A VILLAGE love story has caused a stir in Mashonaland
Central’s Mupfure Village after a local teacher married a herd boy in the area.
The teacher, Kinedah Zhangazha, says finances are a secondary issue in life and
all she was after was genuine love.
Her marriage to the herd man, Percy Manyika, is still the
talk of the village years after their union but both are astoundingly happy in
their marriage.
“Yes, it is true, I am qualified teacher here at Mupfure
Primary School who fell in love and got married to this former village herd
man,” said a straight-faced Zhangazha.
She said the fact that he had little means to take care of
her did not bother her.
“Money is a secondary issue in life. The first thing that
you have to look for is having a natural lover, a decent marriage, a decent
family hence a decent life, zvemari izvo zvinotozogona kutozouya patova paye
kumashure as a blessing from the creator of that marriage,” she said.
Her husband, Manyika, who went into the marriage with a
child from another partner, is just as proud of their marriage and considers
his wife a blessing from God.
“Proposing love and finally getting Kinedah Zhangazha as my
partner was all due to God’s plan,” said Manyika who then turned to address his
wife in the moment.
“Kinedha Zhangazha, I am satisfied with your God given
love, mostly the love you are giving to my child I brought in our marriage. I
have never come home to hear that she was being abused any day or night. My
daughter is happy, so am I. I have planned to thank you with a beast,
ndichakupa mombe tsiru yechiredzwa yekurera mwana wangu uyu,” said Manyika.
Manyika’s fortunes changed for the better soon after their
marriage and he now earns way more than his wife, thanks to her decision to
invest in him.
“That allegedly non-professional partner might possess a
big money making ability that you do not have.
“Imagine he said he wanted a bicycle and capital for his
chicken and road runner project. I financed the project. He uses his bicycle
kunosvura rwodzi, delivering his birds, and he is making more cash than me,
why, because God blessed our marriage after discovering that we naturally love
each other for real,” said Zhangazha.
The investment has not only made her husband rich but also
reduced the burden on her pocket to almost nothing.
“I now get more cash for our family that I told her that
your pay is for your personal spending. I take care of her from hair to nails.
I paid all the lobola cattle and I’m only left with one beast for the mother
and one for the father, which I can give them both now because I have the money
in my pocket right now,” said Zhangazha’s proud husband.
“I have properties that I built in Bindura, Mount Darwin
and around but I cannot divulge to you before I consult my wife,” added
Manyika.
His hard-work tendencies have made him look less like a
school teacher but he is not bothered.
“Daily, my wife tries to make me smarter but as a busy
chicken farmer, it’s at times a challenge to maintain looks. Plus ndinonwa ka
inini. My dream is to surprise my wife by stopping smoking and beer drinking.
At present I smoke away from her, even at night or early morning, I wake up and
go outside to smoke,” said Manyika who also rises early to provide warm bathing
water for his family every day.
Zhangazha said her workmates were very supportive of her
marriage and some even admire her union.
“I do not have any problems with my workmates as some of
them appreciate what we do and some wish my marriage was theirs. Those married
to professionals often say our marriage is far better than theirs. Almost all
of them say we are far much happier than many couples.
“Imagine my husband gets more than $3000 per month, far
much more than my net. He does not cheat me, he just takes his beer with his
village mates. Haasati ambondiudza mashoko anondirwadzisa, or kundirova since
we married,” she said.
Manyika had the same sentiments about the villagers he
drinks with,
“To the village mates, I do not have anything to say to
them nekuti vakatoneta nekutaura vakutozvichivawo” he said.
Zhangazha said she regards her husband’s daughter as her
own. The couple also has another child together.
“I am a very busy woman, with two children, a grade seven
girl and an ECD girl. They are my children. Ndinevana two like I said, ok, with
my husband, we have one child, who is in ECD-B, but our first born is in grade
seven.
“In fact they are both my biological children because they
are both my husband’s biological children, me and my husband we are one flesh,
you see. So we have two children as husband and wife, that is all we feel and
know.”
The couple said they have their fair share of challenges as
marriage-mates,
“Yes challenges can be there but not those serious ones,
people from our both families used to pass some (negative) comments but we
stuck together for more after every comment. We just keep quiet and become more
focused on our marriage,” said Zhangazha.
She said the merits far outweigh the disadvantages. “The advantages are that I have peace of mind, and as a
family, we are ok, patitori pari bhoo as a family.
“We do not have many problems; we quickly solve our
problems alone.
“Like at times my husband goes out for beer drinking and
comes back late and we argue but when I hear him raising his voice as a drunken
man, I quickly drop mine and keep quiet and talk about it later when he gets
sober,” said the Mupfure School teacher.
She dreams of an elegant announcement of their marriage to
the world.
“We are looking forward to a white wedding and to invite
H-Metro, Herald, Sunday Mail, Star FM, ZBC, and all media houses for a historic
white wedding in Mashonaland Central,” she concluded. H Metro
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