A High Court judge in Harare has drawn a hard line in a long-simmering fallout between two former allies at the helm of the Destiny of Afrika Network, barring a once-senior official from stepping foot in the group’s offices after years of refusing to accept his dismissal.
Justice Jacob Manzunzu ruled on Feb. 11 that Wilson Masokowere, the organization’s former Manicaland projects coordinator, is no longer an employee and is prohibited from entering or approaching its Mutare premises, including its 5th Avenue offices. The order also blocks him from interfering “in whatsoever manner” with the network’s operations.
The decision marks the latest chapter in a bitter rift between Masokowere and Obediah Musindo, the founder and president of Destiny of Afrika Network. Once close collaborators, the two have been locked in a dispute for nearly four years.
At the center of the clash: an audit.
According to Musindo, Masokowere refused to allow head office to examine the books of Danet’s Manicaland projects and allegedly turned hostile toward auditors dispatched to review the finances. Masokowere, in turn, resisted efforts to remove him from his post, setting off a protracted standoff that has spilled into the courts.
Court filings allege that in a bid to shield himself, Masokowere sought backing from senior government officials, offering them parcels of land in housing developments run by the organization in Mutare. The High Court’s ruling, however, makes clear that whatever protection he believed he had, his tenure at Danet is over.
The legal battles between the two men extend beyond the nonprofit.
In 2021, Musindo — a pastor affiliated with ZANU PF — sued Masokowere over allegations that he swindled him of shares in Boltspeed Security Services, a security firm they co-founded in 2018. That case remains pending.
Late last year, Musindo publicly accused Masokowere of publishing falsehoods intended to damage his reputation and demanded the return of funds he says were siphoned from a troubled housing scheme. He has vowed to pursue recovery of the money through the courts.
For two men who once built projects side by side, the split has become a drawn-out legal war — and, at least for now, one of them has been ordered to stay away.
