Chimene’s daughter rendered homeless

FORMER Manicaland Provincial Affairs minister Mandiitawepi Chimene’s daughter Ellen Zimondi is now “homeless” after the government allegedly dispossessed her of a fraudulently owned plot in Mutare.

This was revealed before a Mutare magistrate on Monday during the trial of Zimondi, who is facing charges of impersonating Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri to fraudulently acquire farmland which she later sold to unsuspecting would-be farmers.

Investigating officer, Brighton Mukwate told the court that there were fears that Zimondi might escape to Mozambique where her mother is reportedly holed up.

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