ZESA executive chairman Sydney Gata is divorcing his wife of 35 years alleging that their marriage has “irretrievably broken down.”
Gata married Ntombana Regina Mugabe, a sister to the late former president Robert Mugabe, in January 1987.
In summons filed at the Harare High Court, Gata said the couple had not lived together as husband and wife for 30 of those 35 years.
“The marriage between us has irretrievably broken down… I have lost all love and affection towards the defendant. We have lived apart since 1992 which is inconsistent with a normal marriage relationship.
In the settlement, biotechnologist Mugabe will keep a house in Grange, Harare, on a piece of land measuring 4,260 square meters.
Gata also agreed to pay Mugabe a lump sum of US$18,000 and US$800 in divorce costs, US$500 monthly for her upkeep or the equivalent in Zimbabwean dollars backdated to January 1, 2022.
