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Savanhu's second wife loses bid
08 Apr 2022 at 05:12hrs | Views
THE second wife of the late Minister for Lands and Resettlement Deputy Minister, Tendai Savanhu, has lost her bid to counter her eviction from her late husband's property.
The widow, Tendai Savanhu nee Mudakureva, had approached the courts claiming she had been left homeless after the late Savanhu's first wife, Sabina, evicted her from their matrimonial home in Glen Lorne.
Sabina claimed Tendai was selling the late politician's property, including a Range Rover, before finalisation of his estate.
She has since employed a private security to guard the property and bar Tendai from accessing it.
However, Tendai argued Sabina and her son were only after elbowing her out and challenged her eviction.
Tendai claimed some of her property has been attached and wants that portfolio to be listed as assets in the late Savanhu's estate.
She claimed she bought the property together with her late husband in 1999.
After going through the record, Justice Gladys Mhuri dismissed Tendai's appeal against eviction for lack of merit.
"Whereupon, after reading documents filed on record, and hearing counsel, it is ordered the application be and is hereby dismissed," ruled the judge.
The two widows have been fighting over the estate since late last year.
Tendai accuses Sabina of allegedly conniving with the estate executor, Partson Matandadzi.
She claimed the lawyer was misrepresenting facts to the courts that Sabina was the only surviving spouse.
The widow, Tendai Savanhu nee Mudakureva, had approached the courts claiming she had been left homeless after the late Savanhu's first wife, Sabina, evicted her from their matrimonial home in Glen Lorne.
Sabina claimed Tendai was selling the late politician's property, including a Range Rover, before finalisation of his estate.
She has since employed a private security to guard the property and bar Tendai from accessing it.
However, Tendai argued Sabina and her son were only after elbowing her out and challenged her eviction.
Tendai claimed some of her property has been attached and wants that portfolio to be listed as assets in the late Savanhu's estate.
After going through the record, Justice Gladys Mhuri dismissed Tendai's appeal against eviction for lack of merit.
"Whereupon, after reading documents filed on record, and hearing counsel, it is ordered the application be and is hereby dismissed," ruled the judge.
The two widows have been fighting over the estate since late last year.
Tendai accuses Sabina of allegedly conniving with the estate executor, Partson Matandadzi.
She claimed the lawyer was misrepresenting facts to the courts that Sabina was the only surviving spouse.
Source - H-Metro
