Online Reporter
Yeukai Karengezeka
Court Correspondent
A WOMAN from Harare has appeared in court on allegations of defrauding Dairiboard Zimbabwe of US$3 000.
Asiyatu Baison (39) was brought before Harare magistrate Mrs Sharon Rakafa, facing charges of theft of trust property.
She has been remanded in custody pending a full bail hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
The case was brought forward by Dairibord Zimbabwe’s senior internal auditor, Mr Tawanda Chinembiri.
According to prosecutor Ms Dzidzai Josiah, the investigation initially began on November 6, 2025, when a Dairibord cashier, Helen Murenha, was arrested for stealing trust property worth US$179 612.
Murenha had reportedly misappropriated company funds by crediting clients’ accounts without receiving corresponding payments.
During questioning, Murenha admitted to unlawfully loaning some of the stolen money to third parties and led investigators to recover part of the missing funds.
However, she withheld the identities of all individuals involved. One of the implicated third parties, Pointgreen Enterprises (Private) Limited, represented by Mr Itanga Zirhahinga, was informed of Murenha’s arrest and voluntarily sought to reimburse US$3 000 that had been fraudulently credited to its account.
While at Dairibord Zimbabwe’s offices, Zirhahinga received a call from Baison, who instructed him not to hand over the money to the company but to give it directly to her instead.
Zirhahinga complied and met Baison at his shop located at the corner of Bute Street and Rezende Street in Harare, where he handed over the US$3 000.
Baison allegedly claimed she would surrender the money to Dairibord on Murenha’s behalf.
However, Baison failed to deliver the funds and instead allegedly converted the money to personal use.
On November 13, the complainant received information from Pointgreen Enterprises confirming that the money had been handed over to Baison, leading to her arrest.
The total prejudice to Dairibord Zimbabwe Private Limited is US$3 000, though US$4 000 has since been recovered in the ongoing investigation.
