The Sunday Mail
FEMALE members of a Chimanimani family have for the past few years been prevented from being intimate with their husbands by a spirit that claims to have been sex-starved while still alive.
The development has seriously affected the marriages of most of the Mahlupeko sisters.
The family on Sunday appeared before Chief Ndima’s court, where it was revealed that the private parts of the Mahlupeko sisters and their daughters mysteriously get blocked each time they try to get intimate with their husbands.
The traditional court heard that the spirit of the late Dakarai Mahoso is behind this.
Mahoso is said to be claiming that his wife, Gogo Nyeperai Mahlupeko (now 87), denied him his conjugal rights when he was still alive and that he died a bitter man.
In narrating the ordeal, John Mahlupeko said his married daughters and granddaughters have for the past few years been struggling with the issue of intimacy as a result of the spirit.
“All this while, we did not know that my sister’s late husband was behind this. While some family members thought it was a medical condition, others knew that it was spiritual. The ones who are not married yet are struggling to find husbands while the married ones are struggling with the issue of intimacy.
“As if that is not enough, the men in the family are struggling financially. We are failing to prosper. When we consulted prophets and traditional healers over the issue and heard that Mahoso’s spirit is haunting us, we thought maybe my sister, Tete Nyeperai, killed her husband. We were then shocked to hear that he was haunting us because he was starved of sex while still alive,” said the Mahlupeko’s family patriarch.
In an interview, Gogo Nyeperai admitted she starved her husband in the bedroom.
However, she said it was because they were both elderly, adding that she was no longer strong enough to take care of his sexual needs.
“I had 12 children with this man and I ended up failing to meet his sexual needs when we were in our old age. I was in my late 60s while he was in his 70s. I did not think it was still proper for us to be intimate.
“I was a loving wife and I am shocked that my late husband would torment my family this way. In fact, I believe this is all a lie. I think my family just wants to put the blame on me. When we consulted a traditional healer, it was said the spirit’s names are Bernard and Phineas, yet my husband’s name was Dakarai,” she said.
“The spirit said my husband was not resting peacefully due to his bitterness over the fact that I starved him sexually when he was still alive . . . The spirit demanded I should appease it by brewing traditional beer and washing myself with it,”
As a result, her late husband’s family has sent Gogo Nyeperai packing.
They have ordered her to brew some traditional beer and cleanse herself as per the spirit’s demands.
Gogo Nyeperai is currently staying with her brother, Mahlupeko, whose family is fuming at her for causing their marital mishaps.
“I want to go back to my home. My relatives are angry with me because of this spirit and staying with them is not good for me.
Meanwhile, the Mahoso family refuses to accept me at my home. They say I have to appease my late husband’s spirit first before going back. There is chaos everywhere,” said the elderly woman.
Chief Ndima ordered the Mahlupeko family to visit one more traditional healer to ascertain the real cause of their problems since Gogo Nyeperai insists her late husband is not behind the woes. — Manica Post
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Siblings brutally clash over meat
A 20-YEAR-OLD man ran riot and hit his brother, aged 26, with a brick on the face as punishment for cooking vegetables on Independence Day, instead of meat.
Tauya Mushove from Marowe village, under Chief Negomo, Mashonaland Central province, became furious when his elder brother Princewell Mushove cooked vegetables, instead of meat.
For the offence, Tauya appeared before a Concession magistrate charged with physical abuse — as defined in Section 3 (1) (a), as read with Section 4 of the Domestic Violence Act Chapter 5:16.
He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment and 12 months were suspended on condition he does not commit a similar crime within five years.
The remaining 12 months were further suspended on condition he completes 420 hours of unpaid labour at Kanyemba Primary School.
In mitigation, Tauya pleaded for forgiveness, saying he was drunk, when he committed the offence. He further said, on the day, he was also craving for meat since it was Independence Day.
The prosecutor told the court that on April 18, and around 8pm, Tauya arrived home from a beer drink.
The court heard that when he opened the pots, he discovered that his brother had cooked vegetables only.
He then confronted his brother, asking him why had prepared supper with vegetables only. A misunderstanding reportedly ensued between the two brothers.
In protest-like fashion, Tauya started throwing away the pots before he went outside and picked up a brick, which he used to hit his brother on the face until he was a “bloody mess”.
His brother, who sustained injuries on the nose, went and reported the matter to the police, leading to Tauya’s arrest. — B-Metro
