WOMAN DENIED 2ND HUBBY, KILLS HERSELF

MAYIWANE – If women were allowed to marry more than one man in society, Viyane Rebecca Mavuso would still be alive.

She killed herself after her family denied her permission to marry her secret lover, who is a businessman.
Her family rejected the customary meat that is taken to the bride’s family after she has been traditionally wedded.

 Rebecca, born Mashaba, had been married for many years to Dadalaza Mavuso of Matiwane when she was traditionally wedded by another man, *Dlamini, on the new year weekend.
She was found hanging from the rafters inside her house at the Mavuso homestead a few days after she was traditionally wedded to the businessman at Ka- Ncesi, though her family rejected the customary meat, something which angered her. She later went back to her matrimonial home at the Mavuso homestead where she hanged herself.

It is believed that Rebecca was in a dilemma after her family rejected the customary meat from the *Dlamini family. This customary meat, if accepted, means that the woman’s family approves of the marriage but a rejection is a sign that her family disapproves of the newly-established union.
In an interview at his homestead, the deceased’s husband (Mavuso), revealed that his wife was discovered by her 16-year-old boy hanging from the rafters of her house last Friday morning. Mavuso said his wife had left her matrimonial homestead after her aunt requested that she joins them in performing a certain ritual related to her father’s undisclosed illness.

“Wacelwa ngumake wakhe lomncane watsi bayogcina siphorofitho seyise ekhayakubo mhla ahamba lakhaya,” Mavuso said in vernacular.  He said initially, his father in-law was being healed at his homestead but left after his in-laws decided to take him to other health practitioners. However, it could not be established whether Mavuso was a traditional healer or a prophet.
“I had a strange dream the first night she left on a Friday and I knew that something terrible would happen. When I called her the following morning, I could hear that there were many people around her, however, she said they were busy with her father’s ritual,” said Mavuso.

Mavuso said he suspected that the mumbling women he overheard were those who were involved in traditionally wedding her.

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