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THEY might be wallowing at the bottom of the log but their chairman is scoring goals in the wrong places!
Tsholotsho Football Club chairman Mlamuli Phiri who is also a pastor with Family Covenant Church in Victoria Falls is reportedly at the centre of a marriage wrecking storm amid revelations that he was allegedly caught red-handed kissing a married woman.
This emerged when Tapfumaneyi Zambuko (49) from Tsholotsho District Hospital Quarters appeared before Tsholotsho resident magistrate Victor Mpofu facing a charge of breaching a protection order sought against him by his wife Nkhata Tilile on 24 April this year.
This was after he allegedly insulted and threatened Tilile (42), a nurse at Tsholotsho District Hospital while also labelling her a prostitute.
Circumstances to the incident which later sucked in Phiri are that on 24 April this year Tilile was granted a protection order against her husband under case number P1013/ 17 in which the latter was ordered not to insult or physically harass his wife.
It is reported that on 22 July at around 11 pm, Zambuko took his wifea��s phone and started scrolling on her WhatsApp contacts.
While scrolling the phone, Zambuko is alleged to have stumbled upon a picture of a man.
When he asked her about the picture, a misunderstanding reportedly ensued and Zambuko out of anger started insulting his wife saying she was a prostitute.
The court is yet to prove that on 24 July when the complainant told her husband that she was going to Kariba for a workshop, the latter approached her while she was at the bus stop and snatched her satchel.
Through his conduct Zambuko was reportedly violating contents of a protection order which was granted against him and a report was made to the police, leading to his arrest.
In his defense, Zambuko revealed that he lost his temper after he caught his wife of 20 years red-handed kissing Phiri at their house.
a�?Sometime in mid-January I caught her red-handed in my house kissing another man Mr (Mlamuli) Phiri who is also a pastor. I was shocked but I did not harass her. I later asked her if thata��s was what she has been doing all along and she responded affirmatively,a�? said Zambuko.
He further said he got angry andA� destroyed his wifea��s phone after he stumbled upon some messages in which she was chatting to Phiri and they had agreed to meet in Kariba.
a�?On 24 July I did not assault her as she has alleged. I just stopped her from going to Kariba. I followed her to the bus stop and took her satchel.
a�?She followed me and when she got home I moved out of the house. Upon my return that is when I was taken to the police. This was when I also realised through her phone that she had been communicating with Phiri and they agreed to meet in Kariba. Out of anger I took her phone and smashed it to the grounda�?.
Zambuko who is disputing the allegations levelled against him by his wife was however, remanded in custody to 1 August for continuation of trial. .
Online Reporter