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A victim of xenophobia caused a stir at his late father’s house when his mother engaged in a verbal fight with his stepmother over how to accommodate him at the family’s Makokoba house.
The man’s mother, Pauline Nyathi of Nketa 9, said she wanted a room for her son as she alleged that his property was still stuck in South Africa where it was dumped at a garage.
Pauline, who allegedly had divorced her late husband, Lameck Sibanda, had been dragged to court by Sibanda’s widow, Morrinah Nyathi over the Makokoba house. Morrinah was seeking a protection order against Pauline whom she accused of chasing her from the Makokoba house.
However, Morrinah got more than she had bargained for yesterday when Pauline teamed up with her sister and brother-in-law as they attempted to evict her from her house soon after court.
She told magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure that she was tired of Pauline’s insults adding that she was scared of picking up her phone when it rings thinking it could be her husband’s ex-wife.
Mashavakure granted a protection order in favour of Morrinah ordering Pauline to stop sending abusive messages to the applicant.
“If the estate isn’t registered, you should all go and register it at the Deceased estate court. The respondent is ordered not to chase the applicant out of the house pending the determination of the deceased estate. The respondent is also ordered to keep peace with the applicant,” said the magistrate.
Morrinah alleged that soon after the court’s ruling, she went to her house in Makokoba only for Pauline together with her sister and brother-in-law to follow her 10 minutes later.
She said they came into the house while she was having tea and demanded she moves her property into one room to accommodate Pauline’s son who fled xenophobic attacks in South Africa recently.
“I told them that I can’t deal with that and I went straight to Ross Camp police station where the police also read the judgment to them. They told the police officer that they would rather go back to court. They told me that they aren’t afraid of getting arrested.”
Pauline’s sister whose name was not given alleged that they acted the way they did because they had misunderstood the judgment.
Morrinah said Pauline separated with her husband 15 years ago after she was caught with another man in the same house.
In court, Pauline admitted that she did tell Morrinah to move out of the house. However, she said the reason why she left her husband was that she discovered that he was cheating on her with Morrinah.
Bongani Ndlovu
Online Reporter