Vice President Kembo Mohadi and wife Tambudzani Mohadi
By Tendai Kamhungira
Vice President Kembo Mohadi’s estranged wife Tambudzani has pulled yet another stunt, after dragging the magistrate who dealt with her husband’s application for a protection order to the High Court, accusing the court official of bungling legal procedures.
Vice President Kembo Mohadi and wife Tambudzani Mohadi
In the latest application filed at the High Court on Monday, Tambudzani is now seeking an order reviewing the magistrate’s decision.
According to the application, the respondents are the magistrate only identified as Gwatidzo, the vice president, Irene Mohadi, Abigail Mohadi and Malcom Ambrose.
Mohadi and his wife Tambudzani are going through a divorce, in a case which started in September last year, when the vice president, who was then State Security minister, petitioned the High Court in Bulawayo seeking nullification of the couple’s divorce, claiming their marriage had irretrievably broken down.
But in August this year, Mohadi applied for the divorce matter to be transferred to Harare High Court where determination is still pending.
Since then, the two have been in and out of court, with different applications and, at one point, Mohadi approached the Civil Court seeking a protection order, which was granted in his favour.
Tambudzani, however, applied for a review of the court ruling, after which Mohadi filed another application for contempt of court against his wife. But Tambudzani, claims the contempt case was improperly handled.
“I make this application in terms of Section 27 (1) of the High Court Act (Chapter 7:06) on the basis of procedural irregularity in the proceedings,” Tambudzani said.
She said the application for contempt of court had been set down for hearing on September 29, 2018, before being postponed to October 2, 2018 by consent of the parties.
Tambudzani said on the hearing date, Mohadi was in default, leading to the dismissal of his application.
He later discovered the development, according to Tambudzani, and filed a fresh application of contempt of court.
She said the vice president later caused the application to be set down for hearing without seeking a rescission of judgment.
“On the date of hearing, my counsel of choice advocate Tawanda Zhuwarara objected to the procedure that had been adopted by the applicant.
“He raised a point that instead of approaching the court with a fresh application, the second respondent (Mohadi) was firstly supposed to seek rescission of an order that was granted in default.
“My legal practitioners also raised a point that the matter was lis pendens as there was an application for review pending in the High Court under case number HC 8128/18. All these points were dismissed as it appears.
“It is with this background that I have entreated to this court for review in terms of the High Court Act and the High Court Rules,” she said.
The respondents have not yet responded to the application.
Tambudzani has also filed other pending cases, which include a demand for $13 000 for maintenance every month pending the finalisation of the divorce case.
She has also sued Mohadi’s mistress Juliet Mutavhatsindi for $1,5 million for adultery damages. DailyNews
Then Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa shares a lighter moment with then Environment, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri (right) and Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Mr Justin Mupamhanga at the wedding of the Deputy Chief Secretary’s son Kudakwashe who tied the knot to Katie Murray at Palm Estate, Greystone Park in Harare – Picture by Kudakwashe Hunda
Deputy chief secretary to the president and Cabinet, Justin Mupamhanga, has been embroiled in a nasty farm wrangle in Bindura, following a boundary dispute which has spilled into the High Court.
Then Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa shares a lighter moment with then Environment, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri (right) and Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Mr Justin Mupamhanga at the wedding of the Deputy Chief Secretary’s son Kudakwashe who tied the knot to Katie Murray at Palm Estate, Greystone Park in Harare – Picture by Kudakwashe Hunda
According to the court application, Soul Gomwe is the applicant, while Mupamhanga and Lands minister Perrance Shiri are cited as respondents.
Gomwe told the court that in 2002, he was allocated Subdivision 3 and 4 of Argyle Park Farm in Bindura by the Lands minister.
“The respondent (Mupamhanga) and I have been involved in a boundary dispute which dates back to 2003. That dispute remains unresolved up to date. Since 2003, the first respondent has made numerous illegal attempts to illegally appropriate 40 hectares of my piece of land and a farm house, which attempts I have been resisting since 2003,” Gomwe said.
He said he had written letters to the relevant authorities seeking remedies against Mupamhanga.
“The first respondent showed his determination to annex the aforesaid 40 hectares of land which constitute 20 hectares of arable land by clandestinely obtaining a purported 99-year lease from the office of the second respondent (Lands minister) through fraudulent means.
