The ManicaPost
Tendai Gukutikwa Weekender Correspondent
THE residence of an elderly Mutare couple has suddenly become a wrestling arena after the husband allegedly married off their daughter without the blessings of his wife who works in South Africa.
When his wife finally returned home on January 14 this year, fierce domestic violent clashes became the order of the day over the lobola issue.
As she is on the receiving end of the endless fights, the woman has now taken the matter to the courts seeking protection against her husband.
Mutare magistrate, Miss Nyasha Kuture presided over the matter.
In her application, Moreblessing Ganda told the court that her husband, Raphael Farai Chimboza dealt with their daughter’s traditional marriage proceedings behind her back.
She said – by so doing – Chimboza undermined her authority as a mother to the child who had the right to be present at the marriage ceremony.
“I work in South Africa and when he called to tell me that our daughter wanted to get married, I told him to delay the whole process since I was having problems with my daughter that I needed to settle first before her marriage,” she said.
Ganda said her husband did not take heed of her advice and, because for the love of money, he married off their daughter alone in her absence.
She said when she questioned him over his conduct she was heavily assaulted.
“Only for the love of money, he went ahead and married off my daughter without my knowledge. When I came back from South Africa and confronted him on the matter, he assaulted me with an iron bar and since then, I have not had any peace at my matrimonial home.”
In response, Chimboza denied ever assaulting his wife, saying she was peddling falsehoods.
He told the court that his wife was not supposed to cause the delay of their daughter’s traditional marriage because of her personal differences with her.
Miss Kuture granted Ganda the protection order.
Chimboza was ordered to stop assaulting or insulting his wife, be it in privacy or in public.
