Woman stumbles upon naked pictures of hubby and his lover on his laptop

A Harare woman has stumbled upon naked pictures of her husband and his lover on his laptop.

The woman flew into a rage when she saw her husband, Innocent Mataranyika and  his lover, Juliet Jacha, in various naked poses. Juliet is also a married woman.

The exposure of the illicit affair which has been going on for sometime behind the wife's back shows how modern technology promotes infidelity. Equally, it is now easier for stray husbands and wives to be caught using modern technology.

While philandering men are generally accepted, society frowns on married women who strayed.

But The Herald easily found five married women who confirmed that they were sleeping with other men.

"The extra-marital relationship provides me with a ready-made and fresh experience, which is appealing enough to take the risk," said a public relations executive with a big corporate, who has been having a fling with an accounts clerk from her workplace.

A 45-year-old woman whose husband is in the army and is often away from home said she has been having an affair with the pastor of a well-known pentecostal church for two years, since her husband was often away from home.

"I spend most of my time at church even during the week for a number of volunteer services, which I happen to do together with the pastor.

"Our affair has been kept under wraps for the obvious consequences. That affair has actually helped my marriage to survive," she said

A beauty therapist with a renowned pharmacy in town Ruvarashe (not her real name) has had a string of relationships in the last five years although she is married to a charming and responsible husband, who treats her well.

"I have been cheating on my husband for the past five years and I have managed to keep it under wraps. It was meant to be just a temporary fling, but it is turning out to be something serious.

"The guy I am going out with is a family friend so it is no big deal, even if we are spotted together," she said.

She added that should she be caught, her mother-in-law would be the last one to point a daring finger at her because she was also sleeping with a haulage truck driver who often ferries her goods to South Africa for resale.

Mutsa is a full-time housewife who has been having an affair with her neighbour's 23 year old son, for some months now.

"My husband is a busy man, and spends most of his time at the golf course, striking lucrative deals with businesspeople.

"He gives me money and all, but I am just bored," she quipped.

In all these revelations, the women admitted that use of technology which had become viral was aiding their relationships.

"I spend most of my time on Whatsapp just talking to my boy, and everything becomes easy and possible," she said.

However, 67-year-old elder with Pentecostal church, Mr Mairosi Mukoni, said the issue of married women having extra-marital affairs have been in existence for more than 50 years or so, hence the adage "Gomba harina mwana".

"Kune nyaya dzakatowandisa dzana mbuya vedu vaibatwa vaine zvikomba, vaenda, kumagadheni, kuhuni, kana kurukova chaiko kunowacha. (Back then married women used to be caught while having a nice time with their boyfriends, having lied to their husbands that they were going to attend to family chores).

He, however, condemned the practice, saying it was impacting negatively on the marriage institution, while fuelling the HIV and Aids pandemic.

Social commentator Albert Nhamoyebonde said while men were regarded as natural hunters who were always looking for new territories to conquer, the increase in the number of married women who were cheating on their husbands was a worrying trend which was pointing to various factors, chiefly among them lack of communication.