The governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Gideon Gono, says he is determined to unmask and sue the administrator of a Facebook group called ‘Zim Jokes Corner’ who claimed to have a sex-tape of the married governor romping with a mistress.
Central Bank governor Gideon Gono
The group’s 63,000 followers were invited to request a link of the video. The group has since disappeared from Facebook. Gono said the post – which had attracted 2,475 ‘likes’ and 45,399 comments as of May 9, 2013, after going up on April 25 this year – had caused him and his family great distress.
Now the Reserve Bank chief says he will use every resource at his disposal to force Facebook to reveal the name of the ‘Zim Jokes Corner’ group’s administrator – along with two other internet trolls calling themselves ‘Mai Jukwa’ and ‘Baba Jukwa’.
The governor said in a statement: “I have become aware of a highly malicious post that was made on the Facebook page ‘Zim Jokes Corner’. The post purports to show nude pictures of a supposedly Zimbabwean woman. It has been suggested that the woman’s name is Fiona Sibanda.
“I deny any knowledge of or association, sexual or otherwise, with the woman who appears in the sex-tape.
“I am therefore challenging anyone who has information to prove that I have a current or past relationship with the said Fiona Sibanda to come forward with it including the said Fiona Sibanda herself if she exists.”
Gono said the administrators of the website had until Monday, May 13, to prove that “I, Dr. Gono and not any of the other seven billion people that are walking on this earth, is the woman’s paramour in that sex-tape” or face legal action for their “skullduggery”.
Gono said he would offer his US$200,000 personal Mercedes Benz S600 as a reward “to the first person who brings conclusive proof that the said Fiona Sibanda, is my ‘small house’ or that I have now or before had the relationship referred to in the tape.”
He said those with such proof should hand it over to his boss Finance Minister Tendai Biti, the Central Intelligence Organisation Director General Happyton Bonyongwe or his lawyers at Dube Manikai Hwacha Legal Practitioners. NewsDzeZimbabwe
A MUTARE family is at a loss of words after two major medical operations inside 24 hours conducted by a local gynaecologist on a pregnant woman ended tragically.
Mutare woman dies in botched operation
Roselyn Mutenda died at a private clinic recently after she had been admitted hoping to deliver twins, but inexplicable circumstances surrounding the second operation, which was meant to remove the patient’s uterus by a female Mutare gynecologist, have left the deceased’s relatives a disgruntled lot.
In an interview recently, the deceased’s sister, Julie Nyamajiya, said her family was not happy with the way Roselyn was treated by the gynaecologist.
She bitterly complained that they were not given a copy of the post mortem, let alone being denied the chance to witness the post mortem as it was being done.
Nyamajiya said everything was fishy and complained that the gynaecologist removed the uterus understandably to stop continuous bleeding, but the specialist later professed that the source of the bleeding was not the uterus at all.
“The whole thing (two operations) was not done satisfactorily. At first, we were told that she (Roselyn) had high blood pressure and later only to be told that she would go for an operation in that state.
“We were also not comfortable with my sister being referred to the theatre for the second time inside 24 hours for a second major operation. It was said that the aim of the second operation was to stop bleeding, yet after the operation the gynaecologist told us that the uterus was dry and there were no signs that the purported bleeding started from the uterus.
“They also carried two post mortems on her body without any explanation being given to us or her husband. As if that was not enough, when she passed on, we were denied the chance to witness the post mortems.
“The police officer who also witnessed the post mortems also expressed dissatisfaction when he came out, but did not have the guts to tell us why the post mortems were also not satisfactory to him. We asked for the result but we were not given. We were tossed between the police officer and the gynaecologist until they later read it to us but never gave us a copy,” she said.
In a separate interview, husband to the deceased, Christopher Manjeya, said he was bitter that the gynaecologist decided to remove the uterus, yet it was not the source of the alleged bleeding.
He said he was not happy that the specialist also denied him the chance to witness the post mortems.
“I am bitter that the whole thing was fishy and no credible explanations were given. We are bitter that the gynaecologist decided to remove the uterus, yet it was not the source of the alleged bleeding. I also do not understand why I was denied the chance to witness the post mortems.
“We are hearing a lot of things and complaints from different people who have gone through the same situation. Naturally, that does not make us happy at all. I still feel that my wife could have been alive by now if her situation was handled better and more professionally,” he fumed.
