she lived a turbulent life after marrying leka, as they moved from one country to another, having no permanent residence or fixed point of reference. in the first few years of their marriage, the couple lived in spain. they later settled in rhodesia (now known as zimbabwe). after a falling out with the government of robert mugabe, the couple moved again, this time to south africa where their son, leka, was born in 1982. she also had a stillborn daughter while resident in rhodesia.