Zim Now Writer
A Form Four learner successfully sued his school over the US$300 owed to him after he offered his services to the institution.
The learner took Mweyamutsvene High School head, Grace Chibwe, to the Mutare Civil Court, demanding the US$300 the school was refusing to pay him.
The learner said he agreed with the former school head, a Mr Rubende, to cut grass at the school for a fee.
They agreed, the learner said, on a payment of US$300 for his service, but Rubende transferred from the school before the leaner was paid his dues.
The learner’s father, a Mr Vhurudza, said: “My son entered into an agreement with Mr Rubende to cut grass at the school, which he did. The school said it would pay him US$300, but Mr Rubende was transferred from the school before making the payment.
“We told the new head about the issue and she promised to pay my son the money. However, she later told us that my son owed the school US$360. The arrears were from school fees, lost textbooks as well as money for holiday lessons.
“I checked with my son and he told me that he never lost any books. As for the holiday lessons, he said he paid them with two loads of firewood,” said Vhurudza.
However, Chibwe argued she was not yet at the school when the agreement was reached between the former head and the learner.
She also claimed that she it had been agreed between the former head and the student that the money earned from the grass cutting would be used to settle his brother’s school fees arrears.
“The one who owes the school is Obey Vhurudza, who wrote his Ordinary Level examinations in 2019. I gathered that they agreed with Mr Rubende that the money would be used to settle Obey’s school fees arrears of US$263,” said Chibwe.
Mutare magistrate, Xavier Chipato, however said the school is supposed to get its money from Vhurudza, not his son.
He said Vhurudza is obliged to pay his other son’s fees and ordered the school to pay the learner his US$300.
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