When contacted for comment, the gynaecologist who cannot be named now said she was busy throughout and could not find time to respond to the claims.
“I am busy, I am in the theatre. I will be busy throughout,” she said before she hung up.
Repeated efforts to get her side of the story were fruitless as her mobile phone was unreachable.
Commenting on the incident, Manicaland Provincial Medical Director, Dr Tapiwa Murambi, said he normally has no problems with having relatives of deceased people witness post mortems.
“I have no problems with having relatives of deceased people witness post mortems. I have also conducted some post mortems on a number of occasions and I have had no problems with having relatives witnessing them.
“I really cannot commit myself to comment on what transpired on this particular incident, but if the relatives are bitter and would want to know what exactly transpired they can get the details because details of all medical operations are kept safely,” he said.
Another medical practitioner, who spoke on condition of anonymity for professional reasons, said in most circumstances when a patient dies within 24 hours after operation it is the fault of the aesthetician.
She said under normal circumstances removing the uterus was not an early option for a patient who has just delivered her first born baby or babies.
“I heard about the case in question, but my worry is that in most cases, when the patient dies within 24 hours after operation it is the fault of the aesthetician. I may not know what exactly transpired. However, under normal circumstances removing the uterus is also not an early option for a patient who has just delivered her first born baby or babies.
“The doctor could have first sought the actual source of bleeding before rushing to the uterus. After all, the uterus was dry as you are saying,” she said.
A MUTARE woman who is believed to have been a victim of juju recently gave birth to a “miracle” baby boy after carrying the pregnancy for 12 months.
Prophetess Mtepfa holding the baby
The too good to be true incident happened three hours after Revival Centre church leader, Prophet Adventure Mutepfa, had “delivered” and prayed for the woman, Mary Bangure (32) of Brooklyn Farm at a week-long crusade held at Miekles Park recently.
Bangure who suspected the works of juju suffered complications when giving birth at Mutare Provincial Hospital.
“After last month I had lost hope (of giving birth). It was strange and I never felt any pain. I strongly suspected the works of juju because I had never experienced or heard about a strange thing like this.
“Giving birth three months late was not going to be possible, I told myself. I could feel death coming. I consulted various doctors, but they could not see anything wrong. Just when all hope was gone, my sister, Mildred Manetsi, invited me to Bishop Mutepfa’s Revival Centre crusade.
“I told God that this is my day for deliverance. The atmosphere had changed and I started praying fervently.
“I went in front of the church to offer a dollar as thanksgiving and as I was about to go back to my sit, Bishop (Mutepfa) touched my stomach and I suddenly felt weak. He shouted: “breakthrough in Jesus’ name”. I could not walk properly though I managed to trudge back to where I was seated.
“I started sweating and was struggling to breathe. While I was still at the church, my sister and others within the congregation hired a taxi and rushed me to Mutare Provincial Hospital.
The pain was too much. That is when I realised that I was in labour. Three hours later, I gave birth to a healthy baby boy without any complications. It was unbelievable,” said Bangure who has since dumped her childhood church, United Methodist Church for Revival Centre after the incident.
Bangure’s sister, Mildred said although the whole family had lost hope, the incident was a clear testimony that even when everyone says no, God can say Yes.
“God is our Lord in everything. I had faith when I invited my sister to Bishop Mutepfa’s crusade. My sister would usually cry over the issue, but the storm is over now. To God be the glory,” she said.
Works of juju are rife in the African community and delays in giving birth or consistent miscarriages are some of them.
Zinatha director general, Mr George Kandiero, said there was a high possibility that she could have been bewitched possibly by anyone who might be jealousy or against her giving birth.
“Delay in delivery is one such case we cannot separate from juju. We receive such cases occasionally and it could be possible that she might have been a victim of juju.
“Possibly a jealousy member from her family, relatives or where she was married might have “tempered” with her womb so that she would have complications in giving birth. It is not everyone who is happy when something good happens to someone or to a family and there could be a possibility that someone never wanted her to give birth.
“We, however, applaud her brave decision to seek divine intervention. Some people are too “smart” or “shy” to consult prophets when they encounter such things. Some people end up losing their lives while relying on medical expertise only, yet zvinenge zviri zvechivanhu,” said Kandiero.
Medical practitioner, Dr Tendai Zuze, said medically 42 weeks should be the latest for a woman to give birth.
“In my 10 years experience as a doctor, I have not faced such a strange case.
