adminChasi (72), a renowned black empowerment activist allegedly killed Dorcas Majola (41) and made a false report to the police, saying unknown assailants had mugged them and killed her.
He was released from prison about three weeks ago, where he served three years and eight months of a seven-year sentence for selling his house in Waterford to two different people.
In an interview yesterday, fuming family members said Chasi was not their son-in-law as he had never been formerly introduced and had not paid lobola for their daughter.
They said they were aware that someone had impregnated their daughter while Chasi was in prison.
However, they said they did not know the man, who was responsible for the pregnancy.
“Her surname is Majola, not Chasi. Although Chasi had four children with Dorcas, as a family we do not know him,” said Ms Beatrice Majola who is an aunt to Dorcas.
Her mother, Mrs Hilda Majola (59), was so devastated she only managed to utter two sentences before lapsing into silence for the rest of the interview.
“Umuntu lo yisigebengu esenze into embi kakhulu. Ubulele umntanami engazange agule (That man is a criminal, who did a very bad thing. He killed my daughter),” said an emotional Mrs Majola.
Ms Ellen Majola, another aunt, said Chasi used to assault her niece and she had tried to leave him several times.
“She would flee to our rural home in Silobela and he would follow her there. He took advantage of the fact that our brothers passed away and he would storm in there shouting at the top of his voice.
“He would drag her outside, assault her and force her to come back to him,” said Ms Majola.
She said in August this year, Chasi came to Lobengula West where his children were living and looted property, after assaulting his daughter.
“We do not know how he was released from prison at the time. He came to the house and found the children alone.
“He beat up his 16-year-old daughter with a stick. He then took bags of clothing belonging to me, some plates, a television set and a two-plate stove,” she said.
Towards the end of his jail term, Chasi was serving at Connemara Open Prison where he was released at weekends to visit his family.
Mrs Majola said they made a report to the police but instead it was Dorcas’ uncle who was nearly arrested.
“We do not know what he told the police, but they suddenly wanted to arrest Dorcas’ uncle, accusing him of unlawfully keeping a married woman at his house,” she said.
The aunts said when Chasi came out of prison, he would visit Dorcas and almost always beat her up.
“Every time her phone rang, he would beat her saying it was her boyfriends calling. He was being very disrespectful because they were not legally married,” said Ms Lina Bulala (48), another aunt.
The aunts said on Monday, Chasi came to the house in Lobengula West with a police escort and said the funeral wake would be held in Richmond.
“He said he would introduce the family to his father and sister. He kept making calls saying he was arranging trucks for use at the funeral.
“We did not believe him when he was making the calls,” said Ms Ellen Majola.
She said the family was still making funeral arrangements and would soon finalise a date and place of burial.
Dorcas was employed at a city hotel.
She left behind a 16-year-old daughter and three sons aged 15, 12 and eight.
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