She was married to Zimbabwean writer, actor and poet, Charles Mungoshi, who, according to The Zimbabwe Mail and This is Africa reporters, died on 16 February 2019 in Harare, Zimbabwe after a 10-year long illness at 71. The marriage was blessed with five children: Farai, Graham, Nyasha, Charles, and Tsitsi, and at the time of his death they had seven grandchildren.[17][18] The couple alongside their son, Farai were all into filmmaking.[19]