Herald Correspondent
A JOURNALIST has been accused of domestic violence, serial infidelity, intimidation and harassment by his estranged wife who said their marriage effectively ended in October last year after years of alleged abuse and marital conflict.
In a sworn affidavit responding to a US$200 000 adultery damages claim involving businessman Kundai Tibugare, Ms Esther Vimbainashe Jerera denied having an affair with Mr Tibugare and accused her estranged husband, Mr Musorowegomo Mukosi of attempting to control her personal and professional life despite their separation.
She alleged that Mr Mukosi repeatedly assaulted her, intimidated her with a pistol kept near their bed and used call records to confront men he suspected of having relationships with her.
“He slept with a pistol close to the bed (headboard) as a way of intimidating me,” Ms Jerera said.
She further alleged that her husband would obtain her call logs from mobile network operator Econet and telephone male acquaintances, including former workmates and schoolmates, accusing them of dating her.
At one point, she alleged, he accused her of having a relationship with his best friend and threatened her maternal uncle with violence.
Ms Jerera said she married Mr Mukosi in 2017 and that they have one child together.
However, she alleged that their relationship was troubled by her husband’s multiple adulterous affairs and deteriorated further because of domestic violence.
“In 2021, our relationship deteriorated due to domestic violence. Mr Mukosi repeatedly assaulted me. It became unbearable, and we separated for twelve months without exchanging conjugal rights,” she said.
She said Mr Mukosi subsequently engaged a law firm in January 2022 to initiate proceedings concerning termination of the marriage, custody of their child, division of property and spousal maintenance.
According to her affidavit, the couple briefly reconciled around 2023 but she alleged that emotional, physical and financial abuse resumed.
She said the situation became untenable in October 2025 after she discovered that her husband was allegedly involved with multiple women, raising concerns about possible exposure to sexually transmitted infections.
“I decided to move back to my parents’ house in Cranborne,” Ms Jerera said adding that an emissary later visited her parents and accepted that the relationship had ended.
Ms Jerera said Mr Mukosi volunteered to transport furniture from their former matrimonial home in Mandara to Cranborne boasting that he could easily replace it.
She said although formal cancellation of their civil marriage remained outstanding, the relationship had ended in practice.
The estranged wife also strongly denied allegations that she was romantically involved with Mr Tibugare or that she had confessed to an affair.
“Such statements are concocted, fabricated and irresponsible. I challenge Mr Mukosi to tender the evidence of such confessions,” she said.
Ms Jerera dismissed claims that Mr Tibugare bought her a white Toyota Fortuner and said she had inherited money from her family and established Estvis Consultancy (Private) Limited to support herself financially.
“It is regrettable that Mr Mukosi harbors the masculine belief that a woman cannot drive a Toyota Fortuner unless a ‘boyfriend’ has gifted it to her,” she said.
Ms Jerera also disputed claims that a property at 5116 Crowhill Farm was their matrimonial home, insisting that the couple had never lived there during their marriage.
The lawyers have denied allegations that Mr Tibugare and Ms Jerera travelled to Madagascar for pleasure or shared a hotel room and said the trip involved professionals working on opposite sides of a business transaction.
They have demanded an apology and retraction of the allegations against their client.
