‘NO MORE GOLD-DIGGING’

MBABANE - Men seem to have had their prayers answered with the new Matrimonial Property Bill of 2017.

The Bill proposal, which is yet to be tabled in Parliament and Cabinet, will allow unmarried people cohabiting to sign an agreement that would be used to divide property according to what they have contributed during their cohabiting period.

 All along, men felt there was unfairness when the women they lived with decided to leave. Men interviewed by this publication said there was a misconception by women that what is in the house all belongs to them.

“If the Matrimonial Property Bill could be passed into law, we (men) would have peace of mind knowing that what we buy with our money will remain with us even when we separate with our partners,” said one man who preferred anonymity. He added that more often than not, men fork out their hard-earned cash and give their partners to buy property, especially furniture. The fact that the property is registered under the women’s name gives them the notion that it’s theirs. He said this bill would save them from having to start afresh buying property.

In addition, Siyabonga Dlamini said he personally wished this bill came earlier because if it were so, he would not have gone through the experience of having to repurchase items even as little as a peg after his partner decided to take everything that was in the house. Siyabonga said the woman took the things in broad daylight when he was also present in the house but he could not do anything because he feared he would be jailed. “You know how the police react to women who scream abuse. They do not regard what the man has to say,” said Siyabonga.

Furthermore, Mangaliso Dlamini said he wished it would be passed so the ‘financial abuse’ caused by women when they separate with their partners was put to an end.

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