Daughter bashes father, orders him not to remarry

By Lungile Tshuma

A 70-YEAR-OLD widower from Pumula Old in Bulawayo caused a rumpus in court when he claimed that his daughter was allegedly disturbing his sexual life by chasing away his girlfriend every time she visits to comfort him.

Michael Khumalo said he was also having sleepless nights because of his daughter Ntombiyosizi Khumalo (38) who was constantly bashing him and refusing to cook for him as punishment for dating another woman following the death of her mother.

Khumalo narrated his ordeal at the Bulawayo Civil Court where he was seeking a protection order against his daughter. Khumalo said he lost his wife, Ntombiyosizi’s mother, a few years back and his daughter was against his idea of him marrying another woman.

“This child ridicules me and disturbs my relationship with my girlfriend. At times I spend the whole day without eating as she would have refused to cook for me. On many occasions, she doesn’t sleep home and sometimes comes home late at around 12 midnight and orders me to open the door for her. She is disturbing my peace,” said Khumalo.

In response Ntombiyosizi refuted the allegations adding that her father was lying as a way of courting the magistrate’s mercy so that he grants the protection order in his favour.

“I am not aware of what he is talking about. However, I am not opposed to the protection order, just grant whatever he is asking for,” she said.

Presiding magistrate Mr Tawanda Muchemwa granted the protection order where Ntombiyosizi was ordered not to physically and emotionally abuse her father. Sunday News