Post Reporter
THE final audio recording of the late Tadiwanashe Mildred Maradzika details the marital torment that preceded her death, featuring myriad allegations, including mistreatment by her husband’s relatives, humiliation over a disputed pregnancy, and insults directed at her family.
The late Maradzika (26), of Dangamvura, was buried at Dangamvura Cemetery on Wednesday.
In a recording sent to her brother, Kelvin, with instructions for it to be released only after news of her death, Maradzika claimed she had endured months of emotional pain while striving to save her marriage to United Kingdom-based husband, Calton Nyahunzvi.
She argued that she had remained faithful and prayed for the union to succeed, weeping as she recorded the message.
Maradzika alleged that Nyahunzvi’s relatives accused her of fabricating a pregnancy, and subjected her to humiliating treatment while trying to establish whether she was truly pregnant.
She said she was dragged to undergo medical tests three days after surgery, while still weak, after initially being told she was going for routine scans.
Her account offers a different perspective on a dispute that has generated widespread debate on the social media since last Friday.
Much of the discussion centred on Nyahunzvi’s doubts regarding the pregnancy and the subsequent miscarriage.
“I have been quiet for so long. I have suffered so much, from the mistreatment that his relatives subjected me to. My husband’s relatives said a lot of bad things about me. His cousins started bad mouthing me to my husband, saying I had refused to get tested for the pregnancy. They poisoned his brains against me. They said I did not deserve him,” said Maradzika in the recording.
“I was being mistreated. My heart is bleeding. I have been through a lot, and I cannot take it anymore. My spirit is tired.
“I just want you to release these things when the time is necessary,” she said, further alleging that protagonists portrayed her to Nyahunzvi as having refused tests, which deepened his suspicions.
She maintained that later tests confirmed the pregnancy.
“We even went for tests with his other cousin. The results came out positive, confirming that I was pregnant,” said Maradzika, adding that she tried to remain strong, having been assured her the situation would improve, but the continued conflict left her heartbroken.
“I prayed and fasted for this marriage, with my workmates able to attest to how I would excuse myself from work to pray for it,” she said, accusing Nyahunzvi of repeatedly insulting her and her mother.
“My husband described my family as behaving like pigs because we allegedly mess wherever we go. He told my mother she appeared to be mentally unstable, saying it seemed as though she had been dropped as a baby,” she said, further accusing him of infidelity, while insisting she had remained faithful throughout.
“My husband does not deserve the faithfulness, love or affection that I had for him. He does not deserve a person like me, I thought he did because he is an orphan, so I stood by him.
“My mother loved him. She would wake up and pray for him after getting a nightmare. She would wake the whole house up to pray for him,” said Maradzika, adding that insults targeted at her mother and other relatives left her feeling isolated despite her efforts to build relationships with his family.
She had hoped to develop a sisterly bond with Nyahunzvi’s sister.
“I loved my husband’s sister, you know I do not have a sister, and I expected that she would become my sister. I thought I had found myself a sister through her. I loved her,” she said, adding that during her stay at the Nyahunzvi home in Murehwa, she was made to sleep on the floor in the dining room before eventually sharing a room with one of his sisters.
A laboratory report presented to this publication by Nyahunzvi recorded a human chorionic gonadotropin level of 46 234.6 mIU/ml, measured 13 days after the reported miscarriage, and three days after a clinical evacuation procedure.
The result is consistent with a recent pregnancy.
Nyahunzvi said he remained troubled by unanswered questions surrounding the pregnancy.
“It was just shocking to me that a six-month pregnancy would just mysteriously miscarry, and they refused to show me any pictures or paperwork of the miscarriage. They said the doctor had refused them access to take pictures, and that the paperwork had remained at the hospital. There were just a lot of question marks,” he said, revealing that he had not received full details about his estranged wife’s death.
“I do not have full information on how she died. I have not been furnished with full details, and I do not feel it safe that my relatives attend the funeral,” he said, adding that his relatives boycotted the funeral due to safety concerns.
The dispute between the families was reflected in text messages exchanged between Nyahunzvi and Maradzika’s father last Saturday.
The late Maradzika’s father wrote to his son-in-law: “Publication in the H-Metro has taken your wife to the yonder world. Thanks very much. God bless,” to which Nyahunzvi responded: “Cheers, it is what it is. I made myself very clear, but the only problem you only hear what your itching ear want to hear. Who to blame now ini ndakakuudzai kuti handichada mwana wenyu nechishona chaicho.”
The couple reportedly started dating in October 2024, with the pregnancy dispute emerging in 2026. Nyahunzvi, residing in the United Kingdom, married Maradzika in absentia in July. The reported miscarriage on August 3 became the core of their disagreement.
Nyahunzvi said he paid US$3 500 in bride price, US$730 for groceries, and US$150 towards catering for the ceremony. The dispute also reached traditional channels, with the matter appearing before Chief Mutasa’s court on October 23. The Maradzika family reportedly missed the hearing as they were attending a relative’s funeral.
“First, my prayer at the court was for her to stay at her parents’ home, not mine, second, I wanted a peace order against their family, and finally I wanted my money back,” he said.
National police spokesperson, Commissioner Paul Nyathi, confirmed that Maradzika was found unconscious at Aloe Park on October 23, and died upon admission at Mutare City Clinic.
Last audio lays bare marriage hell
