AN UNEMPLOYED married man from Bulawayo who is a father of
nine has been ordered to pay $100 for the upkeep of two of his children after
he was dragged to court by his ex-girlfriend.
Ms Simosenkosi Ngwenya was claiming $245 from Mr Thabani
Mhlanga saying he has not been paying school fees, buying groceries and clothes
for their children.
“We have two children aged nine and six. Mhlanga has never
done anything for these children. l’ve been trying to cope but l’m a vendor and
realise about $10 a week which is not enough to take care of all their needs,”
she said.
The magistrate, Ms Ulukile Mlea asked Mr Mhlanga how much
he was offering to pay for the children and he said he could not afford much
because he is unemployed.
He produced seven birth certificates for his other children
and later said he was self-employed.
“I can only offer $80 since l’m self-employed realising
about $300. I’m married to another woman and have seven other children thus l
can’t offer much,” he said.
Ms Ngwenya looked surprised when her ex-boyfriend said he
has seven other children.
“Your worship l know nothing about these other children
he’s talking about. Through out our relationship he never mentioned anything
like that or close to that,” she said.
Ms Mlea ordered Mr Mhlanga to pay $100 for the two minor
children with effect from the end of this month.
“This money will be deposited into Ms Ngwenya’s account and
this order remains in force until the money is either varied or discharged,”
said Ms Mlea. Chronicle
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