NEARLY four months after the death of music legend Dr
Oliver Mtukudzi, a Harare law firm has filed with the Master of High Court, a
one-page Will and Testament bequeathing all movable and immovable property to
surviving spouse Mrs Daisy Kudzai Mtukudzi.
All his children and other family members were left out. Since
the death of the music icon, relatives have been on each other’s throats
jostling for the property left behind by Dr Mtukudzi.
The news of the existence of a will had not been broken to
the family members.
Last week, Thoughts Deme Attorneys at Law, filed a will dated April 15, 2014 believed to
have been left behind by Dr Mtukudzi.
The will appointed Chibune & Associates, a law firm
currently under curatorship following the death of its principal, as the
executor dative to the estate.
Chibune & Associates is under curatorship of Thoughts
Deme following the death of Mr Steve Chibune in 2017.
Thoughts Deme, being the curator, filed the will with the
Master of High Court. Part of the will reads: “I, Oliver Mtukudzi, born 22
September, 1952, presently domiciled in Zimbabwe, hereby cancel and annul all
former wills and cordials and declare this to be my last will and testament.
“I nominate and appoint Chibune & Associates Legal
Practitioners to be the executor of my last will and administrator of my estate
and effects, hereby giving and granting unto him all such powers as allowed in
law especially those of assumption and substitution and direct that my executor
shall not be required to file security with the Master of the High Court in
respect of his appointment.”
Dr Mtukudzi, according to the will, left out all his
children and gave everything to the surviving spouse.
“I hereby bequeath all my properties, share and shares in
any company or companies or entities to my wife, Daisy Kudzai Mtukudzi born on
the second of February 1959,” reads the will.
Considering that the filed will appoints a now defunct law
firm as the executor, the Master of High Court has since called all
beneficiaries and interested parties to attend an edict meeting to appoint an
executor.
The edict meeting will be convened on May 21 this year at
8am at the Master’s House along Herbert Chitepo Avenue, Harare.
In February this year, Mrs Mtukudzi had notified the Master
of High Court of the death and filled in an inventory stating the property left
behind by the music icon.
According to the inventory, Tuku left behind four daughters
namely: Samantha, Sandra, Selmor and Sybil.
Immovable properties declared by Mrs Mtukudzi in the
inventory include:
Original deed of transfer number 0009820/2003 in favour of
Samantha and Oliver Mtukudzi
Original deed of transfer number 8557/2007 in favour of
Tuku Music Promotions (Private) Limited.
Original deed of transfer number 0005527/2008 in favour of
Oliver and Daisy Mtukudzi
Offer letters for subdivision 5 of Bloemfontein, Mazowe, in
favour of Oliver Mtukudzi.
Movable properties include, a Land Rover Discovery, Nissan
NP200, Tata bus, Tata truck and a Challenger trailer.
The late musician also left an undisclosed amount of money
in his FBC Bank (Belgravia) account.
The edict meeting slated for May 21 is also set to discuss
the assets and liabilities of the estate, identify potential beneficiaries and
any other business relating to the estate. Herald
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