Tsvangirai love woes resurface

Zimbabwe's Prime Minister and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai with ex-wife Elizabeth Macheka during his party's 13th anniversary rally at White City stadium in Bulawayo, on September 29, 2012. AFP PHOTO / Jekesai Njikizana 

In Summary

• The problems seem to have resurfaced following the latest move by his wife to leave their matrimonial home.
• Ms Nosipho Shilubane, who Tsvangirai allegedly dumped through an SMS, has said she will reveal details about their relationship in a book.

By Kitsepile Nyathi
 

 

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Former Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is on the spot once again over his love affairs.

The problems seem to have resurfaced following the latest move by his wife to leave their matrimonial home citing an undisclosed medical problem.

(READ: Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai and wife split)

A South African woman he allegedly dumped through an SMS has said she will reveal details about their relationship in a book. (READ: Tsvangirai dumped me through SMS, says former lover)

Ms Nosipho Shilubane, who in 2012 failed to stop Mr Tsvangirai’s marriage to Elizabeth Macheka, said she will also give interviews with state newspapers and radio before then.

She however dismissed claims of financial motive as the reason behind her new revelations.

“I know some people may think, I am doing this for money but the truth is that I am a Christian who is just pouring her heart out.

“That is why I waited until after the elections. I want other women to know the kind of experience I went through so that they avoid the pain I suffered.

SEX SCANDALS

“The book seeks more to advise them than to expose Morgan, ” Ms Shilubane told the Herald newspaper in an interview on Tuesday.

Mr Tsvangirai lost in the July 2013 elections to President Robert Mugabe amid claims that sex scandals marred his public image. (READ: Zimbabwe PM apologises over love triangle)

Ms Shilubane also refuted claims that she was bitter that Mr Tsvangirai left her.

“I feel so free and relieved, I sit and imagine what my life would be like right now, being married to a liar, having to worry about who he is sleeping with when I am not there, having to follow him everywhere he goes because I do not trust him,” she said.

The former PM has been linked with a string of women after his first wife Susan died in a road accident in 2009.

On the eve of his wedding to Mr Tsvangirai was taken to court by Lorcadia Karimatsenga who proved that they were customarily married. (READ: Zimbabwean PM sued by ex-lover)