HIGH COURT QUASHES BUSINESSMAN’S CONVICTION

A Bulawayo High Court judge has quashed the conviction of a Binga businessman who was jailed for allegedly fishing in the Lake Kariba basin without a permit. Justice Nokuthula Moyo ruled that Binga magistrate Talent Phiri erred in ordering the four month incarceration of Taurai Marava. Phiri had also ordered the forfeiture of Marava’s two fishing rigs to the state and had ordered the