Tinashe Hove fatally stabbed Theophilus Musekiwa in a fight
over a girlfriend, named Lequina Chikato, in Durban, South Africa. He fled to
Zimbabwe but was arrested after being on the run for a week.
The Prosecutor-General of Zimbabwe, putting forward the
South African request after approval by the Zimbabwean Minister of Home Affairs
and Cultural Heritage, has now filed a motion at the Harare Magistrates Court
requesting for the extradition of Hove from Zimbabwe to South Africa, made in
terms of the provisions of the Extradition Act.
In her application for the extradition, the principal
public prosecutor Ms Farai Zachariah stated that the extradition of Hove to SA
does not run foul to the provisions of the Act and will not conflict with the
obligations of Zimbabwe under international and regional treaties.
She said there exists overwhelming evidence linking Hove to
the commission of the offence, citing that an eye witness one David Chikore who
saw him arguing with Musekiwa before the fatal stabbing.
