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Alliance couple: Matiba and Edith’s love brewed in the Valley

Kenneth Matiba and his wife Edith in hospital after he was released from detention. (File, Standard)

The wooded valley was supposed to keep the girls away from boys. Pious missionaries dedicated all their energies to ensure that there was respectable distance between the students from the two neighbouring schools.

However every Sunday, some romantic souls would troop from opposing directions and congregate in the valley where, amid the chirping of birds, oaths would be taken and life-long commitments made.

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