When times get tough, people resort to desperate measures, but sometimes they take things to the extreme, just like the case of this tenant from Waterfalls.
In a bold move, the tenant took his landlord to court, seeking a peace order, after falling behind on three months’ rent.
Unfortunately for the tenant, his audacious attempt was unsuccessful, and the Harare Civil Court ruled in favour of the landlord, ordering the tenant to leave the property.
Nyasha Muzavazi accused his landlord, Mudzamirini Takarinda, of subjecting him to verbal abuse. While Nyasha admitted owing the landlord money, he believed the landlord should have approached the issue more civilly.
“I don’t deny owing him money, but he’s an abusive landlord. He should ask for his money nicely or use other legal means rather than insulting me and sending thugs to harass me,” Nyasha explained.
On the other hand, Takarinda refuted the accusations, asserting that they had a payment plan in place. He felt that Nyasha took advantage of his patience.
“I was shocked to see the summons. I know things are not well for him financially and we agreed on a payment plan. But, all he does is ignore my calls and drag me to this court as if I have done something wrong.
I also have a family to fend for and fees to pay. I have the right to ask for my money,” the landlord defended himself.
The Magistrate, Sharon Mashavira, dismissed Nyasha’s application and advised him to vacate the premises since he was in breach of contract.
“Why are you not vacating his premises? Breach of contract means eviction, but here you are asking for legal protection because you don’t want him to ask for his money,” the Magistrate pointed out.
Source iHarare
