Online Reporter
Zvikomborero Parafini
OLD Mutual business development manager, Musa Nyasha Dube Manyika, has been convicted of raping a University of Zimbabwe student, who was an intern at the giant financial services firm.
Manyika was yesterday convicted on both counts and is expected in court today for his pre-sentence hearing.
He was convicted after a full trial by Harare regional magistrate Estere Chivasa.
The complainant was a student at the University of Zimbabwe and was on an Old Mutual Scholarship.
Prosecutor Chido Gohori proved that in November 2022, Manyika sent a Whatsapp message asking the complainant to help him to pack some banners at Old Mutual Gardens.
He then picked up the complainant from the University of Zimbabwe campus and drove to Old Mutual Gardens.
Upon arrival Manyika took the woman to his office where he raped her. Afterwards, he apologised and gave her a branded T-shirt, a juice bottle and a cap.
He threatened the complainant not to disclose the matter to anyone as he would withdraw the scholarship from her.
On June 19, 2024, Manyika called the student after work, requesting to discuss her career.
The complainant met Manyika at Ashbrittle Shops.
After the conversation, he offered to drive the complainant home and, instead of stopping at the complainant’s gate, he drove into Belfast Road, turned immediate right, and then stopped.
Manyika adjusted the passenger seat, where the complainant was seated, removed her trousers and raped her once again.
He drove her to her home afterwards and asked for forgiveness.
Magistrate Chivasa found that the State managed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.
Mathew Masinge