Pritchard Ndlovu, a Bulwayo, Zimbabwean man returned from an eighth-year jail term only to meet
his dear wife with another man’s child.
As if the pain was not enough, Sitheni Sibanda further denied the man as her husband because he
stained himself by going to jail, according to Zimbabwe News Online.
The woman further showed she was serious by suing the ex-convict for disturbing her peace and love
for her new man, Innocent Masuku.
At the Bulawayo civil court, Ndlovu said he was shocked when he returned from prison to find his
wife with a baby.
Ndlovu got into trouble in 2008 after he was caught with copper.
In her response, Sibanda said she fell for the new man when she became desperate for a man to take
care of her while Ndlovu was in jail.
She said: “While Pritchard Ndlovu was in prison I met and started a romantic relationship with
Innocent Masuku even though I had not formally informed the respondent that I intended to terminate
our customary union and start a relationship with someone else.
“This was largely because the children and I were near destitutes as no one was looking after us
since I was unemployed. As a result of my relationship with Masuku, a child Bonginkosi Zinhle was
born.”
She told the court that after the birth of the child, she went to Nlovu’s family to inform them that she
was no longer interested.
“I had moved on with Masuku but Ndlovu after his release approached me several times wanting to
salvage the relationship. I am no longer interested in him.
“On 10 April he came to where I now stay with Masuku and chased after him with an axe. As a result
of that incident, I am now living in fear and urgently need the court’s protection,” she added.
Ndlovu did not deny the claim but said it was because he was angry over the betrayal by his wife.
“When I went to her place of residence I was delivering food for the children.
“It was unfortunate that on the day in question I met Masuku and an altercation arose after I asked
him why he impregnated my wife. When I took the axe my intention was not to strike him but to scare
him off,” he said.
The magistrate, Sheunesu Matova, while ruling on the case, warned Ndlovu to stop disturbing the
woman. He was also ordered never to visit her again.
A week ago, Vimla Vaghela, an Indian reportedly beat her spouse so hard for refusing to have s.ex
with her that he died. The woman is now to spend her remaining life in jail.