The Sunday Mail
From the Gift and The Curse of Alick Macheso article, The Sunday Mail looks back at the trail of events that have plagued Alick Macheso and family matters
February 2012: Dancer Franco Slomo, lead guitarist Noel Nyazanda and backing vocalist Elton Muropa leave Macheso for Sulu
September 2012: The musician is seriously injured while performing at the annual ZRP Commissioner-General’s Funfair
December 2012: Kwatakabva Mitunhu (Kure Kwekure) is released but fails to make the traditional impact
May 2013: Chanter Jonas Kasamba, drummer Obert Gomba and lead guitarist Noel Nyazanda dump Orchestra Mberikwazvo
May 2013: Cheso cancels Bulawayo shows
April 2014: Macheso and Tafadzwa file for divorce April 2014 – “Thieves” break into the sungura musicians car (BMW X5), but nothing is stolen
August 2014: Sharon Macheso and Kuda Munetsi wed in Norton
September 2014: A nasty development transpires within the Cheso family
September 2014: Cheso loses instruments in an accident that injures his engineer Morgan Mupeta.
November 2014: Sharon files for divorce
November 2014: A teenage girl elopes to Macheso’s eldest son Esau