In a recently released statement, Gender Links Botswana has noted that there's a disturbingly growing trend of women resorting to scalding their lovers with boiling water or cooking oil in a fit of rage, perhaps owing to infidelity or being abruptly dumped.
Late last year, a local tabloid carried a horrific front page story of a man whose jilted lover poured hot cooking oil over him, leaving him with partial-thickness/second-degree burns. The man, who was photographed from his hospital bed, looked like he could be dubbed Kentucky Fried Cheater (KFC). The reported story is that this man had two lovers. The one lady was probably a regte (steady partner), while the other was clearly a makhapweni (concubine). This man chose to marry the former, his long-term girlfriend. This didn't go down well with the latter, the 'side-chick' who had been with him for several years. In a clearly well-orchestrated plan, the jilted lover called the man to her house under the pretext that she needed his assistance. When he arrived, she seduced him. As you know, most men are 'weak' - show a bit of flesh, tease, nibble and wiggle, and you've got him eating out of the palm of your hand. While the unsuspecting man was still enjoying what he thought was the prelude to satisfying his lust, the incensed lady excused herself only to return carrying a pot of boiling cooking oil. According to the victim, she aimed at his private parts but she missed and instead burnt his face and upper body. He was left writhing and wailing like a wounded animal. Indeed, hell hath no fury like a woman scorned!
