Former Zimbabwe Warrior and Premier League star Peter Ndlovu complained to the Johannesburg High Court that he can’t afford to pay child support for one of his 13 children. Ndlovu, who is currently team manager at Mamelodi Sundowns, approached the court to seek help after being told to pay around $1,700 by the Johannesburg Magistrates’ Court last year. He appealed that order in June last year, asking the court to reduce the amount.Pleading his case, Ndlovu said the maintenance the mother of two was demanding would be damaging to his 11 other children he pays upkeep for. The high court subsequently granted the mother $680 in maintenance and ordered that it be deducted from Ndlovu’s salary at Mamelodi Sundowns.##NAJAVA_MECA_7006701##The 49-year-old said the mother had approached the Johannesburg Magistrates Court without alerting him to the legal proceedings.”I have 13 children, including the two with the first respondent,” the former Zimbabwean international told the court. I am obliged to contribute and see to the maintenance of all my 13 children. I earn a monthly salary which is utilised for my own living expenses, needs, necessities and liabilities, as well as to contribute to my dependants’ expenses and other obligations. I can simply not afford a deduction of $1,700 per month from my salary.” ##EDITORS_CHOICE##According to the court order, Ndlovu was already more than $5,320 in maintenance arrears. He said there was never any meaningful relationship with the mother, apart from the two encounters that resulted in the birth of the children.”As a result of these encounters, two minor children were born between the respondent and me. The respondent did not inform me about the pregnancies or the subsequent births of our children. The last I heard of the children was when she instituted maintenance proceedings against me in 2016. There is no communication between the respondent and me. We share no relationship, and there is no contact between us.”Zimbabwean football legend and Mamelodi Sundowns manager Peter Ndlovu – the first African player to play and score for the English Premier League during his days at Coventry City in 1992 – says that he is struggling to pay maintenance for his 13 children. pic.twitter.com/P3RsrCoPeW— TheNewsHawks (@NewsHawksLive) February 5, 2023 Ndlovu became the first African to play and score in the rebranded English Premier League when he signed for Coventry City in 1992 from Highlanders as a teenager. The Bulawayo-born football legend, who will celebrate his 50th birthday on February 25, had a successful professional career in England with several clubs such as Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town, Coventry City and Birmingham City before joining Mamelodi Sundowns.He also represented Zimbabwe in international football for 16 years.
