We all know Genius "Ginimbi" Kadungure was a ladies man and there have been many women who have come out to claim him since his passing.
The woman that seems to have been closest to him is his ex wife Zodwa Mkandla. Ginimbi's family spoke highly of her and even had her speak at the funeral. In an interview with the Sunday Mail, Zodwa details her 9 year relationship with Gimimbi also denied the viral rumours and conspiracy theories surrounding the source of Ginimbi's wealth.
"I met him when he was just 23 and it was in 2006. We were just friends then but later on, he asked me out and we started dating in 2009; this was after three years of friendship."
"He was a very traditional man who didn’t enjoy things like pizza; he was a sadza man served with mabhonzo and matumbu (beef bones and offals). During weekends, he would enjoy hosting his friends at our home in Domboshava."
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| Zodwa Mkandla |
"When we first met, Genius had nothing to his name — anga asina chinhu — but the man was such a hard worker. He would wake up at 5 am to do his gas business. He continued to work hard throughout his life until he made it to the top,” she said.
“I was the first in business, hence I was wiser. Genius had bigger business ideas but I always helped him with the wisdom. Likewise, I would go to him for business advice.
“What I can say without any shadow of a doubt is that Ginimbi was a go-getter and never used juju. If there are snakes which vomit money, why can’t people get them and be rich? I watched Genius grow from nothing to a millionaire through sheer hard work."
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| Zodwa Mkandla |
On Ginimbi's obsessive preference of the colour white Zodwa had this to say:
We all have our colours and his theme was white; what has that to do with mushonga (rituals)? I lived with Genius and I never saw any juju or rituals. The parties were just him having fun. Anga arimunhu aida zvekunakirwa hake"
Zodwa is also more than willing to help his family run the hotel (his mansion) and the transport business.
