Online Reporter
Kimberley Chitambara Court Reporter
A 35-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man who was accused of defrauding a local nurse of US$28,900 has been freed after the complainant withdrew the case before plea.
Dumisani Mankunzini, of Mpopoma suburb, who is employed by Cricket Ekhaya Ekasi as a national development manager, had appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Mr Takudzwa Gwazemba facing a charge of fraud.
Mankunzini was accused of allegedly misrepresenting himself as a business development manager with Zimbabwe
Cricket and claiming to be recruiting medical personnel for the national cricket team’s tour of Europe.
It was alleged that between October 2024 and September 2025, Mankunzini persuaded the complainant, who is a sister-in-charge at Mpilo Central Hospital, to make a series of payments through a CABS bank account belonging to Cricket Ekhaya Ekasi.
The money was reportedly meant to cover a supposed cricket course, uniforms, visa applications, aviation fees and flight tickets.
After realising that the arrangements were not genuine, the complainant filed a police report, claiming she had lost US$28,900 and that nothing had been recovered.
However, when the matter came up before the Bulawayo Magistrates Court, the complainant opted to withdraw the case before plea, resulting in Mankunzini’s release.