“The purported 99-year lease has a map which purportedly extends the boundaries of his farm Tomy Farm. The aforesaid 99-year lease has effect of consolidating my farm with the first respondent’s farm,” Gomwe told the court.
He accused Mupamhanga and the Lands minister of unilaterally changing his farm’s boundaries, without affording him an opportunity to make any representations.
“I submit with due respect that the decision to change the boundaries of our respective farms has the effect of adversely affecting my rights, as such, it was irregular and illegal for the second respondent to alter the boundaries without affording the applicant an opportunity to be heard,” he said.
He said that it is also government policy that no 99-year lease is issued to anyone in the event that there is a pending dispute over a particular farm, adding that Mupamhanga had misrepresented that there was no dispute pertaining to the land in question.
He said Mupamhanga had approached the court in 2013, seeking to evict him from the 40 hectares. He however, said the application was dismissed on the basis that it was not proper for Mupamhanga to evict him using a map that was obtained through unprocedural means.
Gomwe said he later filed a complaint to the Zimbabwe Land Commission in October last year, forcing Mupamhanga to file another application seeking to evict him.
The Zimbabwe Land Commission ruled in Gomwe’s favour, and Mupamhanga appealed to the Lands ministry and the hearing is still pending.
He however, said Mupamhanga has started erecting a fence which cuts across his field. He said Mupamhanga has resorted to use of “violence and intimidation” in trying to wrestle the piece of land.
Gomwe is now seeking an interdict, barring Mupamhanga from annexing his farm by erecting a fence before the finalisation of the appeal and that the government official be ordered not to use any threats of violence against him.
Mupamhanga has not yet responded to the application. DailyNews
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya presents his Monetary Policy Statement, while Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube and Permanent Secretary George Tongesayi Guvamatanga look on at the RBZ in Harare. —(Picture by Tawanda Mudimu)
Government is owed over $4,5 billion by tax evaders, Finance ministry secretary George Guvamatanga has said.
Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor John Mangudya presents his Monetary Policy Statement, while Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube and Permanent Secretary George Tongesayi Guvamatanga look on at the RBZ in Harare. —(Picture by Tawanda Mudimu)
Presenting the 2018 expenditures and 2019 budget priorities before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Finance on Monday, Guvamatanga expressed concern over tax dodging.
“It is important to note that we have a compliance issue, chairman. As of today, government is actually owed over $4,5 billion in unpaid taxes.
“The composition of these taxes …is of significant concern to treasury. They are made up of Value Added Tax (Vat), Payee and income tax,” he said.
“In other countries…. you collect Vat and income tax as an agent of the government and the expectation is that within a specified number of days after collection, you hand it over, and when you don’t, it’s theft or fraud,” he said. DailyNews
Nelson Chamisa seen here with his wife (left) and Dumiso Dabengwa (right) in Harare
By Jeffrey Muvundusi
The Dumiso Dabengwa-led Zapu has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of pulling a publicity stunt by bringing to Bulawayo the commission of inquiry hearing into the post-election violence that led to the death of at least six civilians in Harare on August 1.
Nelson Chamisa seen here with his wife (left) and Dumiso Dabengwa (right) in Harare
The inquiry was, however, characterised by violence which saw about four activists from Mthwakazi Republic Party being arrested as riot police had to be called to quell the violent clashes.
The seven-member committee, led by former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe was in the second largest city after holding their maiden hearing in the capital.
Mnangagwa appointed the commission to investigate the disturbances that led to the killing of six Zimbabweans by the Zimbabwe National Army.
“Zapu notes with utter disgust the public relations stunt that Mnangagwa is trying to pull concerning the killings of protesters by the State on August 1 in Harare,” Zapu spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa said.
“The public relations stunt, disguised as a commission of inquiry has, however, backfired on Mnangagwa as he sent his highly questionable group of seven public relations mercenaries to Bulawayo to enquire about killings he himself ordered as according to the Zimbabwean Constitution,” he said.
Maphosa said the trip by the commission to Bulawayo was purely a waste of time and resources.
