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Businessman’s claim to be vendor to avoid maintenance fails

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A HARARE businessman, who last week claimed to be a sweets vendor in Budiriro to avoid paying maintenance for his two minor children, was ordered to produce his passport by Chitungwiza magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa.

A HARARE businessman, who last week claimed to be a sweets vendor in Budiriro to avoid paying maintenance for his two minor children, was ordered to produce his passport by Chitungwiza magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa.

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Petros Nyikadzino appeared again at the Chitungwiza Civil Court on Tuesday with his passport where he had been hauled by his estranged wife, Eunice Kachasu. Kachasu was claiming $300 for the upkeep of the two children.

She claimed that Nyikadzino owns a grocery shop in town, a tuckshop at his house and buys clothing items outside the country which he sells at his flea market at Boka Tobacco Auction Floors. Nyikadzino, however, refuted her claims. He told the court that he could not afford to pay $300 maintenance as he was only a sweets vendor.

“I do not know about the business she is talking about and I am not a cross-border (trader),” Nyikadzino said. “I cannot give her anything because I’m not employed, but I sometimes sell sweets and I realise $1 per day. I am now married and I have one child with my wife and three other children as well.”

However, the passport determined his fate when he produced it in court. Gofa said: “Can’t you see your passport is telling us what you do in your life? You are an indigenous businessperson. Why would you be going to South Africa frequently?”

He was ordered to pay $150 every month starting from the end of April.

In another case, a Chitungwiza man told Gofa that he could not afford paying maintenance for his three children as he had another wife with three other children.

Michael Muchaurawa was ordered to bring birth certificates for the other children he claimed to have.

His wife Loreen Mushaka, who was claiming $220, told the court that she was not aware of his other family as they were still staying together as husband and wife. After failing to produce the birth certificates yesterday, Muchaurawa was ordered to pay $120 every month.