Online Reporter
Belindah Chikandiwa
A HARARE woman was granted a protection order against her husband after she pleaded with the court to help her leave him and return to her parents’ home with their seven children, saying she was tired of his abuse.
Ms Namatai Foto appeared before the Harare Civil Court last Friday, applying for a protection order against her husband, Mr Sheky Gwagwadza, for insults and harassment.
She claimed that Mr Gwagwadza stalked her and spoke ill of her when she was not present.
“I do not want him anymore. I want to live at my parents’ house because this man is abusing me,” she pleaded.
“I want him to stop coming to my workplace and to cease stalking me and saying bad things about me in front of the children. He is always threatening me, saying he will kill me one of these days.”
In response, Mr Gwagwadza did not dispute Ms Foto’s claims but expressed concern for the children’s well-being.
“I do not oppose what she is saying, but my only concern is where she plans to go with seven children and who will take her in,” he said.
The presiding magistrate, Ms Johanna Mukwesha, approved Ms Foto’s application, emphasising the need for both parties to live in peace.
