Zanu PF member Shadreck Mashayamombe and City of Harare deputy mayor Rosemary Muronda, who are facing fraud charges involving a botched US$100 000 land deal, were yesterday released on US$500 bail each by Harare magistrate Jessie Kufa.
Mashayamombe is represented by Devoted Nyagano and Felistas Mwaonandini, while Muronda is represented by Barnabas Kazembe.
The State, represented by Oscar Madhume, told the court that it was consenting to bail, saying the complainant in the matter intends to withdraw the case.
As part of their bail conditions, the accused were ordered to surrender their passports to the clerk of court, not to interfere with witnesses, to reside at their given addresses, and to report once every fortnight at the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission offices on Fridays.
Magistrate Kufa remanded the matter to February 24 for a possible withdrawal of the case.
The complainant is Mavis Java, a farmer and director of Maja Logistics, a company that specialises in construction and property development.
According to the State, during the period extending from April to June 2025, the accused persons approached the complainant and misrepresented that they were in a position to facilitate the allocation and sale of commercial stands in Newlands, namely stand numbers 41770, 41771, 41772, and the remainder of Stand 41567, located at the corner of ED Mnangagwa Road and Churchill Avenue, Harare. The alleged facilitation was to be done through companies associated with the accused and through persons linked to the City of Harare.
The accused persons allegedly further misrepresented that the stands would be allocated through their companies—Aspire Elite Incorporated (Private) Limited, Diexodus Marketing (Private) Limited, Gemdale Investments (Private) Limited, and Clean Burn Energy (Private) Limited—and that, upon allocation, the stands would be transferred to the complainant.
It is alleged that as a result of these misrepresentations, the complainant engaged her legal practitioner, Tawanda Maguwudze of Chasi and Maguwudze Law Firm, to ensure that any payments were made transparently and in his presence.
The State alleges that on June 27, 2025, the complainant proceeded to her legal practitioner’s offices together with Danai Mawire, Mashayamombe and Muronda, where the accused demanded US$300 000 each as consideration for the allocation of the stands.
It was allegedly agreed that US$50 000 would be paid to each accused person as a deposit, with the balance to be paid after the issuance of lease agreements.
On the same date, it is alleged that the legal practitioner disbursed US$50 000 to each accused person at his offices. All recipients signed acknowledgements of receipt and surrendered copies of their company documents, except for Gemdale Investments (Private) Limited, whose documents were not submitted.
The complainant was informed that the companies associated with the stands were allocated as follows: Gemdale Investments (Private) Limited to Rosemary Muronda, and Clean Burn Energy (Private) Limited to Shadreck Mashayamombe.
It is further alleged that on December 15, 2025, despite having paid the money, the complainant discovered that the same stands had been allocated by council to Logara Properties, a company not owned by her.
The State alleges that the accused persons sold the stands while knowing that they were not the rightful owners, as the properties were still council-owned.
The total prejudice allegedly suffered by the complainant as a result of the accused persons’ actions is US$100 000.
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