The suspect Anne Matseketu, 62, was not asked to plead when
she appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi.
The court heard that in July 2015 and at Prophetic Healing
and Deliverance Ministries in Waterfalls, Matseketu misrepresented facts to the
complainant Brand Chaipa that she owned stand number 7023 measuring 400 square
meters situated in Westlea behind the National Sports Stadium which she was
selling for US$20 000.
She reportedly produced a map and showed Chaipa the area
and the stands and acting on the misrepresentation, he paid US$1020 towards the
purchase of the stand and she handed him a receipt in the name of Amazing
Housing Co-operative.
Chaipa reportedly questioned why the receipt was in the
name of the co-operative as he hadn’t joined the co-operative but Matseketu
told him not to worry about that as he was not going to be part of the
co-operative.
The two reportedly met again on September 12 2015 and
Chaipa paid US$1000 but no receipt was issued and on the same way they went to
see the alleged stand and she permitted him to commence development but when he
was about to start development the next year, he was approached by the community
and was advised that there were no residential stands in that area, instead the
land was a dumpsite.
He was further advised that EMA was looking for Matseketu
because she was allocating stands on land that was not suitable for residential
purposes and that was when Chaipa discovered that he had been duped.
Matseketu was remanded to appear in court on June 17. Lancelot
Mutsokoti appeared for the State. H Metro
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