A jobless husband has been thrown out of the family home by his wife of 19 years. B Metro reports that Moureen Cindrela Zulu accused her h...
A jobless husband has been thrown out of the family home by his wife of 19 years. B Metro reports that Moureen Cindrela Zulu accused her husband Saunders Bongani Moyo of being a habitual drunkard who neglected their four children.
“I have been customarily married to Saunders Bongani Moyo for 19 years. During the course of our marriage he abused me in the following ways: physically, verbally and financially. I am single-handedly supporting the family paying all the rentals, school fees and buying food.
“When he was working, he would drink all the money meant to support the family and when he comes home drunk, he will be violent and threatens the children. During the subsistence of our marriage he secretly wedded another woman Venanda Mangisi. The marriage is still subsisting and is blessed with a child.
“I, however, pleaded with him to annul the marriage and he refused. Because of all these problems bedevilling our marriage I decided that we go on separation. After he moved out of the house, he came back, a month later, in a drunken stupor and threatened to kill me while demanding custody of two of our minor children aged six and nine respectively”.
Moyo denied the allegations, saying he did not beat her up or threaten to kill her. “I never assaulted her or threatened to kill her. She is the one who assaulted me. We have been together for 19 years and our problems started when I became jobless.
“When I was working, I was the one who was taking care of the family. She is accusing me of being a drunkard and useless just because she is now working and I am jobless.
The presiding magistrate Adelaide Mbeure granted a reciprocal order which requires both parties not to verbally and physically abuse or threaten each other in any way.
COMMENTS