Cheating wife attacked and left for dead
By Arron Nyamayaro
CHITUNGWIZA – A cheating Seke woman was attacked by her husband when he came across love messages on her Facebook page.
Blessing Hwesva, 31, of Mayambara in Seke hacked his 24 year old wife Proficiency Maritinyu’s Facebook account and communicated with her alleged boyfriend one Simon Ngonyama who fell for the trick.
A scuffle ensued in Sasolburg, South Arica where they both work before Blessing forced Proficiency to accompany him into the country to seek counselling from one of her relatives Agnes Maritinyu, 27.
After one of the relatives expected to lead the counselling failed to turn up, Blessing is alleged to have attacked Proficiency with a broken beer bottle at midnight and she sustained neck, chin, left hand and nose injuries that she is nursing.
Proficiency confirmed cheating with 26 year old Simon who is also based in South Africa in retaliation after Blessing brought a prostitute into their matrimonial bedroom.
“He is the one who started cheating by bringing a prostitute into my bedroom and I decided to retaliate because I am the one looking after him as he is not employed,” said Proficiency.
“I fell in love with Simon Ngonyama in June last year and from July I was not seeing him; we started communicating via Facebook and Whatsapp.
“A wife to Blessing’s friend Stengisiwe is the one who helped me open a Facebook account and I suspect that she is the one who exposed me to Blessing after I confronted Blessing over his affair with a prostitute.
“Blessing communicated with Simon asking him if he was prepared to marry me if I leave my marriage and he answered indicating that he was ready to take me to another town in South Africa.
“Simon failed to meet Blessing as he (Blessing) did not know the place we usually meet. Blessing had invited him home lying that he (Blessing) was in Zimbabwe.
“Pangadai pakarwiwa chaizvo because Simon is also a violent person and that caused Blessing to force me to come here where he attacked me and is even threatening to kill me after discovering that he left me alive.
“Blessing sped off with his sister Marian Kofi and her husband who both witnessed Blessing viciously attack me.
“Blessing in anger broke an empty beer bottle in his own head before attacking me with it and I lost a lot of blood and he left me for dead sprawling on the ground. He left me when he saw a passing motorist.
“What angered him is my admission that I was in love with Simon and there was nothing to hide because he had seen it all from his Facebook and Whatsapp conversations with Simon.
“At the moment I do not have a mobile phone as he confiscated it from me and Simon is not aware of the situation I am going through. He was exaggerating by including many boyfriends when I only cheated with Simon.
“I am no longer interested in staying with him because he was ever assaulting me and all our neighbours know about it. His decision to come and attack me in this country was the fear of South African police because he was arrested twice for assaulting me.
“Zvese zvaanopfeka ndini; ndinoshanda iye haashande and he is illiterate. I do not even know how he was communicating with Simon via Facebook and Whatsapp,” said Proficiency.
Agnes (Proficiency’s sister who was supposed to provide counselling) found Proficiency lying in a pool of blood after she heard noise as Blessing was attacking her.
“I heard noise after they left my house and I decided to follow and I found her lying in a pool of blood. I took her to Chitungwiza General (Central) Hospital” said Agnes.
“I failed to settle the dispute before Blessing decided to take her to my parents. I did not know that he wanted to kill her on the way,” she added.
Blessing and Proficiency have a 5 year old daughter and have been living together for six years. Blessing moved to South Africa in February 2009 before Proficiency followed in May of the same year.
Provincial police spokesperson Inspector Tadeous Chibanda urged members of the public to desist from resorting to violence as a way of solving disputes.
“A young couple arrived in the country on the 4th of May from South Africa and the husband was accusing his wife of infidelity before they visited her sister in Mayambara in Seke to seek counselling.
“After their uncle who was expected to counsel them failed to turn up, the couple is said to have decided to visit the wife’s parents in Chitungwiza where the accused stopped the car and tracked the complainant with an empty beer bottle.
“The complainant sustained cuts on her nose, chin, left hand and on her neck before she was taken to hospital where she received treatment and was discharged. The accused is reported to have fled the scene and left the country for South Africa and investigations are in progress,” said Inspector Chibanda.
“Police are urging members of the public to desist from using violence in solving problems but seek help from elders or report to their nearest police stations,” added Inspector Chibanda. H Metro
