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servant. This one is a politician and there is a great difference between them.”
Cde Macheka said his daughter was going to live a totally different life from that which she was used to with her late husband – who was a soldier.
“You must learn quickly because it is different now,” he said. “I am a follower of a President and a party, but he (PM) is the president of another party.
“The way we voted in the previous election showed how big his (PM) family is. I want you to be aware of how big the family that will call you mother is.”
Cde Macheka described his daughter as hardworking.
Lawyers representing Ms Karimatsenga are pushing for PM Tsvangirai’s arrest for perjury and contempt of court.
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On the other hand, Ms Karimatsenga said she was not yet done with Mr Tsvangirai until he owns up to their marriage.
PM Tsvangirai could have lied under oath when he sought a marriage licence from the magistrates’ courts.
It is understood that he could have lied when he said he had only paid damages when in actual fact he paid lobola.
Section 183 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act) criminalises perjury.
The lawyer also said there was an element of fraud in the case emanating from the said misrepresentation.
PM Tsvangirai married Ms Karimatsenga in November last year.
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Ms Karimatsenga was later introduced to the Tsvangirai family in Buhera where she spent two months at the PM’s homestead.
End of last year, PM Tsvangirai issued a press statement dismissing the marriage, saying it had been hijacked by security agents.
Ms Karimatsenga later suffered a miscarriage after which Mr Tsvangirai snubbed her.
The PM in April this year engaged Ms Macheka whom he customarily married and was officially handed over to him last Saturday.
PM Tsvangirai has been linked to a string of women some of whom he had unprotected sexual encounters with.
This resulted in him impregnating a Bulawayo woman, Loreta Nyathi.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter