Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi Files For Divorce
Zimbabwe’s Minister for Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi has filed for divorce after at least 7 years of not living together.
Ziyambi said the relationship with his wife, Florence Ziyambi, nee Mhizha, a lawyer and former deputy Prosecutor-General, has irretrievably broken down with no prospects of restoration. The couple has two children together.
In his claim filed at the High Court, Minister Ziyambi is asking for a decree of divorce saying the couple have not lived together as husband and wife since sometime in 2014.
Ziyambi says they have not shared conjugal rights since 2014.
In papers seen by The Herald, the Minister says, “Since then, the parties have developed diverging interests and have become incompatible and have lost all love and affection for each other”
During their marriage, the couple acquired immovable property and Ziyambi strongly feels it is just and equitable that upon divorce, each party retains the movable property in his or her possession.
The immovable property which the plaintiff wants to be distributed includes houses in Westlea and St Martins suburbs in Harare both registered in Minister Ziyambi’s name and a house in Bluffhill, Harare, registered in his estranged wife’s name.
The Minister also prays for the Westlea house to be awarded to one of their daughters, Chido Maureen Ziyambi, while the couple retains ownership of the immovable properties registered in their respective names.
“It is just and equitable that plaintiff (Minister) continues to cater for Chido Maureen Ziyambi’s welfare and educational needs until she graduates or becomes self-sufficient whichever occurs first,” said Minister Ziyambi.