US$1 600 tobacco ‘windfall’ wrecks marriage

A YOUTHFUL Rukweza couple’s marriage spectacularly collapsed following their failure to manage meagre earnings of US$1 600 from their tobacco crop.

The couple’s six-year marriage collapsed as the husband only gave his wife US$40, bought household property without consulting her, and allegedly hid some of the property at his mother’s homestead.

This came out at Chief Makoni’s community court last week, where Linda Gwacha dragged her now ex-husband, Pardon Arumando, demanding her share from the property acquired during their union