The court has discarded the protection order granted to a divorcing man against his wife, whom he accused of causing him psychological harm for going to his place of work.
The high court in Johannesburg on Thursday set aside a protection order granted by a district court two years ago in favour of a husband during divorce proceedings. The court said the lower court had erred in granting the order as the man faced no physical harm from his wife who was merely seeking a car she had bought for him.
On November 8 2024 before the divorce proceedings were finalised, the husband laid a complaint of domestic violence in the district court and obtained a protection order against his wife at the time. He claimed that she had caused him psychological harm when she went to his place of work to collect a car that was under her name.
