The High Court has dismissed an urgent application filed by Kernisha Sheila Hunzwi against Batsirai Joel Matiza. The court decided that the case did not meet the strict requirements to be treated as an emergency. Because of this, the judge removed the matter from the urgent list, which serves as a major procedural delay for Hunzwi.
The legal battle began after the couple’s divorce was finalised in February 2026. At that time, both parents signed a formal agreement to share custody of their 14-month-old child.
This deal meant the toddler would spend one week with the mother and the next week with the father. Shortly after the agreement was signed, Hunzwi went back to court to try and stop the arrangement. She claimed she was pressured into signing the papers and expressed worries about the child's health and feeding routine while away from her.
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However, the judge ruled that these concerns did not qualify as an immediate crisis that needed to bypass the standard court queue. This means the case will now have to go through the normal court process, which often takes much longer to resolve.
Hunzwi may also be ordered to pay Matiza’s legal costs because the court felt the urgent application was not the correct way to handle the situation.
This decision follows another related event where the state dropped charges against a doctor who had provided medical evidence to support Hunzwi’s claims. For now, the original shared custody agreement stays in place, and the child will continue to move between both parents every week. Neither Hunzwi nor Matiza has commented publicly on this latest development.
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