Highlanders Football Club assistant coach Mandla ‘Lulu’ Mpofu appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Ms Adelaide Mbeure for beating up his wife Ms Nqobile Tshuma (40) after accusing her of driving his car without his permission.
Mpofu punched his wife twice and violently pulled her out of the car at their place of residence at Margdan Flats along 14th Avenue and Fort Street in Bulawayo. She had driven the car to a friend’s place to attend a funeral. Mpofu pleaded guilty to charges of physical abuse before Bulawayo magistrate Ms Adelaide Mbeure. He said he punched his wife out of anger and apologised for his actions.
He was fined him $100 or one week in jail. Tshuma wrote an affidavit where she stated that she had forgiven her husband.
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