DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS TRUST Tel: [263] [4] 794478 Fax & Messages [263] [4] 793592 E-mail: veritas@mango.zw 4 Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied. Judgment No. SC 37/18 Civil Appeal No. SC 433/16 [6] She averred that $100 per month is obviously insufficient to meet the needs of a teenage girl. Whilst accepting that the respondent had been meeting other additional expenses of the children, she submitted that most of these were not necessary. At the time of divorce she had no idea what it cost to run a family. She discovered, as time went on, that the amount paid by way of maintenance was insufficient. As a result, she sought full time employment although she has no qualifications. Besides a twelve-year-old Nissan Double Cab, she has no other assets of substantial value. She has a usufruct in the house which she currently occupies but which is owned by a trust controlled by the respondent. [7] It was also her submission that a number of expenses have gone up since dollarization in 2009. She has had to adopt severe cost cutting measures in order to meet some very basic expenses. To the contrary the respondent continues to live a lavish lifestyle. He owns five houses in upmarket areas of Harare, a house in Australia, a weekend cottage at Lake Chivero, a houseboat on Lake Kariba, timeshares in a plot at Lake Mazvikadei and Lokuthula Lodge. He also owns five top of the range motor vehicles and has several bank accounts locally, in South Africa, Australia and other off shore destinations. He has interests in several companies including Kawasaki Motor Cycles which provides motor cycles to the Zimbabwe Republic Police. [8] She further averred that fairness and logic dictates that the maintenance in respect of the two minor girls should continue beyond the time they attain the age of eighteen as they will need to attend tertiary education. Maintenance for them should continue until they are twenty two years of age. In her case, having contributed directly and indirectly to the acquisition of

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