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RB Denies Reports He Wants To Divorce Thandiwe
FORMER President Rupiah Banda has denied claims that his marriage with Thandiwe is on the rocks and that a divorce is looming.
Recently, Tumfweko exclusively revealed that the veteran politician’s marriage with Thandiwe was on the verge of splitting up following his alleged extra-marital affair with a named Zimbabwean woman based in the United States of America.
The reports claim that although Banda was accompanied by Thandiwe to America where he had taken up a role as a resident lecturer at Boston University earlier this year, the former head of State still got involved with the woman in question.
It has also been claimed that Banda had been patronizing drinking places in the company of the same woman much to the chagrin of Thandiwe.
Banda’s beer drinking problem is said to have started while he was at Sate House but became worse in America.
When Banda returned from America in June, he left his wife behind- a situation that sparked serious rumours about the couple’s alleged growing differences.
At the same time, one of the daily newspapers claimed that Banda had differed with Thandiwe over the disappearance of about US$ 36,000 in his bedroom. This report was however rubbished by the former first family which also demanded a retraction.
The story was however never retracted.
Some other media reports claim that Banda wanted to use the ‘dollar loss saga’ as a scapegoat for divorce but it didn’t work out.
But in an interview, Banda’s administrative secretary Mikatazo Wakumelo refuted the reports.
Said Wakumelo:“ I am not going to waste my time commenting on such foolish innuendoes. We don’t do that.”
“Those stories are false and have no credibility. How can that be true? It’s false,” he added before cutting the line.
Efforts to contact him again and get more information on the matter proved futile as his phone went unanswered.
Thandiwe, 40, married the 75-year-old Banda almost a decade ago. In an interview with BBC Network Africa programme in 2010, Thandiwe, a political science teacher, said the wide age difference between Banda and her was not an issue.
Thandiwe revealed that her love affair with Banda started after his granddaughter introduced her to him in Chipata.
“We met through his extended grandchild. I was doing her hair and then one day she said, ‘you need to finish my hair. I need to see my grandfather and stuff like that.’ So when we went to the farm, that time he was in Chipata, we went to his farm in Chipata and I just said, ‘hello! hello,’” Thandiwe explained.
“After doing her hair, he dropped me home where I was staying with my brother and then he asked about what I was doing. So I said, ‘I was a teacher in Chiparamba’. That was his home village. So he said: ‘you teach in Chiparamba but you are from the Copperbelt?’ So I said, ‘yes!’ So he said, ‘oh! Okay!’”
“I then told him that I also go to school. That time I was also doing distance learning at Chalimbana in Lusaka. So he said, ‘oh! I have a house in Lusaka. Maybe one day I will come and visit you when you are at school in Chalimbama.’ We visited and from there this is where we ended,” Thandiwe explained.
She also said Banda did not believe when she phoned and informed him that she was expecting twins.
Thandiwe also said her being young and attractive made Banda “come home to that as well”.
“I do love my husband; I think that is why I got married to him because age for me wasn’t an issue. It’s love,” Thandiwe said.
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yalmaz
August 21, 2012 at 2:16 pm
يا سلام.؟!
na lulu
August 21, 2012 at 2:22 pm
they say chako ni chako love is between two pipo thandiwe thats your husband you keep the same “LOVE” that which you gave him wen you were in state house let it be the same i advice you keep away from the little foxes it happens if u are having problems with your hubby resolve the in a Godly way problems are there in marriages with or without money let love be the same
poopo
August 21, 2012 at 2:23 pm
where is the story kaili?useless site
Mkhuzo
August 21, 2012 at 2:25 pm
Useless Article
RB JUNIOR
August 21, 2012 at 2:27 pm
CHILUMENDO RB TEKANYA WALAFWA NAMALWELE
mwilam
August 21, 2012 at 2:39 pm
LIARS. IT LIKE THHIS SITE HAS DRIED UP LIKE THE POST HA HA…..KE KE HEYE…HA…..
SHAULI YAKO
August 21, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Go girl Thandiwe. You used what you’ve got to get what you wanted. If indeed RB is cheating on you, dump him n hire a gud lawyer to ensure u lay your hands on his current earnings plus his future earnings (pension). You will need the many to support your children when he is gone. This man is old enough to be your father. A woman can ONLY go for a man 35 yrs her senior for his gold mine n NO crap of love. Dig deep Thandiwe n holla on me if you require assisstsnce in digging. I shall gladly lend a hand!
continued lies exposed
August 21, 2012 at 2:49 pm
Even when Tumfweko is exposed a lying it still tried to post scandelous stories.
