Bona Nyepudzai Mugabe’s estranged husband, Simba Chikore has launched a legal challenge against the divorce filing.

Chikore’s legal team at Matsikidze Attorneys-At-Law filed an appearance to defend the divorce summons.

The divorce filing between the enstranged couple will now proceed as a contested divorce.

Bona filed for divorce citing that the couple have lost all love and affection for each other and had been living apart for more than nine months.