Man threatens to kill stepsister over late father's house

A Harare man is threatening to kill his stepsister for refusing to vacate their father's house, claiming her mother was "only" his father's "prostitute".

Fortunate Mutize told Harare Civil Court magistrate Ms Audrey Tarugarira that Anderson was in the habit of chasing her around the house wielding a knife and a hammer.

Fortunate was seeking a protection order against Anderson whom she said was in the habit of physically and verbally abusing her.

"I am being verbally and physically abused by my brother everyday over our late father's house where we are currently living together," she said.

Fortunate told the court that Anderson was chasing her out of their father's house claiming that she had no right to stay there since her mother was only a "prostitute" to their late father.

"I am now living in fear because he will be brandishing a knife and a hammer each time he starts chasing me around the yard," said Fortunate."

"He threatened to kill me if I don't vacate that house. My mother was not a prostitute like he is always claiming, but she was legally married by his father - our father - as a second wife," she said.

Anderson denied the allegations levelled against him by Fortunate and accused her of engaging in sexual intercourse with different men in the presence of his minor children.

"I am denying everything that she said because I have never physically or verbally abused her," he said.
He accused Fortunate of turning a deaf ear to his advice.

Ms Tarugarira granted the protection order in Fortunate's favour, which barred Anderson from verbally or physically abusing her.