HARARE – Zimbabwe’s First Lady Grace Mugabe has for the first
time publicly dismissed as lies online reports in 2010 alleging that her
daughter Bona had been raped in Singapore after a student party.
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According to the reports Bona Mugabe filed rape charges against two
Tanzanian students studying in Singapore at the time. The two students
who were put under police investigation however insisted that she had
consensual sex with them.
The reports claimed that Bona who studied under the name Tracy
Guvamombe alleged that she was a victim of drink spiking and rape at a
student party held in the upmarket Faber Park neighbourhood.
One of the accused was identified as the 27 year old son of a
Tanzanian business tycoon. The suspects allegedly invited Bona to the
lavish party and plied her with spiked wines and went on to have sex
with her in one of the bedrooms.
Its alleged the pairs luck ran out when Bona suddenly woke up only to
find one of the suspects grovelling on top of her. She is said to have
screamed alerting other guests who rushed in to her aide. The suspects
fled but were later apprehended by the local police.
Grace Mugabe used a women’s conference in Harare on Saturday to
address this issue while speaking about her daughter’s marriage to
Emirates pilot, Simba Chikore. A traditional marriage ceremony in August
at the family’s Zvimba rural home saw Chikore paying US$35,000 in bride
price.
“Way back, I asked my daughter whether she had a boyfriend since she
was growing up the same way I did, a shy person and reserved, and she
said there was someone,” said Grace Mugabe.
“I called (Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa, ZAOGA, pastor) Mai
Eunah Guti to ask about the boyfriend and her response was – “if that
boy becomes your son-in-law, you will be delighted”.
“I also spoke to Baba Ezekiel Guti, and he again echoed the same
sentiments. They (Bona and Simba) developed a relationship and I told my
daughter I am going to bring you up the traditional way.
“Do not ever let that boy touch your breast or your body you must
have the honour to get married when you are still a virgin. She has
listened to me and I spoke to Simba and I told him that I want my
daughter to get married when she is still a virgin and he respects
that.”
“There were reports that my daughter was raped … nothing of that sort ever happened. She is a virgin,” she said.
And addressing her daughter who was in the crowd directly the First Lady added: “You make me proud and I am a proud mother.
“We all know that it is difficult to raise daughters especially if
you are coming from the kind of family she is coming from where in some
instances parents have a tendency of over spoiling children, whatever
they ask for they are given without questioning.
“I take time to talk to her constantly and teach her about life
because in the past we used to rely on our aunties but the times are
changing and we have to do the job ourselves as mothers.”
Mugabe praised her daughter whom she described as a good example of
how young women should conduct themselves in the community. She
challenged other parents to bring up their children the traditional way
in order to reduce their chances of indulging in sex before marriage.
Calling on all parents to follow suit, Mugabe said she had impressed
it upon her daughter during their discussions to respect her body and
honour her future husband by giving him a gift of purity.
“I was not shy to tell her that she was not supposed to allow any man
to touch her body in an inappropriate way. I am happy she complied,”
she said.
Nehanda Radio
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