The Commission which is chaired by Justice Tendai Uchena
queried the deal because the car cost only $30 000 while the value of the land
is $300 000.
“You have this deal with Gutu RDC where you exchanged a Nissan single cab for land whose value is
put at over $300 000; how is this possible?” asked Commissioner Uchena.
The head of the Shine Plus delegation Tonderai Nzuwa told
the Commission that the car was just part payment for the land. He added that
there was an arrangement where his company is paying the full debt through
instalments.
The Commissioners went on to tell Shine Plus that the
company had since 2012 not paid anything for the land except the down payment
of the car. Justice Uchena expressed doubt on Shine Plus commitment to pay the
remainder of the money.
“You have since 2012 not paid anything. You just handed
over that car and you have since not honoured the debt. We think that you are
failing to honour your obligations because you have projects all over the
country and you can’t take care of all of them.
“The people who suffer are your clients. They pay you money
for a stand and for five years nothing is delivered, “ said Justice Uchena.
The commission also queried the delegation on the
appropriateness of the land deal considering that a public office like a
council is entering into barter deals with public resources.
“Your Worship, it is
not that we paid the stands with a car but it was part of the payment and we
agreed that we will finish the payment in instalments,” said Nzuwa.
The Commission also noted a discrepancy where Gutu RDC
documents show that Shine Plus received 50 hectares and yet Shine Plus
documents are indicating that the land developer got 34 hectares. Masvingo Mirror
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