Man commits suicide over divorce matter

A 42-year-old man plunged to his death after throwing himself from the top of a 30-metre mountain cliff after he was advised against divorcing his wife. Manicaland provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the incident which happened in Rori village, Ruda under Chief Mutasa in Honde Valley. He said a suicide note left by the deceased, Zachariah Dekaurendo, revealed that he took his life because he could not stomach spending one more day with his wife Philipa Kande. “Dekaurendo, sometime in December, visited his sister Esnath Dekaurendo, 44, who stays in Mozambique and confided in her that he intended to divorce his wife because they were having problems in their marriage,” said Kakohwa. However, the deceased`s sister did not approve of the divorce and this did not go down well with the now late.– NewZimbabwe