A FAMILY is being accused of attempting to hide the death of its daughter who allegedly died from pregnancy-related complications at a shrine in Goromonzi. Her death has exposed deep divisions within the family, with her grandmother now demanding answers and justice over the circumstances surrounding her granddaughter’s daughter. Sources say her parents and church elders tried to conceal the death to try and avoid medical and legal scrutiny.
She was allegedly married off at just 16, into a polygamous union, which was sanctioned by elders in the apostolic sect, a move that did not sit down well with her grandmother, Enita Moyo. She intervened, rescued the teenage girl and took her to Bulawayo to pursue an education. “My granddaughter was forced into marriage when she was still a child.
“I took her away from that situation because I wanted her to have a future. “I enrolled her at a local school where she defied the odds, completing her A-Levels. “We had a mutual understanding that she would go to university but when a local programme fell through, her parents took her back to Murehwa,” a grieving Moyo told B-Metro.
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“They promised me they would support her education and give her a better life. According to the grandmother, tensions resurfaced when Roseline refused to fully submit to the family’s Apostolic sect doctrines, leading to her being labelled a “black sheep”. “She was pushed back into that same marriage she had escaped from,” she said. Roseline later fell pregnant again and it is alleged that she began experiencing serious complications, including seizures and high blood pressure.
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