My son needs a mental doctor: Chigwedere

Former Education minister Aeneas Chigwedere has come out guns blazing and denied accusations of practising witchcraft, while dismissing his son Mangwiza as a mental patient who needs psychiatric help.

“I genuinely believe that applicant Mangwiza Chigwedere, who is my son, should be examined by a psychiatrist to determine if he is still in his sound senses,” wrote Chigwedere in his opposing affidavit filed by his lawyer Tendai Masawi.

Defending a lawsuit brought before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts, Chigwedere and his wife, Emilia Zharare, denied the allegations raised by his son and further challenged the jurisdiction of the magistrates’ court in handling the matter.

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