“The maximum time should be 42 weeks and not more than that. Medically that is impossible,” he said. Manica Post
RUSAPE Town Council on Monday cracked the whip on four officials, who allegedly used forged Ordinary Level certificates to secure employment.
Rusape Council officials used forged ‘O Level’ certificates to secure employment
The four are Phillip Chivandire (housing officer), Tichaona Kanyoka, (security officer), Dennis Matanga (revenue clerk) and Priscilla Nhachi (personal assistant to town secretary Mr Joshua Maligwa).
Mr Maligwa who since assuming the reigns late last year has been facing resistance after introducing a new work ethic bordering on strategic thinking as a panacea to turn around the fortunes of the bankrupt council, confirmed the development.
Mr Maligwa said so far three officials were suspended without benefits. Nhachi is alleged to have developed hysterical complications on getting the wind of the imminent axing and was put on indefinite leave by a local doctor.
The Manica Post understands that the axe will soon fall on two other officials who are allegedly using late relatives’ certificates.
The scam was exposed after the local authority initiated a skills audit after the new management noticed high level of mediocrity, incompetence and poor work ethics within its workforce. The country’s examination board Zimsec had a hand in unearthing the scandal after a whistle blower had contacted them.
“The four are facing charges of forging their Ordinary Level certificates and we suspended them on Monday. Council and Zimsec are also investigating two other officials suspected of using certificates belonging to their deceased relatives,” said Mr Maligwa.
“We will get to the bottom of this scandal and we will leave no stones unturned in our quest to have a competent, highly innovative, a mindset of critical thinking, which is about structured, reasoned analysis and dedicated and honest team of employees,” he added.
Mr Maligwa said investigations with Zimsec revealed that Chivandire, who was set to appear before a disciplinary committee on Monday, allegedly forged Principles of Accounts with Grade B yet he had a D. Kanyoka, a municipal constable allegedly forged a Grade B in Mathematics.
He never did Mathematics.
Matanga, the revenue clerk allegedly forged six subjects that include Geography, Shona, Mathematics, Science, Agriculture and Accounts.
“Zimsec came in at a time when we had noticed that the performance of the employees was not commensurate with what they had on paper. There was a serious mismatch between their qualifications and execution of duties,” said Mr Maligwa.
He said council submitted all the 160 certificates of its employees to Zimsec for authenticity and the four failed to meet the test. Mr Maligwa added that Zimsec was doing a forensic investigation to establish the exact status of certificates being used by the other two employees.
The council, which endured decades of poor ability both to plan and to innovate, is currently undergoing a transformation, but the process was being hindered by lack of strategic planning among its employees.
“Our goal number one is very clear – to turnaround the fortunes of this town – but as long as we have employees with fake and fraudulently acquired academic qualifications it will be difficult because they will be unable to meet or exceed expectations.
“At the moment the council is blighted with high level mediocrity and incompetence which militates against the new direction and fresh vision of bringing back the glamour and glitter of the town,” said Mr Maligwa. Manica Post
The past decade has witnessed immense debate on what could have destroyed a promising African economy with mainly two proposed theories or rather narratives.
Thulani Mswelanto
These accounts are partly shaped by a polarized political discourse with one acutely arguing that US and West imposed sanctions through ZIDERA passed by the 107th United States Congress in 2001 sucked the main blood artery of the economy and began a process of syphoning out Direct Foreign Investments and freezing credit lines from Bretton Woods institutions and GATT (broadly all IFIs where the USA has interest and exercise considerable control).
This account is largely built upon citing section 4(c) of ZIDERA on financial restrictions. I will not dwell into greater detail at this stage, it is reserved for in depth analysis at a later stage of this paper.
The second dominant contestation alleges that the Structural Adjustment Programs (precisely the Economic Structural Adjustment Program [ESAP]) dealt a shattering blow to an infant economy by opening up economic activity to well established global capital hence stifled the development and growth of infant indigenous industries while a protracted gross exploitation of labor ensued which obviously meant an erosion of the working classes buying power and extensive cuts in government social expenditure.
While the two narratives have largely shaped public opinion on Zimbabwe’s economic misfortunes, in this paper I maintain that seeds for economic downturn were sown in the initial years of independence and that by 1987 Zimbabwe’s economy had knelt down on its knees and what followed after 1987 simply provided a fertile ground for the growth of economic downturn whose seeds had germinated in the aftermath of the independence celebrations.
