FLAMBOYANT businessman Frank Buyanga has demanded “remote”
meetings with his former girlfriend to discuss their child’s welfare, saying he
fears meeting her in person will expose him to the coronavirus.
Buyanga is embroiled in nasty court battles with Chantelle
Muteswa over the custody of their child.
The millionaire businessman left Zimbabwe with his son
ahead of a court hearing that was scheduled for last week. Muteswa accused him
of snatching the boy from her at a shopping centre in Harare.
Buyanga now wants a conference call via Skype to discuss
the custody of the boy, a letter from his lawyers sent to Muteswa’s lawyers has
revealed.
He argued that it was impossible for him and the boy to have
face-to-face meetings with Muteswa due to the deadly coronavirus.
“We are instructed on behalf of Frank Sadiqi Buyanga in
relation to the custody matter involving his son and Chantelle Muteswa,”
Buyanga’s lawyer, Waller Pollins Goldstein, wrote.
“In light of the current Covid-19 situation and your client
having been sentenced to prison for contempt of court, it is clearly unsafe for
her to have face-to-face access to her child.
“We, therefore, propose to have remote meetings going
forward.
“Please advise us of your times and conveniences in order
to arrange a skype meeting with the child.”
Buyanga said he was concerned about an alleged false press
release issued by Muteswa insinuating that he kidnapped his son.
The flamboyant businessman said he was considering
relocating to the United Kingdom and was weighing options to move the child
custody battle to courts in that country.
High Court judge Justice Happius Zhou recently delivered a
landmark ruling on custody for children born out of wedlock after granting
Buyanga and Muteswa joint guardianship of their child.
Previously Zimbabwe’s common law only granted sole
guardianship to mothers for children born out of wedlock.
Last week Buyanga wrote a letter to the Judicial Service
Commission complaining about one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s sons
Collins’ alleged interference in the case between him and Muteswa.
He claimed Collins was in direct contact with High Court
judge Justice Jacob Manzunzu, who is handling the case. Buyanga said the
president’s son was linked to Muteswa. Standard
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