Divorce settlement: Wife who burned husband’s clothes and car gets half of his pension fund and house

A Thembisa woman who admitted to burning all of her husband’s clothes and partly torching his car will receive half of his government pension fund and a share of their house in the divorce settlement.The ruling was recently made by the South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg after the husband filed for divorce and sought forfeiture of patrimonial benefits against the wife. He requested that she forfeit the house, his two cars, and half of his pension fund.The pair got married in community of property in 2007 and had one child in their marriage.In his evidence, the husband stated that he…