In this paper I dismiss the structural approach to understanding political economy by offering a coherent and sustained processual understanding of economic de-growth and de-development.
Not Yet Uhuru
Zimbabwe attained its independence as a result of both military and diplomatic overtures, this paper will not get into detail on the intricacies of the liberation but an international issue that is of interest is the role of the United Nations in extending economic embargo on Rhodesia through the mandatory sanction during the last 6 years of minority white rule.
The net effect of these sanctions from the United Nations was to render the Rhodesian economy a closed entity which could not compete with the rest of the world. Nevertheless the economy continued to produce for internal consumption and entered into bilateral trade agreement with apartheid South Africa in what appeared to be a sanctions busting strategy.
Suffice to say the period immediately prior to independence had witnessed List’s Model of Infant Industry protection which of course occurred inspite thereof. Zimbabwe therefore inherited a relatively prosperous indigenous industry with the dollar at its strongest in other terms the economy had surpassed the Rostow’s take off stage.
At the time of independence annual inflation was 5.4 percent and month-to-month inflation was 0.5 percent. What was needed at 1980 was the recapitalization of the infant industry and gradual opening of the economy while the state continued to protect these industries using a priority index to enable the economy to move from internal consumption to trading in the international sphere while still servicing the domestic market.
At this stage I look at how the new “uhuru” government responded to the challenges of a new dispensation in the first 10 years of independence. I deliberately look at what I presume were a series of economic blunders coupled with presumed ‘internal national security threats’ drawing a score-sheet of their adverse economic impact on the new state.
In the 1982/83 agricultural season the government was caught unawares by an extreme drought and no measures had been put in place to counter the effects of proving relief on the citizenry from the fiscus government response to the food crisis contributed to the rise in inflation from 15% in 1982 to 17% in 1983 a very significant rise in the rate of inflation in economic terms.
The government also went on to commit a series of other economic blunders by engaging in an unbudgeted military expedition in the Matabeleland and Midlands Provinces from end of 1982 to 1987 in a bid to silence dissent from presumed ex-ZIPRA ‘dissidents’ costing in overall a substantial figures while coupled with depressed foreign demand for the country’s mineral exports and the onset of a drought cut sharply into the growth rate in 1982, 1983, and 1984.
In 1985, the economy rebounded strongly due to a 30% jump in agricultural production. However it slumped in 1986 to a zero growth rate and registered negative of about minus 3% in 1987 primarily because of drought and foreign exchange crisis faced by the country.
At this juncture it is important to note that a series of corruption activities were also brewing among the liberation war heroes which went unpunished with the most notable ones being the 1987 Zisco Steel blast furnace scandal (Sokwanele: ZISCO: The cost of Zimbabwe’s kleptocracy), 1987 Air Zimbabwe Fokker Scandal, 1986 National Railways Housing Scandal, 1988 Willowgate Scandal, 1989 ZRP Santana Scandal Willowgate Scandal during the first ten of independence and of course over 20 major others that took place from 1994 to 2008.
Having built this narration it is important to note that by 1988 Zimbabwe had been plunged into debt and the then Minister of Finance Dr. Bernard Chidzero had nicodemously requested a loan from the IMF to which a tune of US$300 million was availed and had to be paid with an interest amounting to US$550 million further burdening the already ailing economy.
By 1989 Zimbabwe had been plunged into the Economic Structural Adjustment Program which policy was falsely parroted and defended as a ‘homegrown solution.’
In the same vein it is important to appreciate that this historical background informs an understanding of the decision by the new government to embrace ESAP thus if Zimbabwe’s economy had been performing well during the initial years of independence there was no need to embrace ESAP, ESAP therefore was a prescription to cure a failing economy which at its termination had contributed to the 110% inflation mark.
In the next paper I will devote sometime to the effects of ESAP on Zimbabwe and give more emphasis on the Zimbabwe Democracy and Recovery Act, the suspension from the Commonwealth and the EU sanctions and their role in the Zimbabwe economy.
MUTARE — The livestock theft case which has divided Zanu PF officials in Manicaland Province took a new twist today with attorneys representing the party’s suspended provincial acting women’s chairperson, Dorothy Mabika, alleging that she is being persecuted because she spurned sexual advances from Presidential Affairs Minister and Zanu PF secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa.
