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Following a divorce, Tendai has lost it all, from a fleet of luxurious cars to a house they lived in and is now back in the village in Zimbabwe. Tendai’s biggest mistake was to trust his wife enough to register his property under her name.
The Former Zimbabwe international and Orlando Pirates striker Tendai Ndoro lost his house and a fleet of luxurious cars to his South African wife Thando Maseko after their Divorce. After the terrible breakup, she kicked him out and kept the house and cars. He’s now broke and back in Zimbabwe training with a local division one team.
Following the massive fallout between the two, Maseko is said to have thrown Ndoro out of the couple’s home in the upscale Kyalami Estates in Johannesburg, South Africa. She is also reported to have taken full possession of all of the couple’s vehicles, as they were registered in her name.
For a player who spent years in the South African top-flight and even a few months in the lucrative Saudi Arabian league, one can be understood in thinking Tendai Ndoro can’t go from riches to rags from one day to the next. The lanky striker was a household name in South African football, where he turned out for Mpumalanga Black Aces before joining Soweto giants Orlando Pirates and became one of the wealthiest Zimbabwean footballers across the Limpopo.
He moved to Saudi Arabian side Al Faisaly in 2017 and received US$60 000, 10% of the transfer fee the club paid to Pirates. Despite not doing so well on the field of play and enduring a nightmarish short stint in the oil-rich gulf-nation, Ndoro was well-paid.
Incredibly, less than a year after his last contract in the South African league was terminated (his separation with Highlands Park in May 2020), Ndoro is struggling financially, so much so that he is said to be bankrupt. Pictures of a frail-looking Ndoro in Shamva, which were exclusively published by Soccer24, sent social media into overdrive, with some fans even denying that it was him.
According to a source close to the veteran striker, who spoke on condition of anonymity, his problems have a name; Thando Maseko.
Maseko is the South African beauty Ndoro married by customary law but the source labeled the union as ‘toxic.’ “As you know, Tindo (Ndoro) was married to Thando. But they didn’t have the best of marriages, they were always fighting. Despite that, he registered the house he had here in South Africa and the luxury cars they had, under the lady’s name. So when they had a fall-out, he lost everything to Maseko, which explains the situation he is in now,” the source added.
Things have become so tough for Ndoro, such that he was offered financial aid by Mpumalanga Black Aces owner Geroge Morfou. Apparently, George and his brother Mario were responsible for introducing the 36-year-old striker to the SA Premier Soccer League (PSL) when they signed him from Zimbabwean football club Chicken Inn in 2013.
"He really looks like he’s struggling, and I feel for the boy. I’m hoping that he gets through whatever he’s suffering. I really don’t know why; if he’s playing football, what’s really going on with the man. Let’s hope he can get out of it. So with regards to his finances we were never ever concerned about him having a problem. When he moved across to Pirates he was fine. So I don’t really know what’s going on, to be honest. I’m definitely going to reach out to him, I’ve got his details. I did try to call him last week or so, I think it was three days ago when you guys put the pictures up. I tried to call him. I couldn't get through to him, but I will try to call him again to see if everything is okay or if he needs assistance,” Morfou said.
He was even spotted at the Warriors team hotel after the World Cup qualifier against Ghana last month, where he is said to have received some money from Aston Villa midfielder Marvelous Nakamba.