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Tsvangirai justifies his flirtation with several women
17 Sep 2012 at 05:50hrs | Views
Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday broke the silence on his love life and justified his flirtation with several women saying love was like a "human spirit which hovers over many individuals before it finally settles on its chosen medium".
Addressing guests attending a ceremony to celebrate his customary marriage to his new wife Elizabeth Macheka, Tsvangirai accused his political rivals of intruding into his private life and vilifying him for making his final choice.
With no less than 3 women publicly chasing him, PM Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday made it clear he had settled for Elizabeth, a woman of extreme beauty fighting an ugly war to legally wed her man.
In an act of extraordinary defiance, Tsvangirai staged the "wedding" a day after provincial magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi revoked his marriage licence after ruling that the PM was still customarily married to Locardia Karimatsenga.
Another woman, South African national Nosipho Regina Shilubane, had also approached the courts to stop the wedding claiming Tsvangirai had promised to marry her but the court threw out her bid. Close to 2 000 people took their seats to congratulate the PM and welcome their new "mother". MDC-T organising secretary Nelson Chamisa introduced the PM and his "bride" whom he introduced as a "nyungururwi" (a rare find).
Chamisa slammed Zanu PF and the state media, alleging their "plot" to block the wedding had flopped.
"The wedding has gone on well despite ZBC playing a bulletin every five minutes (demonising the PM). The wedding was cancelled at ZBC, court and other parties. Why? Because they did not want you to grace the wedding."
Tsvangirai said: "Munhu haapihwi mukadzi necourt nhai veduwe, ungapihwa mukadzi nenewspaper zvingaita? Zvino uyu ndakapfimba ndega, ndikaroora ndega, hapana akandipa cent ende ndichatofa ndinaye (A man is never given a wife by a court or a newspaper.
"That cannot happen. I charmed and married her on my own. Noone helped with a cent. Till death do us part)," declared Tsvangirai, to the applause of his supporters.
"We as a party, we respect the law. We do not violate the law but there are other people who would like to abuse the law for their own political acts," the MDC leader said.
"That we reject, that we condemn. Vamwe vane vakadzi mudhadhadha kubva pano kusvika uko! Vamwe vanotora vakadzi vevamwe. Zvino ini chandapara chii?, Majealousy? (Some have a chain of wives. Others snatch married women. What wrong have I done? They are jealous)," said Tsvangirai
Addressing guests attending a ceremony to celebrate his customary marriage to his new wife Elizabeth Macheka, Tsvangirai accused his political rivals of intruding into his private life and vilifying him for making his final choice.
With no less than 3 women publicly chasing him, PM Morgan Tsvangirai on Saturday made it clear he had settled for Elizabeth, a woman of extreme beauty fighting an ugly war to legally wed her man.
In an act of extraordinary defiance, Tsvangirai staged the "wedding" a day after provincial magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi revoked his marriage licence after ruling that the PM was still customarily married to Locardia Karimatsenga.
Another woman, South African national Nosipho Regina Shilubane, had also approached the courts to stop the wedding claiming Tsvangirai had promised to marry her but the court threw out her bid. Close to 2 000 people took their seats to congratulate the PM and welcome their new "mother". MDC-T organising secretary Nelson Chamisa introduced the PM and his "bride" whom he introduced as a "nyungururwi" (a rare find).
Chamisa slammed Zanu PF and the state media, alleging their "plot" to block the wedding had flopped.
"The wedding has gone on well despite ZBC playing a bulletin every five minutes (demonising the PM). The wedding was cancelled at ZBC, court and other parties. Why? Because they did not want you to grace the wedding."
Tsvangirai said: "Munhu haapihwi mukadzi necourt nhai veduwe, ungapihwa mukadzi nenewspaper zvingaita? Zvino uyu ndakapfimba ndega, ndikaroora ndega, hapana akandipa cent ende ndichatofa ndinaye (A man is never given a wife by a court or a newspaper.
"That cannot happen. I charmed and married her on my own. Noone helped with a cent. Till death do us part)," declared Tsvangirai, to the applause of his supporters.
"We as a party, we respect the law. We do not violate the law but there are other people who would like to abuse the law for their own political acts," the MDC leader said.
"That we reject, that we condemn. Vamwe vane vakadzi mudhadhadha kubva pano kusvika uko! Vamwe vanotora vakadzi vevamwe. Zvino ini chandapara chii?, Majealousy? (Some have a chain of wives. Others snatch married women. What wrong have I done? They are jealous)," said Tsvangirai
Source - dailynews