Zanu PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa
Tinofara Hove of TK Hove and Associates made the startling allegations before Mutare magistrate Sekesai Chiwundura that his client was being persecuted for having turned down Mutasa’s sexual advances.
Mabika is facing one count of stock-theft involving six dairy bull calves and another of obstructing the course of justice. She has pleaded not guilty. The state alleges that Mabika received the six calves from Chipinge commercial dairy farmer, David Hercules Jourbert, as a donation for Zanu PF in September 2011.
Prosecutor Christine Nyamaropa is alleging that Mabika converted the calves to her own use and later claimed they had died of starvation due to lack of milk and supplementary feeding.
On the second count of obstruction of justice, the state alleges that in February this year when the case was under police investigation, Mabika tampered with minutes at the party’s offices to cover up the alleged crime.
Hove, while cross examining Mutasa, often referred to by his “Nyati” totem, challenged the Zanu PF secretary for administration’s threats to deal with Mabika if she continued to spurn his alleged advances.
Hove read in Shona a remark said to have been made by Mr. Mutasa to Mabika at a party meeting at Mutare Polytechnic College.
Mutasa is alleged to have said: “Mbizi nenyati zvinofura pamwechete, kana mbizi ikaramba kufura nenyati inotungwa nenyati (Zebra and buffalo graze together and if the zebra refuses then the buffalo will gore it)”.
Hove told the court the words were inappropriate and of a sexual nature, an assertion Mutasa disputed. Hove said the accused refused Mutasa’s sexual advances and to be in his political corner, hence she was now being politically persecuted as power struggles mount in Zanu PF.
Mutasa denied ever proposing love to Mabika insisting he said the words to a friend as a joke and that if she took them as a proposition then that was unfortunate. Hove also said Mabika was being used as a pawn in Zanu PF’s power struggles in Manicaland. VoaZimbabwe.com
Solomon Madzore in custody at Bindura Central Police Station this month
HARARE – Charity, the wife of incarcerated MDC Youth Assembly president Solomon Madzore, has claimed prison authorities on Tuesday barred her from seeing her husband.
Solomon Madzore in custody at Bindura Central Police Station on Saturday afternoon
Madzore is in jail charged with undermining President Robert Mugabe’s authority after allegedly calling him a “limping donkey”.
Madzore was granted bail by Bindura Magistrate Elisha Singano but remains in custody after State prosecutor Munyaradzi Mataranyika invoked Section 121 of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act, claiming he wanted to appeal against the $100 bail order.
The section gives prosecutors powers to notify the court of their intention to challenge a bail order and, in such cases, the suspect remains in custody for seven days pending the hearing of the appeal.
“They (prison authorities) told me there is only one visit in the morning in which three people are allowed. There is no lunch or supper,” Charity told the Daily News.
Contacted for comment Zimbabwe Prisons spokesperson Simon Kaondo declined to shed light on the institution’s policy regarding visitors and requested questions in writing.
Madzore’s wife, who endured over a year without her husband, said she was mortified with the prospect of going for another stretch without her husband.
“We are preparing for anything. He might be in for a long time or they could free him,” she said.
“It is a painful scenario to deal with, but there is little we can do now than wait. It is affecting the children who were now enjoying their father’s company only to see him taken away again.”
Madzore’s elder brother Paul said his brother was being treated unfairly.
“It is nothing but dictatorship at play. It is the kind that we read in George Orwell’s Animal Farm, in which some animals are more equal than others. Solomon should actually be a free man but because he is MDC now he is languishing in prison for a petty offence and that is if he committed it,” the elder Madzore brother said.
MDC youth secretary for information Clifford Hlatywayo said Madzore was being persecuted because Zanu PF was afraid of the power the youth assembly posed ahead of elections. Daily News
Flamboyant businessman and loan shark Frank Buyanga (left)
HARARE – Exiled businessman Frank Buyanga has hired a top Israeli lawyer Nick Kaufman to fight an Interpol arrest warrant issued against him at the behest of the Zimbabwean government.
Flamboyant businessman and loan shark Frank Buyanga
The International Criminal Court defence counsel, who has also represented the likes of Saadi Gaddafi in his extradition case from Niger, said he was confident of a positive outcome for his client as the Paris-based organisation’s red notice was issued over a largely politicised civil matter.
“A number of High Court and at least one Supreme Court judge have thrown out the claims, and charges against Buyanga and his Hamilton Group of Companies, so there is no basis for this action,” Kaufman told the Daily News by telephone from Netherlands this week.
