A 40-year-old mother is set to marry 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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