Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s urgent chamber appeal
hearing challenging the recent High Court decision to allow his estranged wife,
Marry Mubaiwa, to have custody of the couple’s three minor children has been
deferred to tomorrow.
It emerged yesterday that the hearing was moved to tomorrow
to allow lawyers to file their heads of argument by today.
Chief Justice Luke Malaba directed VP Chiwenga’s lawyer
Advocate Lewis Uriri, instructed by Manase and Manase law firm, to file his
heads of argument yesterday while Mubaiwa’s lawyers Mtetwa and Nyambirayi Legal
Practitioners are expected to file today, according to sources close to the
matter.
Both parties’ lawyers Mr Wilson Manase and Mr Taona
Nyamakura could not be reached for comment.
VP Chiwenga’s appeal to the Supreme Court follows Justice
Christopher Dube-Banda’s ruling granting Mubaiwa the relief she sought, and
restraining the VP from interfering with her access to the Borrowdale Brooke
mansion.
Mubaiwa had approached the High Court seeking custody of
the minor children after VP Chiwenga allegedly took the children and barred her
from accessing the matrimonial home.
However, VP Chiwenga did not agree with the High Court
ruling resulting in him approaching the superior court.
The noting of the appeal by the VP effectively suspended
the order for him to surrender custody of the children to Mubaiwa until the
ruling of the Supreme Court. Herald
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