Stark naked married woman caught red-handed having lula lula with a married man and serial womaniser, attempts suicide

MUTARE – A dramatic confrontation unfolded in Muchena Village last Saturday, culminating in a married woman’s alleged suicide attempt after being caught in a compromising position with another man. Abigail Button, whose life was saved by medical staff at Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital, now finds herself at the centre of a scandalous community court case presided over by Chief Mutasa.

The events leading to Button’s desperate act began when her husband, Edmund Mhlanga, unexpectedly returned to their home in Muchena Village. Mhlanga, who works and resides in Mutare during the week, typically spends weekends with his wife. However, on May 27th, he made an unannounced trip back to Muchena, setting in motion a chain of events that would expose what he believed to be his wife’s infidelity.

“I work and stay in Mutare, but I usually spend weekends in Muchena with my wife. However, on May 27, I returned to Mutare, but later went back to Muchena without informing my wife,” Mhlanga testified before Chief Mutasa’s community court.

Mhlanga recounted how he arrived home and visited the farm while his wife was at her nearby vending stall. It was then that he overheard a suspicious phone conversation. “I overheard her on the phone, telling someone to come over at night. She said she would call the relative I stay with in Mutare to confirm that I had gone back. Luckily, I had not communicated with him,” he narrated.

His suspicions aroused, Mhlanga decided to investigate. “I went into hiding, and later returned home around 7pm. I saw a man approaching my home while I was hiding at a distance. The moment he entered the house, the lights were switched off.”

Creeping closer, Mhlanga peered through the bedroom window. “I crept to the bedroom window, and heard some noise. I knew that my wife had someone.” He then described how he gained entry to the house and caught the pair in flagrante delicto.

“I entered the house through a broken window, and found them in-between the sheets in my bedroom. I found them under the blankets, covering their heads. I pulled off the blankets, and saw the man I have always been seeing around. The two were naked. I confronted them calmly, without violence.” The man in question was identified as Tendai Dzanza, a name that would soon become synonymous with the scandal.

According to Mhlanga, Dzanza “grabbed his trousers, and fled, while I went out to summon help from my neighbours.” However, unknown to Mhlanga, his wife, Abigail Button, consumed poison in a fit of fear and despair.

“Our child later called me, saying her mother had drunk poison, and had been rushed to Victoria Chitepo Provincial Hospital,” Mhlanga explained. “She was admitted for four days. I reported the matter to the police, but after she was discharged, she went to stay with our daughter in Mutare. Instead of remorse, she applied for a protection order against me. The presiding magistrate referred us to this court.”

Mhlanga presented the community court with what he claimed were Dzanza’s clothes, left behind in his hasty retreat. “I brought this jacket, T-shirt and shoe that he dropped as he ran away. These are his clothes,” he declared, holding up the items for all to see.

However, Dzanza vehemently denied the accusations, claiming the clothes were not his and accusing Mhlanga of fabricating the story. “Those clothes do not belong to me. I was not caught in his house. On that day, Button phoned me saying they were having misunderstandings as a couple, and wanted me to come and help resolve them. I only got there around 5pm, and nothing of that sort ever happened,” he argued.

Button corroborated Dzanza’s account, admitting to calling him but denying any infidelity. “I called him because my husband always accused me of cheating with him. I told him to come so that the misunderstandings would be cleared. It had been three months since I last slept with him,” she stated.

She attributed her suicide attempt to long-standing abuse by her husband. “I took poison because I could not take it anymore. My husband is abusive and constantly calls me promiscuous, yet I am faithful to him. I am the one who buys him clothes. I took the poison out of frustration, not because he caught me red-handed,” she told the court.

Chief Mutasa, visibly concerned by the conflicting testimonies, declared: “Your testimonies do not add up. We are not here to coerce anyone into admitting to a crime they did not commit. Since Dzanza denies ownership of the clothes, this matter is far from over. We will conduct DNA tests on the clothes to uncover the truth.”

He issued a stern warning, emphasising that the DNA results would determine the next course of action. “If the tests prove Dzanza owns the clothes, there will be severe consequences. We don’t tolerate individuals wasting this court’s time,” Chief Mutasa admonished.

The dramatic case, which has captivated the attention of villagers, remains ongoing, with DNA tests ordered on the clothing to determine their true owner.

Danza’s Reputation Precedes Him

Further complicating the matter is Tendai Dzanza’s established reputation as a womaniser, a detail that emerged in a separate court case in March 2017. In that instance, Dzanza’s own mother, only identified as Mbuya Dzanza, publicly denounced her son as evil and a womaniser who only cared about himself, ignoring the plight of his family.

During a protection order application brought against Dzanza by his then-wife, Zvisinei Kachigamba, Mbuya Dzanza stunned the court by revealing that her son had kicked her on her private parts countless times, an act she described as an abomination.

“He defiled me Your Worship. He kicked me on my private parts and that is abomination and unheard of in our tradition,” she exclaimed. She also claimed that Dzanza was a womaniser who is well-known in the Penhalonga-Muchena area.

The revelation prompted Mbuya Dzanza to be escorted out of the courtroom after she broke down, weeping uncontrollably and banging herself on the benches.

While Dzanza opposed his then-wife’s protection order application, claiming she was jealous of his new wife, the court granted a binding over protection order to both Kachigamba and Dzanza, ordering them to keep the peace with each other.