“The country certainly did not need to waste scarce resources on a commission of inquiry into a criminal act, but we, of course, have a question of image and legitimacy to address and Mnangagwa has sadly taken this as opportunity to clean himself before the international community,” he said.
Zapu questioned Mnangagwa’s authority regarding his control over the army.
“The Constitution clearly mandates only the president, who is the commander-in-chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, to deploy the military for any purpose. Zapu is, however, left wondering as to whether or not Mnangagwa is in charge.
“The mere fact that he constitutes a commission of enquiry into actions and functions of his office points to a house on fire in as much as the Zimbabwean government is concerned,” he said. DailyNews
Police in Hwange have shut down a popular hub of commercial sex work and crime in the coal mining town much to the delight of residents who have welcomed the move as they had on numerous occasions complained against its existence.
File picture of a commercial sex worker
Popularly known as Truck Stop and located about three kilometres just outside the Hwange central business district along the Victoria Falls road, the commercial sex hub had for years turned into a mini Sodom and Gomorrah as sex workers, vendors and criminals cashed in on the area where hordes of haulage trucks used to park.
The zone that had been turned into a busy “shanty town” would see trucks waiting for their turn to load coal and other mine products, spending days at the area.
A mini night club which had been thriving at the area has since been closed after police raided the area.
Furthermore, the shacks that had been erected were all destroyed, completely making the place a no-go area.
The site was reportedly first used to raise funds for Hwange Colliery Mine Kamandana disaster widows where truck drivers would pay to park but later on, the idea just died a natural death before the area discovered its own new life.
In a sudden turn of events, Southern News understands that the truck drivers have been ordered to park their haulage vehicles at the respective mines they will be intending to receive their loads.
Hwange Local Board town secretary Ndumiso Mdlalose confirmed the development.
“I have not been actually involved in it but I heard that the site has been closed,” he said.
“I know the site had been condemned for several reasons, the planning itself was ill-advised because there was a lot of crime and serious prostitution which was taking place there which saw mostly girls going to camp there. There was serious moral degradation,” Mdlalose said as he hailed the move.
Matabeleland North police spokesperson chief inspector Siphiwe Makonese was, however, not reachable for comment but Hwange Residents Association chairperson Fidelis Chima also confirmed the development, which he said was most welcome.
“We made lots of noise because we had seen that lots of murder cases that are linked to Truck Stop had been happening unabated. Talk of prostitution; it had reached alarming levels. This was now a haven of all social ills you can think of,” Chima said.
A number of people have been found dead on a railway line nearby and allegations are that the attackers were inhabitants of Truck Stop.
On numerous occasions, police have recovered an assortment of stolen property at the site, signalling how the place had turned into a hide-out for thieves and other criminals. DailyNews
Nelson Chamisa had ordered Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami to step down and pave way for the party’s preferred candidate Mlandu Ncube.
Nelson Chamisa
In a letter to Kambarami dated October 29, the MDC instructed the dreadlocked deputy mayor to step down from his position within seven days.
“Failure to comply within the stipulated period shall result in your expulsion from the party and also recalling from the council,” the letter read.
MDC Bulawayo deputy spokesperson Edwin Ndlovu confirmed the development. He said the party has asked Kambarami to resign as the city’s deputy mayor in line with the
party’s resolution that Ncube takes up the role.
“The party held interviews with prospective candidates and chose Solomon Mguni as mayor and Mlandu Ncube as deputy mayor therefore the party still stands by that decision which was later endorsed by the national council,” he said.
Chamisa has previously axed mayors in Victoria Falls, Chitungwiza and Masvingo.DailyNews
The 2018 harmonised elections were marred by massive intimidation, isolation and violence in rural communities, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJPZ) has reported.
In a statement yesterday, CCJPZ said the July election narrative was centred on fear which was motivated by promises of a return of 2008 political violence, denying political opponents humanitarian aid and everything else they need for a livelihood.
CCJPZ added that some rural folks succumbed to threats of evictions from their land.
The report noted that this has been the common and normalised political life in most Zimbabwean rural communities for the last decade during the election era.
“This narrative is intriguing in that the intimidation, isolation and violence strategy has been similar and implemented almost at the same time across Zimbabwe.
“This points to a centre or cartel where the concoction of political and electoral intimidation, isolation and violence is brewed and delivered throughout the electoral cycle by complementary structures, institutions and individuals that are rewarded through a well-resourced patronage system,” CCJPZ reported.
