Warrant of arrest for a man facing $29 million fraud

Yeukai Karengezeka-Chisepo

Court Correspondent

HARARE regional magistrate Mr Francis Mapfumo has issued a warrant of arrest against a businessman, Tendai Jemwa, who is involved in a ZWL$29 million property dispute with his brother-in-law.

Thomas Masango accuses his brother-in-law, Jemwa, of unlawfully removing him from a jointly purchased property in Spitzkop, Snake Park, Harare, in 2007.

The matter was coming for judgment. The two are married to sisters and entered into a verbal business partnership.

Prosecutor Mr Ephraim Zinyandu told the court that Masango and Jemwa had agreed that Masango would hold a 50 percent share in Ten Jem Consultancy Pvt Ltd, the company formed to manage the property.

However, in 2012, Jemwa allegedly defrauded Masango by secretly obtaining the property’s transfer documents from their lawyer without Masango’s consent.

Jemwa is accused of completing the property transfer solely to Ten Jem Consultancy Pvt Ltd and failing to honour the agreed 50 percent shareholding arrangement.

Masango claims that Jemwa unlawfully removed his name from the jointly owned property, sparking a bitter feud over the high-value asset.