Former president Robert Mugabe’s son, Chatunga Bellarmine , was yesterday charged for disorderly conduct in a public place and possession of a dangerous weapon.
He was arrested yesterday morning at a security roadblock at Bubi, 80 kilometres north of Beitbridge.
He allegedly brandished a knife during a scuffle with a police officer.
Allegations against Mugabe are that he arrived at the roadblock at around 0600hrs being driven by a Chinese, but was impatient when police asked for vehicle documents.
Chatunga allegedly shouted at a policeman saying he was delaying him before allegedly manhandling an officer from which his disorderly conduct charges arose.
He is also accused of having brandished a specified Okapi, but was subdued and arrested by police who took him to Beitbridge Rural Police Station for further management.
He was remanded to September 16 on free bail after pleading not guilty to the offence.
Chatunga was represented by Forbes Muchihwande Sithole of Samp Mlaudzi and Partners when he appeared before Beitbridge magistrate Takudzwa Gwazemba.
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Chatunga is the second son of Mugabe.
Last year, Chatunga and his co-accused Tatenda Chinyiku were arrested for allegedly assaulting one Lazarus Pairemanzi and destroying his vehicle’s window panel.
The two allegedly assaulted Pairamanzi over improper driving.
In a rogue behaviour, the two damaged a window panel of the vehicle.
His brother Robert Mugabe Junior was arrested in February last year after allegedly damaging property worth US$12 000 in Harare.
An investigation by South African unit Amabhungane last year uncovered potential money laundering involving Chatunga, just before Mugabe’s ouster in a coup.
The investigation revealed a series of illegal Hawala payments made to Chatunga Mugabe through an unnamed individual connected to Ewan Macmillan of the Gold Mafia exposé.
Hawala payments are illegal methods used to settle bills across borders to evade regulations and surveillance,
It was alleged that in November 2017 when the late Mugabe was removed from power by the military and his former allies, including current President Emmerson Mnangagwa, two transactions worth R1 million were processed.
Before that, in October, there were five batches of R1 million transactions and two batches of R500 000 transactions.
