This emerged at the Mutare Magistrates Civil Court where
Tendai Maguzano was applying for maintenance from her estranged husband,
Innocent Dhaura.
Maguzano said her husband deserted his family and has not
been taking care of his children.
“He has been staying at his workplace with other women and
has abandoned me and our four children. He does not come home so I had to move
on. He is not sending money for the family’s upkeep. How does he want me to
survive with a burden like that?” said Maguzano.
She said she was applying for US$200 for the maintenance of
the couple’s four children. “The US$200 will cater for the children’s school
fees, transport and groceries. The money will not be enough and I will have to
put aside the same amount of money in order to sustain the children’s needs,”
she said. Maguzano also said her estranged husband has been acquiring loans and
selling some of their property.
“The loans he is acquiring are for his personal use and his
girlfriends’ hairdo and nails. My children are not benefiting from the loans
that he is continuously acquiring. They are actually pulling us back. It is
unbelievable that a man will take into consideration his girlfriends’ needs and
abandon his own children.
“It will be better if I get half of his pay because we are
not benefiting as his family. I am suffering alone with the children while he
is busy enjoying with his concubines,” said Maguzano.
In response, Dhaura said he could not pay the maintenance
as he is the one staying with the children.
“I cannot afford to give her that kind of money because I
am the one staying with the children. I took my children when I realised that
they were being exposed to her harlotry,” charged Dhaura.He said he took
custody of his children when he caught his wife red-handed in their matrimonial
home with her boss.
“I made a surprise visit to my house and found her in bed
with her boss. I could not allow my children to be exposed to such shameful
acts. I cannot share my wife with another man, even though I have not been
frequenting my home,” he said.
Dhaura also said Maguzano does not care about her children
as she once dumped them at his workplace.
“She came to my workplace and dumped the kids there. I do
not have a maid, so who was going to look after the children she claims she
loves? She is just lying so that she can exploit me. I want custody of the
children. She should enjoy her life with her new lover, who is also her boss. I
do not care,” charged Dhaura.
Mutare magistrate, Mr Xavier Chipato granted the maintenance
of US$80 and asked Dhaura to apply for the children’s custody.
He ordered Dhaura to return the children to their mother as
they are still minors. Manica Post
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