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Emmanuel Ndlovu Saturday Leisure Correspondent
THANDIWE Tshuma, a dancer for the Bulawayo-based female outfit, Girls la Musica, is alleged to be heavily pregnant but does not know the man responsible, Saturday Leisure can exclusively reveal. However, the 20-year -old Tshuma denied she is pregnant despite the visible bump.The dancer, who resides in Mzilikazi high density suburb with her parents, is said to have discovered her pregnancy recently and contemplated on terminating it secretly.
However, Tshuma is said to have been barred from committing such a horrendous act by one of her family members.
“After realising that she was pregnant she considered aborting the baby because she could not identify the man responsible.
“One of the close family members quickly advised her not to do so citing the negative health effects that could befall her after terminating the pregnancy,” a close neighbour revealed.
“Her parents could not chase her away from home because she is apparently the breadwinner. What is shocking is that despite her pregnancy, Thandiwe still goes out with other members of the group staging performances as a way of sourcing money for the baby,” said the source.
This week, Saturday Leisure caught up with the young female dancer at her Mzilikazi home, though at first, she was not forthcoming with information saying ngiyawazonda amajournalists.
After her mother had pestered her, Tshuma obliged to meet the news crew.
She denied being pregnant although her huge bump could be seen by this reporter, saying those are allegations peddled by her “detractors.”
“I don’t know anything about the whole issue because I am not pregnant. Who told you that?
“Anywhere whatever you were told are just pure lies peddled by abantu abalamakuwa. They are merely trying to tarnish my image and that of Girls la Musica, as a whole,” said the peevish Tshuma.
Her mother also professed ignorance on the whole issue but at the same time said there is nothing peculiar about one getting pregnant.
Girls’ la Musica is an all-female dance group that frequently performs in many city and township nightspots.
The group, once famous for pioneering rhumba dancing in Bulawayo, has of late lost popularity and is now performing at dingy and seedy bars.
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