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An abused wife from Bulawayo has demanded in a civil suit that her abusive husband should be ordered to pay her $3 000 monthly and stop having extra-marital affairs.
More-Precious Ncube, seeking a protection order against her husband Stansilous Ncube told Bulawayo Civil Court magistrate Sheunesu Matova her husband was in the habit of emotionally and physically abusing her.
a�?I am married to Stansilous Ncube under the Marriages Act Chapter 5:11 and it still subsists. I am applying for a protection order against him because he has gone violent as he is physically abusing me.
a�?On 18 April he locked me outside our matrimonial home despite the fact that he knew my health condition. I cannot be locked outside my house during the night leaving my children under the custody of a maid and worse still I am not feeling well,a�? she charged.
She said Stansilous was also accusing her of bewitching him.
More-Precious further prayed to the court to stop her husband from having extra-marital affairs, coming home late and drunk as well as to deposit $3 000 into her bank account every month end.
Asked by the magistrate why he locked his wife outside the house, Stansilous said:
a�?She knew that she must not come home late.a�?
In his ruling the magistrate ordered Stansilous not to physically, verbally and emotionally abuse his wife before he referred the two parties for counselling.
derick.khumalo