Three City of Harare housing officials yesterday appeared
in court for allegedly selling 150 stands in Kuwadzana worth US$765 000 without
council approval.
Believer Mupawaenda (46), Rudo Chigocha (45) and Magret
George (31) were charged with fraud.
They were not asked to plead when they appeared before
magistrate Ms Rumbidzai Mugwagwa, who remanded them out of custody to March 3
on $1 000 bail each.
Prosecutor Mr Sebastian Mutizirwa alleged that during 2017
and 2018, the three identified open spaces in Kuwadzana 3, 4, 5 and 6 high-
density suburb and created fictitious paying schemes.They are alleged to have
originated fake layout plans before fraudulently connecting water for the
purposes of selling the land to unsuspecting home-seekers.
It is said Mupawaenda, Chigocha and George sold 150 stands
without council’s approval. In a bid to conceal their offence, they allegedly
manufactured provisional allocation letters and fliers for each stand.
Duplicate letters were found in Chigocha’s possession, the
court heard. Mr Mutizirwa alleged that the three were using old cancelled stand
numbers to illegally allocate the fake stands where George would connect water.
The offence came to light following a tip-off leading to
the arrest of the three. Herald
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