Betty Mbereko a widow from
Mwenezi in Masvingo, Zimbabwe who is pregnant for her son is now prepareing to
marry him, saying no other
woman is entitled to do so.
Mbereko, who is now six months
pregnant and expecting her son’s
child, and her grandchild had been a
widow for the past 12 years and has
been living with her 23-years-old son
Farai Mbereko.
She confirms that she is six month
pregnant and that she has decided it
is better to “marry” her son because
she does not want to marry her late
husband’s young brothers, whom
she says are coveting her.
Betty stunned a village court last
week when she said the affair with
her son had begun three years
earlier.
She said after spending a lot of
money sending Farai to school
following the death of her husband,
she felt she had a right to his money
and no other woman was entitled to
it.
“Look, I strove alone to send my son
to school and no one helped me.
Now you see that my son is working
and you accuse me of doing
something wrong. Let me enjoy the
products of my sweat,” she told the
village court council.
Farai Mbereko, the son said he was
more than prepared to marry his
mother and would pay off the ilobola
balance his father had left unpaid to
his grandparents.
But in a swift reaction, a local
headman Nathan Muputirwa says:
“We cannot allow this to happen in
our village, mashura chaiwo aya, (this
is a bad omen indeed)”.
Source: Zimbabwe Today. .
