A GWANDA woman is in trouble with the law for severely assaulting her husband for daring to say he had fallen out of love with her.
Albert Ncube Own Correspondent
After accusing her husband Msilisi Nkolomi (27) of infidelity and not paying lobola to her parents, Siphephile Nalunga (20), pummelled the hapless man, leading to her arrest and appearance in court.
Nalunga of House Number 862 Phakama in Gwanda was fined $100 or 30 days in prison after pleading guilty to charges of assault when she appeared before Gwanda magistrate Arafat Kozanai last week.
Prosecutor Getrude Zvidzai told the court that on October 17, Nalunga assaulted Nkolomi by striking him with uphini, a cooking stick, several times on the head at their home. She went on to bite him four times on the chest, stomach, hand and on the thigh.
Nkolomi reported the matter to the police, leading to his wife’s arrest.
In mitigation Nalunga said she acted in self-defence after Nkolomi attacked her when she demanded to know why he had come home late.
Nalunga accused her husband of having an extra-marital affair with another woman whom she said he intended to marry. Nkolomi had earlier urged the court to pass a non-custodial sentence on his wife, but indicated he was no longer interested in her.
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“The court can fine her, but I cannot stay with her any longer. She can come to the house and take all that she wants and leave me alone,” he said.
Nkolomi said he was prepared to pay maintenance for the upkeep of their two-year-old son.
However, this did not go down well with Nalunga who demanded Nkolomi pays lobola for her since the two had been staying together for three years.
“I want to find out, now that he is saying he no longer wants to stay with me and had not paid lobola what should I do?” Nalunga enquired from the magistrate.
The magistrate advised Nalunga to discuss the issue with her family members and commended Nkolomi for reporting the matter.
“In our patriarchal African society very few man will approach the police when abused by their wives. Therefore Nkolomi should be commended for exhibiting some form of bravery,” Kozanai said.
