One of President Jacob Zuma’s daughter, Dudu is embroiled in a bitter divorce involving a multimillion-rand estate.
And the dispute has also spread to the monthly maintenance she is demanding, amounting to almost R120000.
The husband, a wealthy businessman, had offered to pay R67000 a month toward the maintenance of their Joburg home.
His defence was that the woman was financially independent because she had recently paid for a R280000 vacation for six people in Mauritius.
Another dispute emanating from the bling divorce, playing out in the South Gauteng High Court, involved an 8-seater private jet and a fleet of luxury cars, including a Porsche 911 Turbo, Range Rover, Mercedez Benz GL, Mercedez Benz E500 and a Ferrari California.
According to the husband’s affidavit, there are also two plush properties located in an affluent suburb of Joburg and in East London that are also at stake.
Luxurious watches, including a R200000 Cartier Roadster and a Breitling valued at R70000, were also part of the divorce war.
But the husband told the court that the timepieces were his for keeps because he had received them as gifts from the president’s daughter.
According to court papers, the couple disagreed over the use of the family trust account, and the husband accused the wife of withdrawing nearly R100000 from it without his permission.
The documents also showed that the couple were able to afford the help of two qualified nurses to help them in their homes.
In his affidavit, the husband disputed claims by the wife that one of the causes of their divorce was because of infidelity that led to his fathering a child out of wedlock.
He said the allegations that he fathered a child with his ex-girlfriend while married to the president’s daughter “caused a lot of friction in both our extended families, resulting in frequent disputes and the breakdown of marriage”.
The husband said his other sin was that he secretly bought his ex-girlfriend and mother of his two kids a property to home them.
But Zuma’s daughter was miffed because this was done without her knowledge and permission.
He also said the refusal of his wife to accept his kids from a previous relationship was one of the causes for his troubled marriage.
“My wife was physically and mentally abusive to me, regularly and throughout the marriage,” read the husband’s affidavit.
“Last February, before I left the common home for the first separation, the applicant destroyed my entire wardrobe of clothing, including cutting off the sleeves of each suit I owned, damaging my shoes to make them unwearable, cutting my ties in half, cutting my jeans, vandalising my shirts, sweaters and other items.
“I returned in September 2015, after the intervention of our families. I then left again in February 2016 because our marriage could not be saved.
The husband also disputed the wife’s demands for maintenance, stating she “has overstated our standard of living, particularly with regard to expenditure on clothing, shoes, overseas trips and the frequency and standard of overseas travels.”
According to the documents as stated by the husband, the couple’s trips were detailed as follows:
Two trips to Mauritius only since the inception of marriage, first being on honeymoon, and the second as family travel;
Two overseas trips only in 2012, one to New York in December accompanied by nanny, and second to London also accompanied by a nanny. Travel was business class.
The trip was also extended to Paris via a train. In New York, we stayed in a self-catering apartment, and in London, at a Radisson Hotel;
Another trip was in 2011 to Spain, and was a wedding gift;
Locally, we travelled to Cape Town approximately twice a year, mainly to visit the applicant’s father in Parliament, and stayed at either Westin Hotel or the One and Only Hotel;
A jet was chartered once to KwaZulu-Natal and once to East London, otherwise we flew commercial airlines, save for one trip in the company jet.
In the same court documents, the husband accused his wife of hiding some of her assets, including shares in various companies.
“All shares currently owned in an offshore company held and registered in Angola, known as Umoga, Hong Kong, known as Lion Courage, and Ghana, known as Billion Group.”
The husband also disputed to pay maintenance funds demanded by the wife.
“The applicant is young… She is both experienced and connected in business. She is able to earn her own income. She is very well politically connected. She is more than able to go out and get a job to support herself. I deny she is entitled to maintenance on divorce,” read the documents.
Source-sundayworld