adminindentified as Ms Silibaziso Ndebele.
The lawmaker is said to have manhandled his wife to enable Ms Ndebele to flee.
Business ground to a halt in the central business district as curious onlookers jostled to watch the drama.
After the girlfriend had made good her escape, Mr Mharadza reportedly dashed into a nearby furniture shop where hid in a warehouse after realising the crowd was baying for his blood.
He only emerged from the shop after the crowd had dispersed and went away in an MDC-T councillor’s vehicle.
Sources said Mr Mharadza separated with his wife in the wake of the nasty brawl.
The two married in 2010 under Chapter 5:11 of the Marriages Act.
The sources said Mr Mharadza’s alleged relationship with Ms Ndebele has been going on for years.
Mr Mharadza — who has two children with his wife — yesterday accused her of overreacting and denied that they had separated.
He said Ms Ndebele, a nurse at Chishave Clinic in Chivi district, was his ex-girlfriend.
“My wife just overreacted after seeing me talking to Ms Ndebele whom I must admit is my ex-lover.
“My wife knew that I was once in love with Ms Ndebele and when she saw us together in the city centre she just overreacted and confronted her resulting in a fight.
“I must admit that I am no longer in love with Ms Ndebele, but as an MP I must be accessible to everyone. Even yourself, don’t you talk to your ex-girlfriends.”
Mr Mharadza admitted to have married his wife in 2010 under Chapter 5:11 of the Marriages Act.
“We married in 2010 and were blessed with two children and what happened on Friday was just a minor incident,” he said.
“I am no longer in love with Ms Ndebele. I last dated her before I got married.”
Mr Mharadza also defended his move to join in the scuffle “to restrain my wife”.
“I was not in any way trying to help her (Ms Ndebele) to get away from being beaten, but the only logical thing that I could do was to restrain my wife because she is the only person whom I have control over.”
Mrs Mharadza is now staying with her parents near Alvord Training Centre in Zimuto communal lands.
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