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THE Lands and Rural Resettlement Ministry has stopped the sale of former deputy minister and Mhondoro-Ngezi legislator Bright Matonga’s property to raise $45,000 awarded to his ex-wife, Anne Elizabeth Matonga (nee Pout), as a divorce settlement.
The ministry filed an application at the High Court arguing that agricultural equipment belonging to the State had been attached and was due to be sold.
The auction was set for May 10 at Matonga’s Nyadzonia Farm in Chegutu.
The property for auction included tractors, a planter, a combine harvester, 40 cattle, 20 goats, a truck, and assorted machinery.
But Lands Minister Douglas Mombeshora filed a motion at the High Court seeking to stay the auction until the ministry files interpleader proceedings.
Interpleader is an action brought by a third party negatively affected by court proceedings involving two other parties.
Acting deputy director (valuations and estates) in the Lands Ministry, Alec Chilonga, deposed an affidavit on Dr Mombeshora’s behalf and took it court under a certificate of urgency.
The custody of the farm equipment, Chilongo said, was given to Matonga who was granted the right to occupy Nyadzonia Farm.
Matonga and his ex-wife separated eight years ago after he allegedly moved in with another woman.
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