VICE-President Kembo Mohadi’s estranged wife Tambudzani has
been ordered by the courts to stop sending her husband threatening messages.
Mohadi was granted a protection order against his
politician wife by a Harare Civil Court magistrate, but details have been kept
confidential.
Tambudzani and her children were also barred from selling
the couple’s matrimonial property before the finalisation of their divorce case
by the High Court.
According to Mohadi’s lawyer, Norman Mugiya, the ex-parte
application for a protection order filed by the VP on August 10 was determined
by a magistrate in his chambers yesterday afternoon.
Initially the matter had been set down to be heard in an
open court at 11:15am, but was later moved to an undisclosed magistrate’s
chambers and dealt with in the afternoon.
“I can confirm that honourable VP Mohadi is my client and
the matter has been dealt with in the magistrate’s chambers,” Mugiya said.
“My client was granted the protection order in terms of the
draft as we prayed for, but I am not at liberty to disclose the details of what
transpired in chambers.”
He would not explain why the matter could not be heard in
an open court.
“Lawyers do not ask magistrates or judges to identify
themselves, but instead the opposite is true,” Mugiya said. “You can find out
from the very court who the said magistrate was.”
Mohadi had asked the court to handle the case as an urgent
matter, saying he feared for his life because Tambudzani had been calling on
his mobile phone and threatening him.
Sometime in September last year, Mohadi, who was State
Security minister then, approached the High Court in Bulawayo seeking a
divorce, claiming their marriage had irretrievably broken down.
The matter is still pending.
However, on August 10 Mohadi petitioned the Civil Court in
Harare seeking a protection order on the basis that violence against him had
escalated to an unprecedented level.
The VP said this had occurred just after Tambudzani
received summons seeking divorce against her.
According to Mohadi, he married his wife sometime in 1981
and during the time they lived together before separating in 1999.
He said since then, his life had been a “living hell”.
“The respondent is a very abusive person and / or a person
of a violent disposition such that I am now leaving in fear of my life.” Mohadi
said in the court papers. Standard
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