“In that regard, it is hard to disassociate oneself from the impression that the Zimbabwean arrest warrant (and related Interpol notice) was issued against him after he had instituted legal proceedings (against) a government minister,” he said, adding there has been “serious criticism on the application of these notices, as civil disputes cannot be settled by them”.
According to Wikipedia, an Interpol red notice or international flag is issued by the global crime fighting agency for members to share information on wanted persons and when these individuals’ names come to the attention of other jurisdictions, the requesting authority is instantly notified. And when this happens, a request for provisional arrest or extradition request is made.
While there are seven categories of these notices – from red to purple – Interpol only publishes notices “if they satisfy all conditions for processing” and are not in violation of such statues as Article 3 of its Constitution, which prohibits action or intervention based on political, military, religious or racial persecution.
Kaufman said Buyanga was being unjustly hounded, especially after he had been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Zimbabwean police and courts in December 2010 in the financing deals he had done with several people years back.
Coincidentally, the flamboyant businessman’s legal troubles resurfaced after he had sued Transport and Communications minister Nicholas Goche over a $70 000 debt.
With Buyanga relocating to South Africa in 2010 and after his Hamilton group had been cleared of any criminal conduct — as encapsulated in chief inspector Chikandiwa’s three-year-old affidavit — he has inexplicably found himself on the Interpol wanted list.
Even though the young and self-styled property investor, and financier had been cleared of any charges, he is still fighting sporadic court battles with several people, who claim to have lost their properties on the sly.
But this week, Kaufman — who has reportedly lodged a 70-page dossier to annul the international arrest warrant — was adamant that there was never an intention to deprive people of their assets.
“I challenge anyone to come forward with a paper or documentation, which talks about interest rates or anything usurious. Nothing can be further from the truth that Buyanga and his businesses were involved in loan-sharking activities,” he said.
Recently, the 33-year-old businessman scored two legal victories when the Supreme Court dismissed an application by Tonderai Tarima for the reversal of the sale of a Borrowdale property and a deeds registry employee — regarded as central to his prosecution.
The Johannesburg-based businessman counts, among his friends, Equatorial Guinea president Theodore Obiang Nguema and ex-Malawian leader Bakili Muluzi. Daily News
A whirlwind tour of several African countries by MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai seems to have produced the desired result with many African leaders assuring him they will not accept another violent or rigged election in Zimbabwe.
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai meets Tanzanian president Jakaya Kikwete
Secretary for International Relations in the MDC-T Jameson Timba said “It is now clear that Africa is now speaking with one voice on Zimbabwe. The leaders made it clear that they will not accept either a violent or rigged election and they also expressed their exasperation with the shenanigans of Zanu PF.”
“It is also clear that the yesteryear single voice of solidarity with an individual or the former single ruling party, Zanu PF, is now ruptured and replaced by solidarity with the democratic aspirations of the majority of Zimbabweans, who are yearning for a better life under a democratic dispensation,” Timba said.
HARARE – An erstwhile couple is embroiled in a maintenance dispute and messy details have emerged in this battle. The man Patrick Chiwara openly denied paternity of all the seven children he sired with Chiedza Chingozho.
Chiedza Chingozho and Patrick Chiwara
Patrick argues that Chiedza once told him that their second eldest daughter was not his biological child. She went on to deny Patrick dues from lobola payment on her (second child) marriage, the court heard.
“I now doubt if I am the father of the seven children that this woman gave birth too when I stayed with her because of what she confessed to me.
“When the second child was married I did not get a single cent because she told me that I was not the father of the child and she spent the money with another man,” said Patrick.
He added even though his marriage with Chiedza had collapsed he was still looking after her.
“Like I said, we divorced but I have never stopped doing my duties as a father, I bought a stand in Stoneridge and that is where she is currently staying,” he added.
Meanwhile, Chiedza told the court that Patrick is the first men she slept with.
“I got married when I was thirteen years old and he is the only man who I have ever slept with, so for him to deny paternity of the children is an insult t me.
“I want him to give me the US$410 so that I pay school fees for all the children and to buy all the necessities needed by the kids, I know he is in a position to pay that amount because he works at a hardware owned by a wealthy Chinese national and he earns more than US$600 per month,” said Chiedza.
Magistrate Vongai Muchuchutu, who presided over the case, deferred her ruling.
