Infidelity is not just black and white, someone once said. Marriages – even the most enduring relationships – have that lurking challenge of infidelity that constantly threatens peace and order, the sense of security that should be in the sanctity of a relationship of two. This comes back to me because a man is being accused of such a heinous crime that one has to wonder if he even has the ability to love. Ntuthuko Ntokozo Shoba, 32, is accused of being the mastermind of the shocking, scary murder of beauty consultant Tshegofatso Pule and her unborn baby. ALSO READ: Tshegofatso Pule’s killer pleads guilty to …
Infidelity is not just black and white, someone once said.
Marriages – even the most enduring relationships – have that lurking challenge of infidelity that constantly threatens peace and order, the sense of security that should be in the sanctity of a relationship of two.
This comes back to me because a man is being accused of such a heinous crime that one has to wonder if he even has the ability to love.
Ntuthuko Ntokozo Shoba, 32, is accused of being the mastermind of the shocking, scary murder of beauty consultant Tshegofatso Pule and her unborn baby.
ALSO READ: Tshegofatso Pule’s killer pleads guilty and will serve 20 years in prison
There was not one attempt in her life, but two – and the second attempt was successful.
He reportedly didn’t want his wife to find out that his infidelity had resulted in a baby. But within a month, this baby would come to earth outside of the womb.
This begs a very important question: why do we get involved when we lack the bravery to face the consequences of these choices and choices?
Why should you embark on an extramarital affair and then make your lover the sacrificial lamb in your game? Why engage when you can’t stand it?
Taking someone else’s life just to get out of a relationship is nothing less than cowardice, nothing less than animalistic.
Many married women speak of violence in their homes when they question their partner’s infidelity.
They are beaten, sometimes close to death. But for fear of the unknown, they stay.
The cruel hands of infidelity, though not as black and white as we’d like to imagine, have deadly effects: the mental agony of the deceived who sometimes dies a slow and painful death.
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The children born as a result of this infidelity spend their years searching for their roots because they are the products of secrets.
Infidelity is complex – and it has now cost a life. We now dare not ignore its devastation.
Are the courts allowed to act within the legal guidelines to adequately punish the scammers who kill – but the lesson that must be learned?
Let’s start with what we can’t take!
Kekeletso Nakeli-Dhliwayo.
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