Zimbabwean women constantly cry that there are no good men and that men do not want to empower them.
Yet so many testimonies on social media platforms like Tete Fadzi on Twitter, Tete Jenny on Facebook and Jackie Ngarande on Facebook show the opposite and prove that there are men that make the effort.
Jackie Ngarande posted a testimony sent to her inbox by a follower. In the testimony, the married man talks about how he empowered his wife to start a business of buying and selling. She started off buying her wares from Mbare and later bought from South Africa, Tanzania and Turkey.
The man says his wife excelled in her business so well she even has more money than he has. Yet after helping her establish herself in the business she started looking down on the man. She advised him to stop hanging out with people she considered low class and even had disputes with the man’s relatives.
As if that’s not enough, she also started having an affair with a well-known man in Harare who also orders his wares from Turkey. The man claims that they use the trips to Turkey as an opportunity to see each other and spend time together. At the end of his message, the man expresses that he has decided to divorce his wife and does not encourage men to empower women as they will end up looking down on them.
This is not the first case posted on social media. Apparently, this is very common in Zimbabwe the very same country with hoards of women that complain that “the streets” are dry. There have been stories of men who send their girlfriends to school and are later dumped by the same girlfriends. It’s baffling how these stories are always flooding the timeline.
Below is the full story as told on Jackie Ngarande’s Facebook page.
“Tete Ngarande I need help.
I love my wife do much to extend of opening her a business she is passionate about ,I sacrificed everything for her to become a business owner that she is today,you always preach women empowerment ,zvechokwadi I empowered her and she is happy.
Mukadzi wangu Tete akatanga achinohodha kumbare nekombi ,from mbare akatanga kuenda ku SA nebus,akazotanga kuenda kuSA nendege.
As the business was growing every stage of the business I would always top up capital n funding,From SA by air to Tanzania by Air ,from Tanzania by Air to Turkey by Air.Tete mukadzi wangu is now very successful zvekuti inini ndinomuchivawo,Zvese izvi ndaiiitira kuti ndinofa handisi simba Tete, but everysince mukadzi wangu business rake rakatanga kukura anondishora Tete,kundireducer sekamwana.
Munotiiko Tete,anovhaira mukanzwa achitaura so munoti yaaaa Kana accent yaRuvheneko inosara pasi,Anozvida kani Tete.She has changed on me and all my family member ,she even said my association matters ,I no longer associate myself with shallow minds ,Tete I have never cheated on my wife ,infact ndiri murume kwaye,So besides kudadirwa uku nekuzvida kwaakuita ,I discovered that when she goes to Turkey she will be cheating with guy who runs a one of the biggest stores of male clothing here in Harare,so they travel together iyu achinoorder masuits uyu mukadzi wangu aching hodhawo zvake.
Mamessages avo ese ndinawo ndokutumirai zvese nepictures avo ,So ndangoti ndikuudzeiwo the outcome sometimes when you empower a woman ,unosara usisiri weclass yake ,plus futi vakadzi vevanhu who go to turkey ,some are honest,some are cheating ikoko ,it’s lk a Harbour of buying n selling and prostituting aswell.
Mukadzi ndafunga kusiya ,everything I acquired with her ndinosiya ,ndoda kubuda in this marriage nemweya wangu.
Don’t forget me in your prayers family Tete mapictures ayo maona vatori vekuziva.💔💔”
English translation below
“Aunty Ngarande I need help.
I love my wife do much to extend of opening a business she is passionate about, I sacrificed everything for her to become the business owner that she is today. You always preach women empowerment, truthfully, I empowered her and she is happy.
My wife started off ordering her wares from Mbare in a minibus, then she started ordering them from South Africa by bus/coach. Then she started going to South Africa by plane.
As the business was growing at every stage of the business I would always top up capital n funding. From SA by air to Tanzania by Air. From Tanzania by Air to Turkey by Air. Aunty my wife is now very successful such that I also wish I was her. I did this such that even if I die, she would be fine but ever since my wife’s business started getting bigger, she looks down upon me Aunty. She treats me like a mere child.
What do you have to say, Aunty, about a woman who shows off. If you listen to her talking you’ll be amazed. Even her accent is better than Ruvheneko’s. She’s so into herself Aunty. She has changed her behaviour towards me and all my family members. She even said who I associate with matters, I no longer associate myself with shallow minds. Aunty, I have never cheated on my wife, in fact, I am a very decent man. So besides her showing off and the fact that she’s so into herself, I discovered that when she goes to Turkey she will be cheating with a guy who runs one of the biggest stores of male clothing here in Harare. So they travel together and he will be ordering his suits whilst my wife orders her wares.
I have all their messages and I will send them as well as their pictures. I just thought to let you know the outcome. Sometimes when you empower a woman. You’re left behind as you will no longer be of her class. And the wives of other men who go to Turkey, some are honest, some are cheating there. It’s like a Harbour for buying and selling and prostituting as well.
I have decided to leave my wife and, everything I acquired with her. I want to walk out of this marriage with my spirit intact.
Don’t forget me in your prayers family Aunty and I have sent the pictures, I’m sure you know the people in them.💔💔”