Kudakwashe Mnangagwa

The family of 23-year-old, Almarie Hall, who had an affair with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, Kudakwashe David Mnangagwa, continue their fight to get back custody of the child that was born from the extra-marital affair that started when she was only 19 years old. Mnangagwa was then 30 years old and already had 4 children (all boys) with his wife Rashida before he met 19 year old Almerie. She fell pregnant a year later and gave birth to a baby girl (Harmony Anani Mnangagwa).

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School / Education

Primary:
Secondary:
Tertiary: Bachelor of Laws Honours Degree (University of Zimbabwe).
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (Actuarial Science), (Drake, Iowa, USA).

He is an Independent Non-Executive Director of the National Building Society. He is a venture capitalist and entrepreneur.

Service/Career

12 June 2015: appointed Non-Executive Director at NBS and was reappointed in 2018. He is an Executive Director for Flame Lily Venture Capital .^[5]

2023: became a Member of Parliament through the youth quota system on the Zanu PF party list for [Midlands Province]].

11 September 2023: appointed as the Deputy Minister of Finance and Investment Promotion by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Events

Poaching Allegations, 2020

Kudakwashe, one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s sons is allegedly involved in the poaching of wildlife in Nyangambe Community Wildlife Project in Save Valley Conservancy, a Chiredzi magistrate has been told. The allegations were made by Farai Chauke, a Harare lawyer who comes from Nyangambe and is also the legal representative of the Nyangambe Community Wildlife Project. Chauke who is facing fraud charges for allegedly forging title deeds to the project told the court in his defense that he was being tormented for resisting poaching activities involving the President’s son.

Nyangambe Community Wildlife Project is run by villagers and allegations are that Kudakwashe is in the habit of coming along with one of the directors of Green Africa Safaris, Philip Mafuta to hunt and poach wildlife outside hunting quotas. Green Africa Safaris which signed a one-year hunting lease agreement with Nyangambe Community Wildlife Project is using political power to illegally gun down animals that are not specified in their hunting quota said the lawyer under cross-examination.

Mafuta confirmed to The Mirror in an interview that he regularly goes for hunting with Kudakwashe but dismissed the allegations that they poach wildlife. His hunting escapades with the President’s son, he said, are legal because Green Africa Safaris has a permit to hunt in Nyangambe. He warned Chauke of trouble for mentioning the President’s son in such a case. “Zvaaita izvozvo zvichatomunyudza (He must watch his back. What he said about the President’s son will get him into trouble).^[6]

Child Custody Battle, 2021

On 25 October 2021, the High Court awarded Kudakwashe David Mnangagwa guardianship of his child in a custody wrangle with the mother of the child, Al-Marie Iris Hall.

High Court judges, Justices Ephraim Tagu and Emilia Muchawa ruled that fathers of children born out of wedlock must also enjoy equal access to their children and play a role in their upkeep. The ruling followed an appeal by Hall, who challenged the decision by the magistrate's court to award custody of the child to Mnangagwa.

The judges cited the case of businessman Frank Buyanga versus his estranged girlfriend Chantelle Muteswa in their ruling which stated that fathers must also enjoy custody of minors. They said Mnangagwa had been a good father, while the mother was described as a violent drug addict who once stayed at a rehabilitation home for three weeks.

Hall was said to have left the baby with a babysitter, while she went clubbing several times. The court was at one point told by Hall's mother that she was desperately into drugs to the extent that she could even sell her baby for drugs. Hall’s neighbour also confirmed that she was a violent and suicidal person and was in the habit of smashing bottles to attack Mnangagwa.

Through his lawyer, Tinomudaishe Chinyoka, Mnangagwa said Hall would threaten to kill herself each time he wanted to move out of their flat. ^[7][8]

In November 2021, Al-Marie Iris Hall wrote a plea on social media asking to have access to their child. She wrote:

"taking it, I make ONE request. AS HER MOTHER I HUMBLY PLEAD, BEG AND CRY OUT TO ANYONE, somewhere who is reading the MNANGAGWA FAMILY that Knows the father of my child David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa, or my Mai Guru his Wife Rasheeda Mnanagagwa (nee: Travers) or her sister Leeya Mnangagwa, anyone who knows any of his brothers Collins Mnangagwa @sean.tmnangagwa , Emmerson jnr Mnangagwa, @changwataurai his sisters Farai Selina Mnangagwa, Tasiwa Mnangagwa. Please mediate for my child to recieve my love and support and care and for David to show compassion and allow me to make amends for Harmonys Benefit and nothing more nothing less. #justice4harmony #bringharmonyhome #bringharmonyhome"

The family of 23-year-old, Almarie Hall, who had an affair with President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son, Kudakwashe David Mnangagwa, continue their fight to get back custody of the child that was born from the extra-marital affair that started when she was only 19 years old. Mnangagwa was then 30 years old and already had 4 children (all boys) with his wife Rashida before he met 19 year old Almerie. She fell pregnant a year later and gave birth to a baby girl (Harmony Anani Mnangagwa).

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Bentach Resources, 2021

Bentach Resources, a company owned by Mnangagwa, renovated the Kudzanayi Bus Terminus in Gweru, which President 'Emmerson Mnangagwa commissioned in 2021. ^[9] The company renovated the bus terminus under a Build-Operate-Transfer arrangement with the Gweru City Council.^[10]

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