Magistrate blasts prosecutor for unprofessional behaviour

A HARARE magistrate yesterday blasted as unprofessional the conduct of the State anti-corruption special prosecutor in the case of Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (Potraz) director-general Gift Calisto Machengete after he failed to appear in court on four consecutive occasions.

Magistrate Hosea Mujaya was unimpressed by Thabani Mpofu, who failed to appear in court to lead the State case in which Machengete is accused of violating tender procedures.

Machengete, through his lawyers Selby Hwacha and Farayi Zuva, filed an application for exception of charges, challenging the facts of the State outline, which did not disclose an offence.

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