{"id":51337,"date":"2021-12-14T19:59:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T17:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=51337"},"modified":"2021-12-14T18:59:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T16:59:46","slug":"massive-row-erupts-over-gumburas-estate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/massive-row-erupts-over-gumburas-estate","title":{"rendered":"Massive Row Erupts Over Gumbura\u2019s Estate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span><b>By Mary Taruvinga<\/b> &#8211; THE widows of the cleric Robert Martin Gumbura have chosen his nephew, Chivimbiso Thomas Nyathi to be the executor of their late husband\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n<p>Nyathi was appointed following a huge fight between the 17 widows and their brother-in-law, Innocent Gumbura, who desperately wanted to be the executor arguing that he is already playing the role of the father for his brother\u2019s children<\/p>\n<p>All the widows picked Nyathi, and their selection was supported by their children but Innocent and his sisters were against it.<\/p>\n<p>The siblings left the master\u2019s court furious after losing the case, vowing to appeal against the widows\u2019 choice. They also threatened break the NewZimbabwe.com crew\u2019s cameras and beat up reporters.<\/p>\n<p>In appointing Nyathi, the assistant master, who heard the case, ruled that interests of potential beneficiaries should be given priority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the wives chose his nephew called Chivimbiso Thomas Nyathi but other relatives were totally against it, they wanted Gumbura\u2019s brother Innocent to be the executor that\u2019s why the hearing took so long. But the master was very clear that the court must take into account the views of potential beneficiaries,\u201d lawyer Lovemore Madhuku, who is representing the widows, said.<\/p>\n<p>Gumbura the founder of RMG Independent End Time Message church succumbed to Covid-19 in August this year while a 40-year prison sentence for raping several women.<\/p>\n<p>He was imprisoned at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison.<\/p>\n<p>The matter was heard before the assistant master Hamandishe.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing dragged from the morning until lunchtime as there were conflicts regarding the appointment.<\/p>\n<p>Gumbura\u2019s brother insisted that he is the rightful executor since he is playing the role of the father to the late pastor\u2019s children.<\/p>\n<p>But the master told him that appointment of another executor does not necessarily mean that he will be stripped of his roles as the father.<\/p>\n<p>According to Madhuku, Gumbura left behind 17 wives, 34 children an estate comprising a compound that includes a central home, multiple surrounding cottages and a church building.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 18 children left behind by Gumbura are minors and the youngest aged 7.<\/p>\n<p>Reports say he has 11 houses in total.<\/p>\n<p>Gumbura also owned a farm, a mine and a fleet of 20 vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Gumbura was caged 50 years for rape in 2014 before 10 years were set aside conditionally.<\/p>\n<p>He was also convicted for possession of pornographic material.<\/p>\n<p>However, at the time of his death he was left with less than five years in jail following a successful appeal through Madhuku.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. By Mary Taruvinga &#8211; THE widows of the cleric Robert Martin Gumbura have chosen his nephew, Chivimbiso Thomas Nyathi to be the executor of their late husband\u2019s estate. Nyathi was appointed following a huge fight between the 17 widows and their brother-in-law, Innocent Gumbura, who desperately wanted to be the executor arguing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":51336,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":["post-51337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Massive Row Erupts Over Gumbura\u2019s Estate - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Mary Taruvinga - THE widows of the cleric Robert Martin Gumbura have chosen his nephew, Chivimbiso Thomas Nyat ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/massive-row-erupts-over-gumburas-estate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Massive Row Erupts Over Gumbura\u2019s Estate\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Mary Taruvinga - 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