40-Years-Old Mother Set To Marry Her Son In Zimbabwe

A woman is set to marry her son.
The woman and her son claim to
be in love with each other and now
they want to take their relationship
to the next level and get married.
What makes it worse is that the mother,
Betty Mbereko (from Mwenezi in
Masvingo) is now six months pregnant
and expecting her son’s child, and her
grandchild. Mbereko, 40, has been a
widow for the past 12 years and has
been living with her 23-years-old son
Farai Mbereko.
She confirms that she is six month
pregnant and that she has decided it is
better to “marry” her son because she
does not want to marry her late
husband’s young brothers, whom she
says are coveting her. Betty stunned a
village court last week when she said the
affair with her son had begun three
years earlier.
She said after spending a lot of money
sending Farai to school following the
death of her husband, she felt she had a
right to his money and no other woman
was entitled to it.
“Look, I strove alone to send my son to
school and no one helped me. Now you
see that my son is working and you
accuse me of doing something wrong. Let
me enjoy the products of my sweat,” she
told the village court council.
Farai said he was more than prepared to
marry his mother and would pay off the
ilobola balance his father had left unpaid
to his grandparents.
“I know my father died before he
finished paying the bride price and I am
prepared to pay it off,” he said. “It is
better to publicise what is happening
because people should know that I am
the one who made my mother pregnant.
Otherwise they will accuse her of
promiscuity.” But local headman Nathan
Muputirwa says: “We cannot allow this
to happen in our village, mashura
chaiwo aya, (This is a bad omen indeed).
In the past they would have to be killed
but today we cannot do it because we are
afraid of the police.”