not allowing her to leave the house or go to church, work and mingle with other community members.
Zvitambo, who was seeking a protection order against her husband, told the presiding magistrate Tinashe Tashaya that Ndlovu was also verbally, physically and economically abusing her.
"Nkosinathi Ndlovu is my husband and he has been verbally, physically and economically abusing me since 2008.
He constantly assaults me with a stick and fists whenever we have a misunderstanding, the latest incident being on 11 January this year when he beat me up after arriving home in the evening from Bulawayo saying I was late.
"He wants me to be at home all the time and doesn't allow me to mingle with other community members, as a result I do not go to church or any community meeting or social gathering.
"I am a trained dressmaker and my husband does not even allow me to join the dressmaking team in our community. His conduct is disturbing my peace," complained Zvitambo.
In response, Ndlovu didn't dispute his wife's accusations. He however, accused her of cheating on him.
"It's true that I beat her up. This was after she arrived home late and failed to give satisfactory reasons. On the day in question I suspected that she was having a good time with her boyfriend as her clothes were had dust and grass all over.
"I later discovered that she was cheating on me after I stumbled upon some love messages in her phone on messages she was exchanging with her boyfriend," responded Ndlovu.
His response did not go down well with the magistrate who sternly ordered him not to verbally, physically and emotionally abuse his wife as well as not to stop her from attending church or any other community or social gathering.
After the ruling Ndlovu who looked unhappy said he was expecting the judgment to compel his wife to respect him as the head of the family.
Source - bmetro