This whole story is rubbish and why continue with the $36,000 when the police had posted in fred’s rubbish pages the story is false.
Only Fred Mmembe and Tumfweko continue to try and keep the story going anywhere for thier own PF benefit.
This page is as bad a Kapecha 360 or lies and untruths.
The governement sgould shut this place down before the Watchdog.
nicola
August 21, 2012 at 2:53 pm
RB IS A DRUNKARD. anyway love is love, but thandiwe ukutambila abakulu zoona?you should have respect.
Queen
August 21, 2012 at 3:06 pm
@Nicola, why blame Thandiwe? RB was d one shameless to undress for a kid. Very typical of Africans to blame a woman.
Katundu
August 21, 2012 at 3:10 pm
this is a total rubbish story. we should respect RB. Let us leave him alone pliz.
z watch pig
August 21, 2012 at 3:45 pm
RB we respect u!
May God Bless u
marie-anne
August 21, 2012 at 3:51 pm
CHILD MOLESTATION. AGE GAP IS TOO MUCH. SHE WAS IN IT FOR THE CASH. HE WAS IN IT FOR THE YOUNGNESS. NOW SHE’S OLD & HE’S GONE BACK TO HIS OLD HABIT OF CRAVING FOR YOUNGSTERS. THATS JUST MY ANALYSIS.
NZELU
August 21, 2012 at 3:55 pm
RB NINKHUNZI, YAFOSHA WE!!!
umupondo
August 21, 2012 at 4:05 pm
THANDIWE, LET THE OLD MAN BE. JUST GET YOUR SHARE OF HIS WEALTH AND MOVE ON… FIND FRESH YOUNG MEN LIKE ME. WE CAN MAKE A PERFECT COUPLE
william wafwa na panga banda
August 21, 2012 at 4:08 pm
Guys look at where jst henry banda is mukulu iyakweba ati teti ende na tandiwe elo nomba eko aleba ati banyina, mudala takwata amano kuti afulila shani akamwaiche!!!!!!
tomato
August 21, 2012 at 4:22 pm
RB no size!!!!!!!
Mpangula Mputyu
August 21, 2012 at 4:24 pm
Nyele, Njota Ya Mbuzi. Ifima SEX atase even Old Pipo BONK. Yaki!!!!!
Janet c
August 21, 2012 at 4:38 pm
Could RB be suffering from the same ‘Tiger Woods sex addiction’ disease??? The one that Dora suffers from? Just saying….
Musula Nkaki
August 21, 2012 at 4:53 pm
LOVE KWIHIBA BWE MWINE ( LOVE ONLY YOU HAS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS)
onward
August 21, 2012 at 5:04 pm
It is their life, Ba tumfweko, just exposing stories like that without consideration that he was your father.
Game
August 21, 2012 at 5:24 pm
Where’s the news…the article is different from the title….what’s happening ba tumfweko.com???????
wilord
August 21, 2012 at 5:38 pm
what i can advise thandiwe to do is sort herself out. If the story is really true, there is no need for her to stick with a husband who is not faithful to her. Obviously any woman would want to have RB for a boy friend just because he is a former head of state. Thandiwe is only too young. She can always go out there and get herself a young man and get loved up again.
Its up to you madam thandi.
SHAME!
August 21, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Only a few Bembas still believe in this ka tumfweko site. full of lies..may be start writing in Bembas cos its normal to tel lies in Bemba.
Davido
August 21, 2012 at 7:19 pm
RB has no morals how does he marry a friend to his grand daughter? Ba Mudala Zip eyi mitungula ukwakuya.Shame on you old shameless corrupt drunkard.
kakolwe
August 21, 2012 at 7:20 pm
Leave Thandi ALONE. She married RB before he even dreamt of being President. A gamble most gold diggers cant take. Fortune smiled her way, & now she has a stake in the ‘Mpundu Trust’ and others. All the more reason for her to stick to the old guy.
She is not a gold digger, GOLD DUG HER UP.
Ba Tumfweko, your story is an update on Tandiwes love for RB. CHAPWA!!
