Former President Robert Mugabe yesterday failed to turn up
in court in Chinhoyi, where he was expected to testify against four of his
workers who allegedly stole close to a million dollars from his rural Zvimba
home.
The workers, Constancia Mugabe (50), Johanne Mapurisa (50),
Saymore Nhetekwa (47) and Andrew Muhumbe (37) are accused of stealing US$922
000 from a briefcase at Mugabe's rural home.
Prosecutor Herald Matura said Mugabe was out of the
country, seeking medical treatment. Chinhoyi magistrate Amos Mubobo postponed
the case to June 10, 2019.
But defence lawyer, Tapiwa Muchineripi was not amused and
requested the court to relax bail conditions for his clients. Mubobo granted
the request and ruled that the accused will no longer report to the police
every Friday.
It is the State case that sometime in 2016, Mugabe gave
four briefcases and some books to his workers to keep in his library. At an unknown
date, the workers connived and opened one of the briefcases that had US$922 000
which they shared and bought assets that include vehicles and residential
stands. Newsday
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