Afaras Gwaradzimba

Former workers at Shabanie Mashaba Mines in Zvishavane are accusing the company of being unfair to them after they were made to pay high amounts of money for houses in high density areas while management allegedly paid less for houses in…
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SMM Holdings administrator Afaras Gwaradzimba allegedly sold land under the company’s mining leases, with the land set to be converted into residential stands.
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Employees of SMM Holdings, the parent company of Shabani and Gaths asbestos mines have made an application to Government seeking the removal of administrator Mr Afaras Gwaradzimba whom they claim continues to hold the office illegally.
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"What is puzzling in this bizarre theft of shares is that in terms of s23(1)(a) of the Reconstruction Act, only a reconstructed company can issue shares to third parties like Nickdale but the law has no provision for a company under…
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HARARE - The Shabanie and Mashaba Mines (SMM) saga has taken a new twist after Cleopas Sanangura, a former finance manager of Southern Asbestos Sales (Private) Limited (Sas), wrote a letter of complaint claiming a court order sealing the…
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For the second time in my life since 2000, I am about to experience another nasty bout of State-sponsored private property plunder under some nefarious law purportedly meant to ‘empower’ me – the black Zimbabwean. It comes with devastating…
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HARARE - Businessman Mutumwa Mawere has accused Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa of subjecting him to “commercial violence” through the actions taken in wresting control of his business empire.
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If SMM was, indeed, state indebted, why was there a need to introduce new draconian legislation to protect a genuine creditor? If Mawere used state guarantees to acquire SMM, then why was it necessary for the same state to use a nominee…
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Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court on Monday reserved judgment in the appeal by SMM Holdings owner Mutumwa Mawere against a decision by the High Court upholding the seizure of his assets by Mugabe’s regime in 2004. The court wants to rule on…
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