Tawanda Bondamakara was dragged to court by Rumbidzai Bushu
who sought an order for US$203 000 plus interest at 5 percent per month from
May 1, 2021, and costs on an attorney and client scale.
The Herald reports that it turns out Bondamakara had
acknowledged the debt in May 2021, agreeing to pay $215,000 plus interest at 5
percent per month.
He had also promised to clear the debt in monthly
installments of $20 000 starting May 31, 2021, and even offered to hypothecate
a 5,000-square-metre piece of land under parent deed 3413/73 once the paperwork
was finalised by his lawyers, Zuze Law Chambers.
In his ruling, Justice Musithu noted that Bondamakara did
not deny that he signed the acknowledgment of debt only contending that he
signed the document under duress, a fear of arrest and incarceration.
But the judge found that the acknowledgment of debt was
signed on May 7 2021 when a criminal complaint had long been lodged against him
in February.
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