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Lethokuhle Moyo Court Reporter
A Bulawayo magistrate on Monday reprimanded an estranged couple over their 14-year-old delinquent child who dropped out of school when he was in Grade Seven.
Magistrate Tinashe Tashaya reprimanded Thembelani Moyo and Glen Moyo during their maintenance case hearing after they indicated that their eldest child was no longer attending school because he refused to go to school and withdrew on his own.

Thembelani had brought Moyo, a taxi driver, to the Maintenance Court demanding $100 for their three children.

Thembelani had indicated that she needed the money to start a business but the magistrate turned down her request saying that maintenance money should cater for the needs of the children.

When she was asked how she came to that amount she only pointed out that she needed the money to buy food and clothing for the children. She did not include school fees as part of the list which infuriated the magistrate.

“What kind of parents are you? So you didn’t try hard or find other measures to persuade your own 14-year old child to go to school?” the magistrate asked.

Thembelani said they tried to discipline their child and even took him to the police but he still refused to go to school.