By A Correspondent| Chiwenga’s gold watches, off-shore properties, commercial farms and SUVs were exposed during his divorce cases.
In his riches exposed during his divorce with Marry Mubaiwa, Chiwenga reportedly a property called stand 591 Borrowdale, Harare, also known as Stand 137 Borrowdale Brooke measuring 3 198 square metres, Land Rover Discovery, Range Rover Sport and a Ford Ranger pick-up truck.”
The two were also fighting over Orchid Farm in Domboshava.
“Each party be allocated one large capacity events tent situated at Orchid Farm, Domboshava Road, Harare. Refund of US$245 428 paid into defendant’s bank account which she collected from plaintiff’s hunting concessions,” the court papers said then.
The divorce proceeding with Mubaiwa revealed that the two had properties in South Africa, apart from a list of luxury and expensive cars that includes the Toyota V8 Land Cruiser, Mercedes-Benz E350, among others.
Some of the companies which owned were listed as Blue Chip Stamp Company (Pvt) Ltd, Lighthouse Investments (Pvt) Ltd, Liversay Investments (Pvt) Ltd, Hidcote Investments (Pvt) Ltd, Yolsac Safaris (Pvt) Ltd and Dominicus Investments (Pvt) Ltd.
Through these companies they owned a property at 5 Rosary Close, Quinnington, Borrowdale measuring 5 701 square metres, four industrial units measuring 3 850 square metres, a property at 614 Prince Drive in Borrowdale Brook measuring 4 817 square metres, a property at 79 Follyjon Crescent measuring 4 955 square metres and a house on a 1 692-square-metre stand at 332 Borrowdale Brooke.
The couple owned another stand at 103 Shawasha Hills residential estate, an apartment in Malaysia, a house at 9 Msasa Drive in Msasa Park as well as a commercial farm in Goromonzi, which was allocated to Chiwenga under Robert Mugabe’s controversial reform programme legislation.
The court affidavit also identified a stand at 539 Borrowdale Brooke measuring 1 456 square metres, an industrial stand in Marondera, a property at 34 Lythan Drive in Glen Lorne and a vacant piece of land at Mermaids Pool about 42 kilometres from Harare.
Their collection of cars included Prado, Jeep, Toyota Land Cruiser V8, Mercedes Benz C180, Land Rover Defender and a Land Rover Discovery 4.
Chiwenga’s divorce with his former wife Jocelyn in 2014 also exposed Chiwenga’s wealth, with companies and vast tracts of prime land in the leafy Harare suburbs. He also owned an apartment in Malaysia, to add to the many houses in the country.
Apart from possessing many posh vehicles, the retired army general was revealed to own an extensive jewellery collection.
Recently, Chiwenga’s wife Colonel Miniyothabo Francisca Baloyi, who is also a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) staffer, was allegedly duped out of US$930,000 by a construction company and its directors, who are now facing fraud charges.