Chombo's mistress settles $1,6 billion suit

Chombo's mistress settles $1,6 billion suit

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By Staff Reporter

LOCAL Government Minister Ignatius Chombo has swiftly moved to avoid a messy civil suit brought by his wife against his mistress after agreeing to pay an estimated $1,6 billion out-of-court settlement, New Zimbabwe.com can reveal.

Chombo's wife Marian filed a $2 billion civil suit against Chombo's mistress, the former ZBC news anchor Nanette Silukhuni.

Silukhuni, through her lawyers, had already filed papers opposing the suit. She claimed in papers filed with the High Court that she was unaware of Chombo's existing marriage to Marian, and as such, she had become customarily married to Chombo herself.

However, sources close to the case told New Zimbabwe.com last night that Chombo had instructed Silukhuni to abandon her opposition and settle the dispute out of court.

"No doubt, Chombo is footing the bill because he is eager to avoid a situation where his dirty linen is hung out in public following the intense media interest in the story," a source close to the developments said.

It was impossible to obtain comment from Chombo last night.

Silukhuni, 39, hails from the south western district of Kezi in Matabeleland South and is a graduate of the Harare Polytechnic's journalism school.

In a sensational civil suit filed by Marian last week, Chombo was revealed as a bed-hopping love rat who has not only failed to organise local authorities, but his family too.

Among some of Silukhuni's rich and famous conquests is the late tycoon Roger Boka, who rained presents on the former face of ZBC news. Boka died in February 1999 after a "long illness", a euphemism for HIV/Aids related ailments in Zimbabwe.

Chombo has been married to Marian since 1993. Marian is a businesswoman and large scale farmer in the Rafingora area of Mashonaland West.
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