Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga has dismissed charges
of corruption levelled against him by a Zanu PF politician, and pointed out
that he invested $40 million (over R600 mln) into the country's economy.
The Zanu PF Deputy Secretary for Youth Lewis Matutu was
quoted in a Zim Morning Post article announcing the presence of a list
containing the names of all who owned multiple farms, thereby contravening the
Zimbabwean government's one person, one farm policy.
The article implicated the Johannesburg based entrepreneur,
but outright named the country's former first lady Grace Mugabe as well as Zanu
PF member Justice Zvandasara.
In a response carried through multiple adverts in
Zimbabwean daily newspapers, Buyanga rejected the allegations, calling them
'malicious, baseless and defamatory'.
The millionaire property investor called for Matutu to
provide evidence to the graft claims, which involve the acquisition and sale of
residential stands.
'It comes as a surprise as Frank Buyanga Sadiqi and his
entities have invested not less than US$40 into Zimbabwe through the
traditional banking system and was himself instrumental in advising government
to set up an anti corruption team that seems to now be taking shape,' Buyanga's statement partly read.
Zimbabwe recently established an anti-graft body which has
blitzed through prominent government officials such as Tourism Minister Prisca
Mupfumira, who was reportedly fired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week.
Buyanga however, stated that he took 'great exception' to
the allegations and maintained he 'remained answerable to authorities about any
wrongdoing wherever evidence is presented'.
The war of words comes after reports that a Harare widow
Yvonne Mzilikazi was suing Buyanga, whom she accuses of selling her a stand he
allegedly fraudulently acquired.
Mzilikazi allegedly issued summons against the businessman
demanding a refund of the money she paid towards the stand. Sowetan
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