The ManicaPost
Tanyaradzwa Mujati
Weekender Reporter
BEING attracted to women of his age cost a Mutare Ben-10 dearly after being booted out by his elderly lover of 16 years.
Gogo Renika Maoneni appeared before Mutare magistrate, Ms Perseverance Makala, applying for a protection order against her youthful boyfriend, Gwinyai Kabhasikoro.
Gogo Maoneni said Kabhasikoro is always threatening her.
She further stated that Kabhasikoro usually visits her house to insult and harass her after ending their relationship.
“I realised that our relationship was no sustainable and I sent him packing. I already have grandchildren. I have been spending a lot on him, but he is having many relationships with younger women.
“When he is drunk, he comes to my house to harass me. My children had once welcomed him into the family, but now do not want to see him anywhere near our house. They want him out of my life for good, but he is refusing to go,” said Gogo Maoneni.
She said the problem started when he failed to give her money to attend her late father’s funeral, saying he was broke, only to return home to find him preparing a sumptuous meal.
“I was angry at him because he could not give me money to attend my father’s funeral. He did not even bother to accompany me to the funeral, saying he did not have any money.
“We have been dating since 2006, but he was more like a tick, sucking my blood. When I came back home from attending my late dad’s funeral, I found him busy preparing mouth watering sausages.
“I provide everything for him from the soap that he uses to bath to what he eats. That day he had money to buy a good relish, yet when I am around I have to provide everything for him. He was living in a paradise while I was struggling to feed him.”
Gogo Maoneni also said Kabhasikoro was now chasing after younger women of his age.
“He is now looking for younger and fresh girls to date. I do not mind that because I am now an old lady. He should move in with them. I am done with him. At my age I do not even have a chicken to show as a possession,” charged the senior citizen.
Kabhasikoro did not dispute Gogo Maoneni’s claims, but, however, said the constant fights only erupt when they are both drunk.
“All the fighting and harassing starts when we are drunk. We usually fail to control ourselves,” he said.
Kabhasikoro said he still loves Gogo Maoneni, but the problem is her children who are meddling in their relationship.
“We have been together for a very long time and I love her. Her children are the ones meddling in our affairs. They threatened me and asked me to move out of their late father’s house and I obliged,” said Kabhasikoro.
Ms Makala granted the protection order which bars Kabhasikoro from visiting Gogo Maoneni’s house to disturb her peace and the order is valid for five years.
