A Bulawayo landord who stays in
Emakhandeni has been arrested
after bashing his female tenant
accusing her of bed bedwetting.
The alleged incident which has
since become the talk of the
suburb occurred on the 17th of
November.
It is said that on the dramatic
day, Nqobile Luphahla was going
about his errands when he saw a
child of the tenant playing
outside. The man is alleged to
have slapped the three-year-old
child for "acting" like her
mother. The child ran into her
mother's room wailing. This is
said to have prompted the woman
Ntombizodwa Ncube to demand
answers as to the reasons behind
the thrashing of her child.
Luphahla would have none of it
and told the woman off. She was
not going to be pushed away
easily and continued pestering the
man. Purportedly infuriated by
this, Luphahla who was standing
outside the woman's room
forcibly went in. After a peep
around the room, Luphahla
spotted watery liquid on the
woman's bed.
He got closer to get a sniff and to
his shock it was urine. The man
went on to accuse Ncube of
bedwetting. She compounded the
problem by failing to defend
herself.
As such, Luphahla is alleged to
have dragged her outside the
room labelling her a bed wetter.
He then kicked her until she fell.
By then a crowd made up of
mostly kids had already gathered
to see the bed wetter.
Taking advantage of the situation,
the man went on to savagely kick
the woman on the left breast. As
the assault raged on, Luphahla is
reported to have hit Ncube twice
on the leg with a stone.
The woman was later rescued by a
neighbour. Luphahla was arrested
and remanded in custody to 4
December after failing to pay
$100 bail which he had been
granted by Western Commonage
magistrate, Mr Richard
Ramaboea.