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Thandeka Moyo Court Correspondent
AN ex-soldier has dragged his wife to court seeking to end their 26-year marriage claiming his wife has been denying him conjugal rights for the past six years. Simon Moyo opened up on his marital problems with his wife Rejoice Nyathi before Bulawayo magistrate Victor Mpofu.
He pleaded with Mpofu to immediately terminate their marriage and share their matrimonial property they acquired during the subsistence of the marriage.
“Your Honour this woman, Rejoice Nyathi, is a violent person, extremely abusive and has on different occasions threatened my children whom I sired with my second wife,” Moyo told Mpofu.
He added: “We have gone for six years without sharing conjugal rights. I therefore plead with this court to terminate our customary marriage. I also need an order for the distribution of the matrimonial property since we have lost all love and affection for each other.”
Moyo also said his estranged wife had used his money to purchase two houses when he was still serving in the army and deployed in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “I cannot live with this cunning woman your worship as she has tricked me more than once.
When I was in the DRC she withdrew all the cash I would send her and used the money to buy two houses in Cowdray Park and Emganwini.
“Please order her to give me the house in Emganwini and she can have the one in Cowdray Park since it is registered in her name,” he said.
In her response, Nyathi vowed that she would not vacate the Emganwini house since her husband was planning to move in with another woman.
“Your Honour I have supported this man for the past 26 years. I managed to buy and develop our two houses while he was in the DRC. He cannot expect me to leave my house in Emganwini because that is where my life is. If he wants a house out of this marriage, he should make use of our second house in Cowdray Park,” said Nyathi.
“It is unfair for Moyo to claim complete ownership of the properties because I also run some businesses and helped in acquiring what we have. He has not been taking care of me and he can forget about taking away what I have worked for.”
Mpofu advised both parties to come for his ruling on 20 December.
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