Zanu PF was this year accused of creating a hostile and threatening environment in the rural areas ahead of the July 30 harmonised elections. DailyNews
File picture of vendors on the street in Zimbabwe (Picture by Kudakwashe Hunda)
By Helen Kadirire
The Harare City Council (HCC) is failing to fully accommodate all the vendors at sites designated for them. As such, some of the vendors who could have been allocated space at district markets cannot find space as the city centre is now swamped.
File picture of vendors on the street in Zimbabwe (Picture by Kudakwashe Hunda)
According to minutes of HCC’s informal sector committee, a total of 1 672 vendors were registered at the Coventry Road holding bay, against a capacity of 500, while about 1 150 vendors were registered at Seke/Dieppe Road.
“The total number of registered vendors for both market sites was 2 275. The demand for trading space for both sites had outstripped supply of the trading space by council,” reads part of the minutes.
“However, arrangements had been made to relocate any excess vendors to the National Sports Stadium (NSS) market sites and to district markets. Some of the vendors had already been absorbed into private properties in the central business district”.
The minutes also noted that permanent market structures would be constructed by CBZ Holdings through a Built Operate Transfer arrangement with the city.
Informal sector committee chairperson Anthony Shingadeya said the construction of market infrastructure at the holding bay and NSS sites would be done by council.
He said 36 of the 38 tents needed at the sites had been bought and the contractor has been instructed to erect them.
Together with the Zimbabwe Republic Police, council has been conducting a blitz against vendors in central Harare following the cholera outbreak which has so far claimed the lives of more than 45 people. DailyNews
A number of product lines that have become household names in Zimbabwe are being smuggled out of the country, thereby depriving the fiscus of millions of United States dollars.
Denford Mutashu
The Daily News can reveal that a number of popular brands manufactured in Zimbabwe are finding their way into countries such as Zambia and Malawi, through illegal means.
Manufacturers of some of the products revealed that while they were battling to meet local demand, they have been alerted to incidents whereby dealers were emptying supermarkets shelves and smuggling these out of the country.
Industry and Commerce minister Mangaliso Ndlovu confirmed the development, saying panic buying and the up-surge in parallel market rates have resulted in the hoarding of basic commodities manufactured locally, adding that these were being smuggled out of the country.
“They (smugglers) take advantage of the parallel markets rates when the US dollar gained massive value over the bond,” said Ndlovu, warning that smuggling poses a significant threat to the country’s economy as these culprits were evading payment of clearance fees.
“This is now a police matter, these people hoard basic commodities from retailers and smuggle them out of the country,” said Ndlovu.
Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers president, Denford Mutashu, said while they welcome exports into the region and beyond to reduce trade imbalances, it was regrettable that some of the goods were getting out of the country through nefarious smuggling rings.
The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) said it is now on high alert to deal with any form of smuggling.
“Members of the public are called upon to report cases of smuggling to the nearest Zimra office and the appropriate response will be taken,” said Zimra’s head of corporate communication, Francis Chimanda. DailyNews
President Emmerson Mnangagwa consoles Mr Kudakwashe Tagwirei while flanked by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga before the burial of the businessman's father, Sekuru Phineas Tagwirei, in Shurugwi in 2018. - (Picture by John Manzongo)
By Gift Phiri
Businessman Kuda Tagwirei, has triggered off fresh fissures within Zanu PF and government, with the Sakunda Holdings founder wittingly or unwittingly driving a wedge between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some of his allies over the tycoon’s unsettling influence.
President Mnangagwa consoles Mr Kudakwashe Tagwirei while flanked by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga before the burial of the businessman’s father, Sekuru Phineas Tagwirei, in Shurugwi yesterday. – (Picture by John Manzongo)
Barely a year after a soft coup that ousted Robert Mugabe, Mnangagwa’s administration is facing a huge crisis caused by an imploding economy.
The meltdown has led to finger-pointing, with Tagwirei coming under scrutiny for his octopus-like grip on the fuel industry, hit by serious shortages of petrol and diesel.
One of Zimbabwe’s richest men, Tagwirei is accused of monopolising fuel infrastructure, and flaunting his wealth to influence government to make decisions in his favour.
