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‘WIFE USING COURT AS A MARRIAGE COUNSELLOR’

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MBABANE  – Manzini Central High School Deputy head teacher Mlungisi Nxumalo says his wife is being dramatic.


He alleged that his only crime was that he was divorcing her and she was throwing tantrums. Nxumalo alleged this in his answering affidavit in the matter where he had been taken to court by his wife Mathe Angelinah Nxumalo, who is a teacher at Swazi National High School.


The wife was demanding the release of a motor vehicle and a medical aid card which her husband allegedly illicitly took from her.
When the matter first came to court, High Court Judge Mumcy Dlamini ordered the deputy head teacher to release a BMW X3 and the medical aid card to his wife forthwith.


In his answering papers, Nxumalo (deputy head teacher) stated that his wife was being dramatic. “The medical aid card services the entire household not just her. It does not belong to the applicant for her exclusive ownership and use. She has not approached me to speak about this as husband and wife. She is using the court as a scarecrow and lowering the court to the position of marriage counsellor,” reads part of the husband’s answering affidavit.


He also informed the court that the motor vehicle belonged to her. “Once again, the applicant and I are married in terms of community of property. The card forms part of our communal estate and thus I do not require court permission to use it,” he stated
He submitted that the applicant was still his wife but stated that they had problems which had led to the institution of divorce proceedings.


“She needs to speak to me and not attempt to use the court as a scarecrow. The joint estate does have assets and the means to cater for all its members’ needs, including the medical needs of the applicant. However, common courtesy and decency must still be maintained,” he argued.
The wife’s lawyer Derrick Jele from Robinson Bertram informed the court that the applicant (wife) was a sickly person who needed the motor vehicle in order to go to work and to hospital since she was a sickly person.

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