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Man showers mistress with gifts, neglects family
06 Feb 2014 at 20:30hrs | Views
A BULAWAYO man prefers showering his girlfriends with gifts than supporting his two minor children and has the audacity to send his son to deliver them.
The Chronicle reported that John Khumalo, a security officer at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust), was yesterday dragged to court by his estranged wife, Cecilia Verenga over maintenance.
"This man has been lying to me ever since I don't know. He cannot even buy underwear for his children yet he spends all his cash on girlfriends and beer. He worsens the situation by sending our kids to deliver the presents to his bevy of girlfriends," Verenga blasted.
"I am working and the money I get is not enough to pay for school fees. I need him to help out for once in his life so the children are taken care of. I need $800 for maintenance."
Khumalo offered $40 instead saying he had a lot of responsibilities and that his wife was also working.
"I can only offer $40 Your Honour to this woman. I am paying fees for my children and actually contemplating on sending them to boarding school," he said.
"I am a student and I need to pay fees as well and can only spare $40 for groceries. As for fees, I will deposit the money in school accounts on my own."
Verenga hit back: "This man is a day dreamer. He has spoken of sending our son to boarding four years and I do not see that happening," she said adding, "He even lies to me about fees payments and our son had to spend two weeks at home after I discovered Khumalo had not been paying his fees as he claimed. I cannot take this anymore Your Honour."
Khumalo then suggested he wanted custody of his children as he did not mind living with them.
"I do not mind taking care of my children and if she feels I am responsible for my children she should grant me the custody," he said.
Magistrate Victor Mpofu, however, ordered Khumalo to pay $85 maintenance monthly starting this month end.
He also ordered him to deposit school fees into Verenga's bank account until their children reached 18.
The Chronicle reported that John Khumalo, a security officer at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust), was yesterday dragged to court by his estranged wife, Cecilia Verenga over maintenance.
"This man has been lying to me ever since I don't know. He cannot even buy underwear for his children yet he spends all his cash on girlfriends and beer. He worsens the situation by sending our kids to deliver the presents to his bevy of girlfriends," Verenga blasted.
"I am working and the money I get is not enough to pay for school fees. I need him to help out for once in his life so the children are taken care of. I need $800 for maintenance."
Khumalo offered $40 instead saying he had a lot of responsibilities and that his wife was also working.
"I can only offer $40 Your Honour to this woman. I am paying fees for my children and actually contemplating on sending them to boarding school," he said.
Verenga hit back: "This man is a day dreamer. He has spoken of sending our son to boarding four years and I do not see that happening," she said adding, "He even lies to me about fees payments and our son had to spend two weeks at home after I discovered Khumalo had not been paying his fees as he claimed. I cannot take this anymore Your Honour."
Khumalo then suggested he wanted custody of his children as he did not mind living with them.
"I do not mind taking care of my children and if she feels I am responsible for my children she should grant me the custody," he said.
Magistrate Victor Mpofu, however, ordered Khumalo to pay $85 maintenance monthly starting this month end.
He also ordered him to deposit school fees into Verenga's bank account until their children reached 18.
Source - Chronicle
