By Staff Reporter
Harare — Businessman Tichaona Danny Kasukuwere has been taken to the High Court by his former customary law spouse, Midiah Changachirere, who is demanding half of their vast estate built over 29 years.
In papers filed under Case No. HCHF3891/25 on 11 September, Changachirere claims the couple had a “tacit universal partnership” during their unregistered customary union, which she terminated on 7 September by handing over a divorce token (gupuro).
Changachirere argues it would be “manifestly unjust for the Plaintiff to leave the unregistered customary union empty handed,” citing nearly three decades of financial and domestic contributions.
She says she used her Barclays Bank salary to fund household and business ventures and, in 2004, sold her Msasa Park property to complete their Mount Pleasant Heights matrimonial home.
The claim seeks division of extensive assets, including the matrimonial home at 737 Mount Pleasant Heights, commercial property at 38 Kwame Nkrumah Avenue, a prime residential property at 27 Woodgate Road in Mount Pleasant, as well as multiple farms and stands in Vumba, Bindura, and Chegutu.
Movable assets cited include four luxury motor vehicles, 80 cattle, and 80 goats.
Changachirere maintains that she also managed lodges in Vumba and farming projects at Mapunga Farm, and alleges that many of the properties were held under third-party companies serving as Kasukuwere’s “alter ego.”
She contends that allowing Kasukuwere sole control of the assets would amount to unjust enrichment.
Kasukuwere, described as a prominent businessman, filed a notice of intention to defend on 26 September, setting the matter down for a contested hearing before the High Court.
