her own son. The woman and her son
claim to be in love with each other.
And now they want to take their
relationship to the next level and get
married considering that the mother,
Betty Mbereko (from Mwenezi in Masvingo) is now six months pregnant
and expecting her son's child and her
grand child.
Mbereko, 40, has 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 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.
"I know my father died before he
finished paying the bride price and I
am prepared to pay it off," he said. "It
is better to publicise what is happening because people should know that I am the one who made my mother pregnant.
Otherwise they will accuse her of
promiscuity." But local headman Nathan Muputirwa says: "We cannot allow this to happen in our village,mashura chaiwo aya, (This is a bad omen indeed). In the past they would have to be killed but today we cannot do it because we are afraid of the police."
He warned them to immediately break off their marriage or leave his village. They chose the latter and have since left the village for an undisclosed destination.
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