He is reported to have amassed excessive influence over the three arms of the State, with critics claiming his actions — real or perceived — amounted to State capture.
Tagwirei has openly financed Command Agriculture ahead of the July 30 elections, a programme the opposition alleges was designed to pursue a narrow electoral agenda, specifically securing a Zanu PF victory in the harmonised elections.
He has declined to speak to the Press about these allegations.
Despite his fabulous wealth and power, he now seems to have fallen afoul with Mnangagwa, and is facing unrelenting persecution, with his business being hammered endlessly.
A Communications Taskforce appointed by Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and headed by Acie Lumumba made shocking allegations last week, claiming “Queen Bee” — widely viewed as Tagwirei — was part of a syndicate fuelling the foreign currency black market by supplying street dealers with bond notes and corrupt allocations of foreign currency from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ).
Sakunda boss Kuda Tagwirei
Grey-haired and tall, with piercing eyes and a quiet, hushed voice, the Sakunda boss was then lynched by Mnangagwa’s special advisor Christopher Mutsvangwa, who brazenly accused him of “dividing the presidium”.
Mutsvangwa alleged there was a powerful political hand helping Tagwirei to jump the foreign currency allocation queue at the RBZ and called for his monopoly in the fuel industry to be crushed.
The former War Veterans minister seemed to suggest that Mnangagwa and his powerful deputy, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga were not seeing eye-to-eye on the Tagwirei issue.
But Mnangagwa’s spokesperson — George Charamba — rejected the claims yesterday, saying: “We will tell you when we are divided.”
Asked if there is still unity in the presidium, Charamba retorted: “To answer that question means there is a problem.”
“Not a single day passes without a conversation between Chiwenga and Mnangagwa and, as a matter of fact, the same person who is accused of dividing the presidium is the very person who is providing vehicles?” he asked rhetorically, referring to the allegations that Tagwirei had purchased top-of-the-range vehicles for the presidium and their spouses, service chiefs as well as other top Zanu PF and government officials.
In a wide-ranging interview with the Daily News, Charamba said claims that an oligarchy has captured the presidium, with Tagwirei’s influence said to be extending right up to the RBZ, were not true.
“This is just an allegation and we will treat it as such and nothing else. At the heart of it all is just a simple commercial issue which doesn’t need so much political bicker. What it needs is capital, business acumen and business decisions —finish. The presidency speaks for itself — it doesn’t need an interlocutor body,” he said referring to Mutsvangwa.
Charamba also dispelled claims that Mutsvangwa was Mnangagwa’s hired gun.
He said: “Really, I don’t know. You know what, to be frank with you, no one in the presidency is concerned about that allegation, whether hired or shooting on his own — who cares? The country goes on, and as you can see, at the height of the allegations, solutions are being made, which is what matters; and solutions which are all encompassing, including the persons making the allegations; they also go to the same oil companies to refuel.”
Charamba said Tagwirei must actually be commended for ending fuel shortages, referring to the move by Sakunda to give government 100 million litres of fuel this week, which will only be repaid after 12 months.
He said a monopoly cannot be ended by “bickering but by organising and importing”.
Asked about Sakunda taking over the Feruka pipeline, Charamba retorted: “No, the pipeline you rent to use it. It’s not like it is always pumping 24 hours.
“The way to stop a monopoly is to make sure you get in as a player. There is no law, there is no convention, there is not even an economic principle that stops anyone from getting into the fuel sector,” he told the Daily News.
He declined to comment further on the allegations.
Tagwirei — whose father’s death earlier this year halted government business as virtually all ministers abandoned their workstations to attend his burial — was recently interviewed by the police, although it is not clear whether the police team unearthed evidence of illegality or if the questions were simply exploratory in nature.
Police also wanted to search his home but he reportedly left for Wedza for Chiwenga’s rural home, where he was recuperating far from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Government insiders alleged Mutsvangwa was hammering Tagwirei because he was keen to replace dominance of Sakunda with MOGS Oil & Gas Services — a Johannesburg-based fuels company which owns and operates pipelines, fuel storage facilities and other oil and gas infrastructure across Africa and further afield.
