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Spiwe Sarakunze
H-Metro Reporter
AN AFM pastor says her sister is squandering US$1,600, which is generated from rentals collected from the family’s home in Hatfield, while neglecting their mother.
Pastor Jaslene Mutunhiri told Harare Civil Court magistrate, Johanna Mukwesha, that her sister Francisca Mutunhiri has been pocketing US$1,600 which is paid as rentals.
“My sister came back from South Africa to stay at our family home in Hatfield. She is refusing to leave,” she said.
The pastor claims Francisca unlawfully took control of the property and has been collecting US$1,600 rent from tenants for over a year without remitting any funds to the rest of the family, including their mother.
“This property is part of our family estate. It’s not hers alone. She is also harassing our mother,” she said.
The pastor said she attempted to settle the matter privately but failed as her sister became confrontational and even destroyed documents relating to the house’s ownership.
According to the pastor, Fransisca has threatened to kill her if she continues to ask for her share of the rentals.
Fransisca, however, denied any wrongdoing, insisting that she was left in charge of the property through a mutual family agreement.
“I took care of that house together with my mother, no one else wanted to. Now that it is generating money, they want to push me out,” she said.
Fransisca dismissed her sister’s claims that she threatened to kill her.
The magistrate granted a protection order against Fransisca.
She advised the Mutunhiri sisters to approach courts which deal with property issues to resolve their differences over the Hatfield house.
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