A WOMAN from Bulawayo rushed in panic to alert her
boyfriend’s wife after unknown assailants attacked and killed her lover while
the two were having sex in a bush.
The duo was allegedly attacked by two people who were
wearing black clothes that covered them up at a rocky area between Mabutweni
and Njube suburbs at about 10PM on Saturday.
The incident happened some metres away from the man’s house
in Mabutweni.
Jameson Mwembe allegedly took advantage of an electricity
blackout to have a tryst with Fadzai Mativenga (33), one of his neighbours. Mativenga
is in a critical condition at Mpilo Central Hospital as she sustained head
injuries.
Mwembe’s wife, Mrs Rudo Mwembe, said a bloodied Mativenga
broke away from the assailants and rushed to inform her that her husband had
been attacked.
She said Mativenga initially lied to her. “At around 10PM,
this woman came knocking at my door, she called me by name. She told me that
she was on her way from church when she found my husband lying lifeless on the
ground. I suspected she had a hand in my husband’s attack because why would she
know me by name and my house.
“When l wanted to rush to get a vehicle to take my husband
to hospital, she said we should first rush to the scene and check if he was
still breathing,” said Mrs Mwembe, who struggled to speak between sobs.
She said she only learnt that Mativenga was Mwembe’s
girlfriend when the police were taking statements. “Fadzai told the police a
different story, she said they were together when my husband was attacked,’’
Mrs Mwembe said.
The Chronicle caught up with the family and neighbours and
most of them blamed Mativenga for Mwembe’s death.
A neighbour who declined to be named said: “This was not a
random attack. I suspect these murderers are her boyfriends because such ladies
are a nuisance. They play games with many men.”
When The Chronicle visited the scene where the attack
occurred, there was a congealed pool of blood near a big rock.
“His parents will know what to do with it (the blood),’’
said a relative. Mwembe’s brother, Mr Dudu Siyabela, said the death was a
tragedy to the family.
“I was surprised when l received a call about his death, he
was in good health and we did not expect his sudden death. I suspect the
‘girlfriend’ knows what exactly happened. We are waiting for our parents so
that we know where to bury him,’’ he said.
Mr Siyabela said it was improper for the girlfriend to
attend the funeral because it may cause secondary harm to Mwembe’s family.
This newspaper caught up with Mativenga’s family and her
mother —who declined to be named — said she was distressed by the incident.
“I hope the murderers will be caught so that justice is
served. I’m deeply saddened by the death of that man because he left a widow
and children,’’ she said.
The mother was later overheard by this reporter speaking to
her uncle on a cellphone saying: “I feel humiliated by Fadzai’s behaviour. I
wonder where she was going with a married man during the night. I cannot even
face the family of the deceased because they will point fingers at me.’’
Mativenga’s mother said her daughter rents her own house
and she was not aware that she went out during the night.
Mativenga, neighbours said, is a single unemployed mother
of three children. Mwembe is survived by his wife and three daughters aged 15,
12 and eight years.
Bulawayo police spokesperson Chief Inspector Precious
Simango was not reachable for comment. Chronicle
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