Mutsvangwa, who has been vocal about breaking Sakunda’s monopoly in the fuel industry, was said to be MOGS’ front, and reportedly approached Mnangagwa with a proposal to have the pan-African leader in the oil and gas midstream infrastructure sector to build a second fuel pipeline from Feruka.
He was said to be in partnership on the MOGS deal with former senior MDC official Eddie Cross.
The Daily News heard that towards elections, Mutsvangwa reportedly told Mnangagwa that he had been working with Cross on the MOGS deal since the coup and that Cross will no longer root for opposition leader Nelson Chamisa in the elections.
Cross has since exited the MDC Alliance after pouring scorn on the party.
Reached for comment, Cross said “there is a measure of truth” in the claims.
He said he has been involved in talks to have MOGS build a second pipeline since the days of the government of national unity (GNU), a project he said was mooted by then Energy minister Elton Mangoma.
“During the GNU, I was asked by Mangoma to find a company which could build a new pipeline from Beira to Harare to supply regional states from regional fuel pool in Harare, centred in Mabvuku, where we have a large fuel storage facility that can take 400 000 cubic metres of fuel,” Cross told the Daily News.
He said he embarked on a programme to find a suitable partner and opened talks with MOGS.
Cross said the deal was put on ice after the dissolution of the GNU.
Then after the coup, Cross said he was asked by Mnangagwa as part of his 100-day plan to revive the deal with MOGS.
He said a deal was reached on December 13, 2017 with MOGS.
Cross said at the end of January, the deal was put to Cabinet but was blocked by “senior elements”.
“The reason given was that the pipeline was a strategic asset and (a) private company can’t own shares,” Cross said.
Mutsvangwa rubbished the allegations made against him yesterday.
“I have completely nothing to do with this except promoting those who want to invest. Ask (the) permanent secretary in the ministry of Defence. This company MOGS has been here since 1994. All companies come to my office. It’s one of many; there are 15 other companies that are interested,” Mutsvangwa told the Daily News.
Asked if he was in a partnership with Cross, Mutsvangwa said: “It’s nonsense.”
Asked if Cross was a front for MOGS, Mutsvangwa said: “I don’t know, I can’t speak for other people. I can only speak about companies that come to my office. Why don’t you speak to Eddie, I can’t speak about Eddie’s business.”
The Daily News can exclusively reveal that Mnangagwa met with Errol Gregor, the chief executive officer of MOGS, on Monday to tie up the deal to start work on the second pipeline, with the project said to be worth $800 million.
The meeting was also attended by Joram Gumbo, the minister of Energy.
This has heightened tensions with Sakunda.
Recently, Gumbo clarified that Tagwirei’s Sakunda, through Trafigura, does not hold the sole and exclusive right to transport all petroleum products imported into Zimbabwe through the pipeline.
He also denied claims that Sakunda now controls the pump station at Feruka, the pipeline and ancillary assets from Feruka to Msasa, the pump station at Wilton near Marondera as well as the tank farm at Msasa.
“It’s a pipeline that is owned by a JV, a joint venture company, between the government of Zimbabwe and Mozambique CPMZ (Companhia Do Pipeline Mozambique). There is no problem about bringing in fuel into the country,” he said.
The 208-km long Harare-Feruka pipeline was owned and operated by Petrozim Line (Private) Limited — owned by National Oil Infrastructure of Zimbabwe (NOIC) and Lonmin, 50 percent each.
Lonmin Plc assumed the Lonrho shareholding.
In June this year, the South Africa-registered platinum group metals producer Lonmin announced it was disposing its 50 percent stake in Zimbabwe’s Petrozim for $14,8 million.
Lonmin — listed on both the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges — announced it was part of strategies to focus on core business.
“Lonmin … has … entered into a conditional sale of shares agreement to sell its 50 percent interest in Petrozim for a gross cash consideration of USD14 750 000 to
the National Oil Infrastructure Company of Zimbabwe (Private) Limited,” the mining group said in a cautionary.
Subsequent to the disposal, Sakunda, through Trafigura, had reportedly rented the pipeline that has the capacity to deliver six million litres of fuel per day from Feruka to bonded warehouses in Msasa, Harare.
The pipeline delivers around 80 percent of the petrol and diesel requirements for the country. DailyNews
