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Nyore Madzianike Senior Court Reporter
ZORORO Energy Group director Michael Shongwe Ndoro appeared in court yesterday on allegations of forging the company’s registration documents to elbow out his business partner, who happened to be his former wife, from a directorship of the company.
Ms Precious Ndoro only suspected something was happening when she saw an advertisement stating that Zororo Energy Group had applied for a power station licence, something that directors would have to have approved in advance.
Ndoro was not asked to plead to the charges when he appeared before magistrate Mrs Tafadzwa Miti charged with fraud.
He allegedly forged the company’s documents in an attempt to elbow out Ms Precious Ndoro from her directorship of the energy company.
Ndoro is expected to return to court on November 4.
The Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority is also a complainant in the matter.
The State led by Mr Zebadiah Bofu said that in 2018 Ndoro and his former wife registered Zororo Energy Company Limited under company number 11402/2018. They were both directors with each holding a 50 percent shareholding.
In 2019, the couple had a misunderstanding which ended with the two divorcing in November of the same year.
The High Court then reserved the issue of distribution of matrimonial assets, including Zororo Energy Company, for separate proceedings.
After the divorce, Ndoro is allegedly left their matrimonial home with title deeds to the joint properties and their company documents.
In January 2019, Ndoro allegedly forged a company resolution purporting that his former wife had resigned from her directorship and shareholding of Zoraro Energy Company.
He allegedly changed CR14 forms by recording the resignation of his former wife and appointed Tunika Phaenah Mkhahanana as director.
Ndoro also allegedly went to tender Zororo Energy Company Limited’s manufactured documents to ZERA saying Zororo had changed directorship.
He then applied for an electricity generation licence.
Acting on the application, ZERA made a public notice in the newspaper as required at law. But when Ms Precious Ndoro saw this she requested for all Zororo Energy Company Limited documents from her former husband, who refused saying she was no longer a director nor a shareholder in the company.
Ms Ndoro suspected foul play and reported the matter to the police.
The State alleges that the Registrar of Companies later confirmed that the directorship and shareholding of the company had been changed. It was also revealed that the licence issued by ZERA was on the strength of the tendered documents, where Ms Ndoro was no longer cited as a director or shareholder.
As a result, ZERA was prejudiced of good administration.
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