done the unthinkable – they
have fallen in love with one
another.
And now they want
to marry since the mom, is six
months pregnant and
expecting her son's first child.
Mbereko (40), who was
widowed 12 years ago, has
been cohabiting with her first
child, Farai Mbereko (23).
She confirms that she is six months
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.
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
break off their marriage or
leave his village.
They chose the latter and have
left the village for an unknown
destination.
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