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