Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi
Minister Ziyambi has for the past seven years, been estranged from his wife Florence Ziyambi, nee Mhizha, a lawyer and former deputy Prosecutor-General.
Ziyambi and his estranged wife were married under the Marriages Act (Chapter 5:11) in Harare on 26 December 1993 and the marriage still subsists on paper.
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.
He argues that the marriage is just a shell as they have not shared conjugal rights since then. The couple has two adult children.
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 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.
