A HARARE woman has approached the Civil Court seeking a protection order against her husband, accusing him of abusing her for lying about her academic qualifications before the two married six years ago.
BY NQOBILE NKIWANE
In her application, Vimbai Katano told magistrate Trevor Nyatsanza that Abel Kuziva had been insulting her for being uneducated. “He is in the habit of verbally abusing me, saying that he now wants an educated wife,” Katano said.
She further told the court Kuziva had a tendency of beating her and their children using any object he would lay his hands on. However, Kuziva opposed the application, saying he was bitter because Katano lied to him before he married her.
Kuziva told the court Katano had made him believe she had five Ordinary Level passes, but he then discovered otherwise when he wanted to send her to college.
“I wanted to enrol her at a college, but when we went to collect her O Level results from the high school she attended, I discovered that she had passed Shona only,” Kuziva said.
He went on to deny ever beating Katano and the children, saying she was misleading the court.
The presiding magistrate granted the protection order instructing Kuziva not to insult and assault Katano.
