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Matabeleland woman living with three husbands under one roof
Bulawayo24.com ^ | 2011 May 01 | Moyo Roy

Posted on 05/05/2011 8:47:25 AM PDT by TheDingoAteMyBaby

A HWANGE woman has shocked her locals after marrying five husbands, three of whom she is currently staying with under one roof, the state controlled Sunday Mail reported.

Her first two husbands have died, with one of them committing suicide after a traditional court tried to end the bizarre union.

The woman behind this unusual case of polyandry (having two or more husbands at the same time) is Ms Shupi Gladys Ngwenya from Gezi Line in Lupote Village, about 80km from the mining town of Hwange.

According to Lupote village head Ms Lydia Ncube, before Shupi's first husband died three years ago she married a second man and the three all stayed together. Things turned sour after the village head summoned her over the unprecedented case of polyandry.

"Shupi was married and she took in another man to stay with her. We then summoned her and the second man to my place, where we fined the man one beast and ZW$10 000, but unfortunately he failed to pay up as he was unemployed. He took his life instead," said Ms Ncube.

After the second husband committed suicide, Shupi remained with the first husband, who later died of natural causes. She then brewed another shocker by deciding to get three new husbands to replace the deceased two, a move which did not go down well with her son, who reported her to the village head again.

The son, only identified as Vusa, is said to have told the village head that he wanted his mother to choose only one man to settle with after which he initiated moves to build his own home far away from his mother's place. It is said that despite the son's protests, the mother insisted that she wanted all three men, identified as an M. Dube (49), who works in Lupane; one Mackay and a Rodger, who are said to be both 46 years of age.

Rodger is said to have left his wife to go and stay with Shupi while Dube is being "consoled" by Shupi after losing two wives some time ago.

Villagers said for Shupi and her husbands, it was very normal to be seen sitting outside their homestead as if nothing was amiss.

"They do not care what people say. We see them sitting together outside the homestead laughing as if all is well," said one villager.

The village head said there was nothing she could do to Shupi.

"Although her behaviour is highly unacceptable, I cannot chase her away from the village as no other village head will accept her," said Ms Ncube.

When contacted to comment on the matter, Shupi spewed venom.

"What are you talking about? Do you think a woman can live with three men? It doesn't work out. Who told you this?.

"Yibo abaloye umkami, yibo abangifakelayo ukuthi ngidubeke. Khathesi angila mbuzi angila nkukhu, ngile nkomo eyodwa engasengeka (These people bewitched my husband and he died. They are the same people behind my misery.

"I have no goats, no chickens, I just have a single cow that can be milked)," she said. Her son Vusa could only giggle when asked about his mother's shenanigans and could not say anything on the issue.

In Lupote and other African set-ups, it is taboo for a woman to have more than one husband at a time. Zimbabwe National Traditional Healers' Association president Professor Gordon Chavunduka said it was abnormal for a woman to have more than one husband.

"It's not very common in our African set-up. There is no valid reason for such behaviour," said Prof Chavunduka.

Historian and newspaper columnist Mr Pathisa Nyathi shared similar sentiments.

"This is very weird in our African culture.

"I must say these bulls (husbands) are a different crew; they manage to stay together in one kraal which is not common," he said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; homosexualagenda; marriage; polyandry; polygamy; zimbabwe
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1 posted on 05/05/2011 8:47:33 AM PDT by TheDingoAteMyBaby
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

Reverse harem?


2 posted on 05/05/2011 8:48:57 AM PDT by Celtic Cross (Some minds are like cement; thoroughly mixed up and permanently set...)
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

This story comes out of Zimbabwe.


3 posted on 05/05/2011 8:50:31 AM PDT by TheDingoAteMyBaby
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

Is she nuts?

Or maybe she has one to cook, one to clean, one to do everything in between...............


4 posted on 05/05/2011 8:50:47 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
they manage to stay together in one kraal which is not common," he said.

Maybe two of them are gay.

5 posted on 05/05/2011 8:50:47 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: Celtic Cross

Would Laz hit it, too?


6 posted on 05/05/2011 8:53:12 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs (Had FDR been GOP, there would have been no World Wars, just "The Great War" and "Roosevelt's Wars".)
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
"Yibo abaloye umkami, yibo abangifakelayo ukuthi ngidubeke. Khathesi angila mbuzi angila nkukhu, ngile nkomo eyodwa engasengeka."

Yeah, what she said.

7 posted on 05/05/2011 8:53:53 AM PDT by the_devils_advocate_666
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
LOL! I went looking for her picture, but they only have a picture of her boobs.

Maybe she's not much of a conversationalist.

8 posted on 05/05/2011 8:56:57 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

Why is she and her “husbands” not being brought to Baltimore?


9 posted on 05/05/2011 8:58:41 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: dead
LOL! I went looking for her picture, but they only have a picture of her boobs.

A picture of her boobs would be one with her husbands in it.

10 posted on 05/05/2011 8:59:13 AM PDT by N. Theknow (The MSM is to 0bama what the Broom-n-Scoop Detail is to a circus parade.)
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To: dead
Matabeleland woman living with three husbands under one roof

LOL! I went looking for her picture, but they only have a picture of her boobs.

What happened to the third one?
11 posted on 05/05/2011 8:59:53 AM PDT by aruanan
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To: aruanan

It is on her back!!!


12 posted on 05/05/2011 9:08:50 AM PDT by org.whodat
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13 posted on 05/05/2011 9:10:38 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

In the real world there is one part of china where this is a common practice. Look it up!!!


14 posted on 05/05/2011 9:10:45 AM PDT by org.whodat
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

Won’t be long before polyandry becomes another “right” demanded by the perverts in this couintry..


15 posted on 05/05/2011 9:29:03 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: org.whodat

The Mosuo?


16 posted on 05/05/2011 9:32:54 AM PDT by TheDingoAteMyBaby
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To: treetopsandroofs

Possibly. Perhaps he should be consulted. :)


17 posted on 05/05/2011 9:33:45 AM PDT by Celtic Cross (Some minds are like cement; thoroughly mixed up and permanently set...)
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby

Could not remember the name!!!


18 posted on 05/05/2011 9:36:13 AM PDT by org.whodat
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
""Yibo abaloye umkami, yibo abangifakelayo ukuthi ngidubeke. Khathesi angila mbuzi angila nkukhu, ngile nkomo eyodwa engasengeka"

Oh, well... if you put it that way...

19 posted on 05/05/2011 9:38:04 AM PDT by Mr. K (this administration is WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY~!! [Palin/Bachman 2012])
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To: TheDingoAteMyBaby
Her first two husbands have died, with one of them committing suicide

Well there ya go...

20 posted on 05/05/2011 9:39:49 AM PDT by Retired Greyhound
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