Wife roasts sleeping hubby’s balls with cooking oil as video of him cheating with girlfriend at Macheso’s show goes viral

A 31-year-old woman from Beitbridge has been remanded in custody after appearing in court over allegations that she poured hot cooking oil on her sleeping husband, following the circulation of videos showing him with another woman at an Alick Macheso show.

Progressive Mungwariri, of Dulibadzimu, appeared before Regional Magistrate Charity Maphosa, where she denied a charge of physical abuse under the Domestic Violence Act. The court remanded her to 30 October for trial.

The State alleges that Mungwariri poured boiling cooking oil on Marlvin Daniso, 35, at about 1am while they were together in their bedroom. Neighbours heard Daniso screaming and rushed to the scene.

Neighbours linked the incident to videos circulating of Daniso at a recent Macheso performance with an unnamed girlfriend. The videos are said to have drawn attention to the pair before the attack. The account given in court focuses on the alleged assault and does not set out further details about Daniso’s injuries.

Mungwariri is also said to have tried to take her own life after the incident. No further details about her condition were given in the court account.

The Beitbridge case follows another reported attack linked to a suspected affair in Harare, where a woman was accused of biting her husband’s testicle during an argument at their home.

Sharline Rutendo Munenga, 29, appeared in court facing a physical abuse charge after the incident involving Munyaradzi Pondi, 33, at their home in Dzivarasekwa 2. The court heard that on 9 September Munenga received information that Pondi was involved in an extramarital affair. She approached him to ask about it, and an argument followed after she was not satisfied with his answer.

The court heard that Munenga then bit Pondi, causing serious injuries. He was taken to hospital for treatment. Munenga was remanded in custody after her court appearance.

A separate case involving Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission commissioner Martin Muduva ended in the deaths of both him and his wife, Lyliosa Chirara, in September. Muduva, 42, was admitted to Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals after an axe attack at the couple’s home in Dzivarasekwa Extension on the night of 8 September. He died the following morning. Chirara also died after reportedly taking poison, shortly after the pair were taken to hospital. The incident began on Tuesday night and both deaths were reported the next morning.

The initial account from police described the incident as a suspected domestic dispute and said investigations were under way. Later reporting on the case referred to accusations of another relationship in the couple’s marriage. The circumstances were not fully set out in the initial police account. Muduva had been appointed to the Human Rights Commission in December 2024. The commission said he had contributed to its work, including on the links between human rights and technology. His death came just over a year and a half after his appointment.

The cases have included assaults and fatal violence, but the details differ. In Beitbridge and Dzivarasekwa 2, the allegations were set out in court as physical-abuse matters. The Muduva case involved two deaths and was being investigated by police. In each account, suspicions or accusations about relationships formed part of the reported background, but they do not alter the severity of the injuries described.

In October, police reported another fatal dispute in Epworth. Forget Chikoto, 31, was arrested in connection with the death of her husband, Tinashe Sadzamare, 35, at a home in the Jacha area on 5 October.

Police said the couple had a domestic dispute after Sadzamare accused Chikoto of infidelity. She allegedly stabbed him in the neck with a kitchen knife. He died after arriving at a local clinic. Police said the investigation was continuing.

Together, the four cases span Beitbridge and Harare, from the beginning of September to late October. They range from serious injuries that required hospital treatment to deaths investigated as murder or domestic violence. The reported circumstances also vary: a video said to show a man at a music show, information about an alleged affair, accusations within a marriage and disputes described by police as domestic.

In the Beitbridge case, the next stated court date is 30 October. Mungwariri remains in custody after denying the charge. At her appearance, the State set out its account of the incident: Daniso was asleep in the bedroom when the hot oil was poured on him, and neighbours came after hearing his screams.

In Dzivarasekwa 2, Pondi was taken to hospital with serious injuries after the alleged bite. In Epworth, Sadzamare died after being stabbed and taken to a local clinic. Muduva died in hospital after the reported axe attack, while Chirara also died after reportedly taking poison. The outcomes ranged from serious injury to loss of life.

The incidents have placed private relationship disputes before courts, police and, in the Muduva case, a national public institution mourning one of its commissioners. The next stated court date in Beitbridge is 30 October. Police said investigations into the Epworth death were continuing, while the initial police account of Muduva’s death also said investigators were examining the circumstances.