BEDROOM PICS LEAD TO MARRIAGE WRECKING CLAIMS
‘The pictures are fake!’ - wife ‘The mystery man will pay!’ - husband
A ROUTINE divorce case has taken a sordid twist after pictures of the married woman in bed with another man appeared on her Facebook story.
Although she denies uploading the pics and insists they are fake, Chipo Mpenya Rale’s husband is not convinced.
40-year-old Buyani Rale is now contesting the divorce on the grounds that the man in the picture wrecked his marriage.
Buyani insists he recognises the mystery man and, once he can formally identify him, plans to sue for marriage wrecking.
Airing his grievances to The Voice last week, Buyani said his two-year marriage to Chipo turned sour last June when she started receiving ‘uncomfortable calls’.
“She would leave me in our bedroom to answer calls in the sitting room. When I visited her in Borolong, there was a man who would call her in the wee hours and she would sneak out to answer the call. When I asked why she was doing that, she said she did not want to disturb me while I slept,” said Buyani, shaking his head angrily at the memory.
Painting a picture of an unhappy relationship, which began at a bar in Nata in 2016 and led to wedding bells two years later,
Buyani claimed his wife would often go out at night without him.
“As if that was not enough, she changed her status on Facebook from being married to single. She used to leave me in the house claiming to be visiting her cousin in Tatisiding and would come back very late. Her late father intervened and she promised to change but she never did.”
Buyani admits his frustrations eventually got the better of him and he resorted to violence during a late night argument in September.
“I threw a can full of beer and it hit her in the head. She had
come home around midnight and when I complained, she told me I was useless,” continued the professional builder, who is a bricklayer and plasterer by trade.
According to Buyani, it was late on Friday (26th February) night when his brother showed him the pictures that had just popped up on Chipo’s Facebook account.
“I realised the man she was sleeping with once came to visit my father-in-law when he was admitted at the hospital,” seethed Buyani, growing increasingly agitated as the interview played out.
For her part, Chipo, a teacher at Borolong Primary School, denied ever sleeping with another man. She insisted the pictures were photoshopped, adding she had no idea who the other man was. However, she was at a loss to explain how the pics ended up on her social media.
DIVORCE
The emotional mother-of-five, the youngest of which was fathered by Buyani, told The Voice she filed for divorce back in November because she was sick of her husband’s abusive ways.
“I really don’t know what this man wants from me. I am done with him. He is an abuser! He assaulted me and threatened to stab me with a knife. I now live in fear and do not feel safe around him. He does not show any love and affection to me and attempts at reconciliation by both our parents have failed. I just want him to sign the divorce papers,” stressed a weary-sounding Chipo.
Despite claiming the police had encouraged her to open an assault and threat to kill case against Buyani, Chipo said she decided not to as she did not want ‘to complicate his life’.
The Voice
is in possession of an explosive leaked letter from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime (DCEC) in which the lead investigator in the ‘Butterfly’ court case has dared government to fire him.
This comes after Jako Hubona was last week slapped with a disciplinary letter.
An onslaught against the DCEC investigator is expected to open a can of worms after Hubona, through his lawyer - Kgosietsile Ngaakagae - dared DCEC to fire him.
In the letter , Hubona is speaking out for the first time about the harassment he has received from the very organisation that he believes should be defending him.
The three-paged letter states in part; “We note growing harassment and intimidation of client by your organisation (DCEC)…”
The letter continues: “It is quite clear, that client’s offence, is simply doing his work, regard being had to sensitive matters you have charged him. Such, are known between you and him. In the end, the organisation’s clear objective, is to cover all it’s fault, and to escape institutional responsibility, by throwing him under the bus.”
Hubona was slapped with a disciplinary letter for absence from work, which Hubona has rubbished as hogwash as he says he had been away from work on medical grounds and that his seniors were fully aware of his condition.
SLAPPED
“Presently, client has been slapped with a spurious disciplinary letter, for absence from work. This was an absence, issuing from a medical situation regarding which client’s superior... was fully aware. The organisation was clearly, hoping to catch the client on a lie, in order that it could find ground to dent his credibility, and possibly dismiss him from work and pile all manner of institutional blame, on him,” Hubona tells DCEC through his lawyer.
In the letter, Hubona further reminds DCEC that he is aware they had initially, in no uncertain terms, neglected him in the civil defamation suits he faces in his personal capacity from those implicated in the butterfly case. It was only until it became apparent that he sought the services of Ngakaagae when the DCEC showed interest in representing him.
“For example when eventually, client was billed to meet and to consult with the government lawyers, who had assumed his defense in the civil cases, he was warned as to what he could say or what not to say. Further client was warned not to sign anything with the government lawyers without DCEC consent or mention the DCEC let alone mention the DCEC in the civil case in any way.”
Through his lawyer, Hubona further warns government that his life is in their hands. “Should any harm befall the client the state shall be held responsible for it.”
The criminal case against suspended spy agent, Wilhelmina Maswabi, continues today where it is expected to be committed to the High court for trial. The state has since dropped the most serious charge of financing terrorism which implicated former President, Ian Khama; former spy chief, Isaac Kgosi; as well as South African businesswoman, Brigette Motsepe-radebe.