Chiredzi land developer up for fraud

DIRECTORS of a local land developing company have been taken to court for allegedly defrauding Chiredzi Town Council and Chiredzi Rural Council of 1 700 stands and US$ 1 200 000.  

The accused, Andrew Chegutu and Godknows Nelson Mandaza, both directors at Full Life Open Arms Africa (Private) Limited, on Friday appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje who granted them US$300 bail each and remanded the matter to August 14.

According to State prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti, sometime in 2015 the Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Fisheries offered Chiredzi Town Council 750 hectares of the remainder of Buffalo Range to  develop residential stands for the local community.

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