adminThe accident happened near Comoil Filling Station in North End.
Ranganai’s foot was found at a bush near the UBH Opportunistic Infections Clinic two days later.
The foot is still at the hospital’s mortuary after relatives allegedly refused to claim before Mr Mkhaliphe explained how it ended up being found nearly 10 kilometres from the scene of the accident.
In an interview yesterday, Mrs Ranganai said she was almost destitute after losing the breadwinner in the family.
“I was in love with Ranganai for three years before we finally got married under Chapter 5:11 on 2 September last year. I am bitter that Mkhaliphe took away the love of my life and the breadwinner of our home. I am in talks with my lawyer because I am suing Mkhaliphe for $2 million, for the unbearable loss of my husband and his income,” said Mrs Ranganai.
She said she also needed the law to order Ranganai’s two sons, Liberty and Armstrong Hanyire from a previous marriage, to return documents she alleges they stole from her husband’s locker at Zesa.
“After my husband’s death, they went to the company and opened his locker without my knowledge or consent.
“They took money that was in the locker and removed papers from his files. They also took away our children’s birth certificates and the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has informed me that they cannot start processing my husband’s pension without the birth certificates,” she said.
Ranganai had two sons aged 15 and nine from a previous marriage, while Mrs Ranganai has a four-year-old son by another man.
“They took away our older children and left me with my son. They told me to fend for myself as they would only look after their father’s children,” said Mrs Ranganai.
“I want them to return the documents that they took so that I can start getting my husband’s pension. I now owe two months rent of about $300 where I stay in North End and have no means of paying as I was just a housewife. I can hardly feed myself and have been forced to take my son to my younger sister to ensure he does not starve.”
Mrs Ranganai accused the two of taking $750 that was paid by Zesa upon Ranganai’s death and converting it to their own use.
“That money was supposed to sustain me until the pension was processed. They took it and told me they had used it to buy meat for the funeral at their butchery. That cannot be true because the funeral expenses were covered by Nyaradzo Funeral Services,” she said.
Mrs Ranganai said her problems were worsened by a $1 300 bill that she received from Zesa, two weeks after her husband’s death.
“I was paralysed with shock when I got the bill. My husband was exempted from paying. It was the first time we had ever received a Zesa bill. I have gone to the Zesa offices along 10th Avenue at least five times to clear the issue. Everytime, they promised to cancel it but they keep sending monthly bills. The latest was for $1 600. I will never be able to pay that kind of money,” said Mrs Ranganai.
She said she also wanted Zesa to clearly explain about her husband’s terminal benefits, saying the company was uncooperative on the matter.
Mrs Ranganai said she was tormented by thoughts of her husband and she failed to sleep at night, thinking about the problems she was facing since the day he died.
Contacted for comment, Mr Liberty Hanyire declined to speak on the issue.
“I have no comment,” said Mr Hanyire.
Mr Mkhaliphe, who is based in South Africa, could not be reached on his father’s mobile phone, which he uses when he is in Zimbabwe.
Online Reporter