Child disowns aï¿½?satanistaï¿½ï¿½ mum

Gibson Mhaka
A Bulawayo woman claimed her husband successfully turned their eight-year-old daughter against her by alleging that she was a satanist after her blood.

Thandazani Ndlovu, a prison officer stationed at Khami Maximum Prison appearing in a civil suit at the Bulawayo civil court suing her husband Mkhululi Mnyokeni (ABOVE) said at some point her daughter wanted nothing to do with her because of her fathera��s lies.

Her suit came a week after her husband had also slapped her with a maintenance suit in which he was seeking $160 per month as spousal support. He claimed Ndlovu deserted him to allegedly cohabit with a workmate.

Ndlovu added that her estranged husband was also telling her relatives, neighbours and workmates that she was a prostitute.

a�?Mkhululi Mnyokeni is my husband and we are married in terms of the Marriages Act Chapter 5:11 and the marriage still subsists. Mnyokeni has been emotionally and physically abusing me until I walked out of our matrimonial home in February 2012. He has been tarnishing my image by telling my relatives, neighbours and workmates that I am a hooker and he left me because he caught me at a city lodge.

a�?He has also been telling our children that I am a satanist and that they should run away from me because I will kill them and drink their blood. At one point our younger child (eight-year-old) ran away from me because of those allegations. I was later told by our eldest child that their father had told them to abandon me because I was a devil worshipper. He is also threatening to come to my workplace to disturb my peace and I want this court to protect me,a�? she pleaded.

Ndlovu in his defence said:

a�?She is lying against me. I never threatened to go to her workplace considering the security which is there. It is really impossible for me to go there and insult or assault her. I am a Christian and I teach my children good Christian doctrines. It is not true that I called her a devil worshipper. The problem is that she is now staying with someone elsea��s husband,a�? he said.

However, in passing the judgment presiding magistrate Tawanda Muchemwa ordered Mnyokeni to stay away from Ndlovua��s workplace and not to emotionally and physically abuse her in any way.