Speaking from the little village of Lekgolobotlo, Botswana, Manini Molosi said that although she did not condone her daughter’s behaviour, she has come to accept that the poor child was forced into sleeping with the breadwinner, her father, by poverty.
«I ran away from my matrimonial home.My husband was sleeping with our daughter right under my nose and I couldn’t stop them,» Molosi said.
Cutting a lonely figure as she basked in the morning sun back at her parents’ home, Molosi continued, «I have no food and no one to help me since my parents are dead and I am too old to work.My children have abandoned me because I have nothing to offer them.I only depend on government pension and the social welfare food basket offered to my orphaned granddaughter.She is the only family I have.»
As if to emphasize the partially blind granny’s sad story, a tin roof creaked and a pile of stones on top of it threatened to fall as a strong wind swept past.
But Molosi’s husband, Buti Mosimanyana has denied allegations that he was having sex with his daughter.
«I am sane.How can I sleep with my own blood?Old as I am, can I produce children?What has gotten into this woman’s head.I don’t know why she deserted her home and I am still waiting for her to come back to my loving arms,» the 86-year-old Mosimanyana said.
Although the daughter declined to comment, her sister, Matshidiso Nkorona Buti explained that the family was aware of the allegations against her father and the elder sister.
«We intend calling a family meeting so that we deal with this issue once and for all.We have agreed as Buti’s children to solve thisВ problem.Whatever the outcome of the meeting we shall evaluate ourselves and find out where we had gone wrong.We need our mother back home with us .We want to know the truth, and once the truth has come out I pray and hope that we willВ forgive, forget and make up for lost time,» Nkorona explained.
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