Pretty
August 21, 2012 at 8:41 pm
Thandiwe is not even close to 40 ba LT. She is in her early 30′s.
taliban
August 21, 2012 at 9:03 pm
so imwe bamambala who cheated you..ala.retract the 1st statement..
mathews katebe
August 21, 2012 at 9:18 pm
@kakolwe, I like your contribution. Thandiwe is NOT a gold digger, but a lady who is genuinely in love.
exhildah
August 21, 2012 at 9:47 pm
In poor africa where the majority earthlings live on less than a euro a day…for a ‘young lady’ to lie in bed with a madala good mililé comes before love
everythingelse is news¬¬¬¬¬¬bla bla ok
Ubulowe Bwandalama
August 21, 2012 at 9:55 pm
ubuchushi ubu kutiwaikata nefya bolokota ati ebundowendowe!
ana shumba
August 21, 2012 at 10:14 pm
Thandiwe, am ready 4u, leave that old fool n bring some dollars
Exibit
August 21, 2012 at 11:30 pm
Bafikala batumfweko u shud have respect 4 elders.rupiah is your parent worse stil your former president.hw old & hu are u to be porking your nose in old pipos mariages.ka editor tawafundwa you are uncultured.i think waletambila banoko naba wiso kubedroom sana.remember we are africans,respect the elders
tallmike
August 22, 2012 at 5:40 am
It is not worth it,let banda and thandie resolve this issue peacefully.
Dilan Filamenga
August 22, 2012 at 9:49 am
Ba RB ichindikeni you are a grandfather for crying out loud…..
Gluco
August 22, 2012 at 10:38 am
Useless stories on this ka site. Leave RB you useless editor.
Kaya
August 22, 2012 at 10:44 am
Guys you are too young to coment on mr banda’s marital issues.how old are you?we zambians are known 4 having respect 4 elders.were are u geting such maners
Malchi
August 22, 2012 at 10:48 am
Just listenining
dddddddddddd
August 22, 2012 at 11:52 am
kanitundila ka thandiwe
Munba Olipha
August 22, 2012 at 12:28 pm
Imwe mwebantu, Thandiwe was not a Gold digger but if she did good for her then because when you marry old bustards like that you need to have something to show for. Otherwise their is no need. I like Thandi and she is a strong woman to live with such a baffun.
Man City
August 22, 2012 at 2:53 pm
why am I not surprised?! these marriages with a wide age difference are ‘disposable’ marriages and cannot last a lifetime!Sooner or later the fact that you are from different ‘lifespans’ will show. we would be living in a fools paradise to expect that old man nyama soya can find thandiwe still desirable after such a long time;his attention span is too short for that!
Thandizona
August 22, 2012 at 4:17 pm
We know Banda and his drink. Every time he drinks he wants to end it with sex. Thandiwe is a Jehova,s witness. Jehova, s witnessea are taught not to mix sex and drink. Banda considers this ant social and looks at Thandiwe not to be out going until he found this Zimbabwean shona woman who drinks and gives it all to him.
News reader
August 22, 2012 at 4:23 pm
Marriages of the big house occupants are never solid except KK. We all know:
Chiluba took our friends wife and Vera went for the coloured.
Maureen and the lawyer
Banda with Dora and now the Zim woman
Wait soon we shall know who is bonking the DOCTOR.
kayelele
August 22, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Easterners, Too much vumbwe na mutototo.
Young horse
August 22, 2012 at 5:14 pm
Come to me Thandi……I have a bigger dick than RB
CHIEF KALINDA YALO
August 22, 2012 at 5:16 pm
I knew it will come to this. RB ali nyele ngako.
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August 22, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Twalekweba Thandi….Kukonda nkalamba! VYABAKULU NI VYABAKULU.
john banda
August 22, 2012 at 7:30 pm
foolish learn to respect elders for that matter former head of state……………./
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August 22, 2012 at 11:16 pm
tichite bwanji na elder akonda tuchembere.naine ndimukulu….at 72 I am not young. Do not think all bloggers are teenagers. I am close in age to my mates Chikwanda, Rodger the lawyer, the late judge lewanika, akashambatwa lewanika, justice Sakala,mumba kapumpa, Dr Njelesani,Dr Manda,Dr, Jacob(BOZ), Mr Kaunda(former ZCCM), David Matongo(RSZ), Haachipuka,, late Haapunda and many more…..All I am telling RB is …..do not embarass us!!!
Chilima Wazafwetete
August 23, 2012 at 10:30 am
@Pretty, I was also questioning Thandiwe’s age as reported by Tumfweko. This story is a blue lie. Four years ago we were told that Thandiwe was 28 years old and today Tumfweko says she is 40 years old. Surely 28 plus 4 is 32. Tumfweko are bad liars.