Patrick Badza (46), a senior programmes manager in the
President’s Office and his subordinate Simabarashe Chester Matsvimbo (39) were
arrested after the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) set up a trap.
They were not asked to plead when they appeared before
magistrate Estere Chivasa yesterday.
It is alleged that the duo demanded bribe from Kyle
Dongchuan Wang (29) the managing director of Live Touch mining company in
KweKwe so that they could facilitate the processing of temporary employment
permits applications for 33 Chinese nationals following the expansion of the
company into limestone mining.
It is alleged that between March and April 2021, Wang
submitted the application for the permits to the Immigration Department and the
applications were forwarded to the committee on foreign recruitment for
processing.
The committee made a site visit at the mine where the
operations officer Junior Zigora showed them around.
On May 14, Zigora
received a call from Badza who told him that he was from the
President’s Office and solicited for a
reward or consideration in order to make
favourable recommendations for the
permits of the Chinese nationals to be processed.
Zigora referred Badza to Wang and he again made the same
demand.
Wang reported the matter to Zacc on May 17, 2021 and the
commission decided to set up a trap for the two, leading to the duo’s arrest
the following day after receiving a US$3 500 bribe. Newsday
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