‘Wicknell Pledged To Supply Mercenaries With Weapons’ – Report

CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo promised to help Simon Mann hijack a plane that was supposed to extradite the convicted mercenary to Equatorial Guinea by supplying a gun. Mann makes the allegation and several others in the book “Cry Havoc”. Mann, who was arrested in Harare in March 2009 while enroute to Equatorial Guinea where he had plans to overthrow President Obiang Nguema’s government, claims that Chivayo also boasted of having access to an assortment of…

Read More

Court Told That ‘Godfather’ Robert Martin Gumbura Employed Two Personal Guards And A Secretary In Jail

Court Told That ‘Godfather’ Robert Martin Gumbura  Employed Two Personal Guards And A Secretary In Jail

A YEAR after he was jailed 40 years for rape, disgraced cleric Robert Martin Gumbura employed two body guards and a secretary in prison, a Harare court heard Friday. Testifying against Chikurubi inmates accused of inciting a food riot early this year, chief state witness Claudius Mutizwa also told court that Gumbura owned a large “base” in B Hall cell where other inmates would be “piled on top of each other” for lack of space….

Read More

Harare Magistrate Hears That HIV-Positive Convicts Are Supplied With Expired Drugs

Harare Magistrate Hears That HIV-Positive Convicts Are Supplied With Expired Drugs

A HARARE magistrate’s court this week heard that HIV-positive convicts at the country’s maximum security prison are being supplied with expired drugs while prison officers also brag about sleeping their wives. This was revealed by Martin Gumbura’s co-accused in the attempted Chikurubi prison break case. In his defence outline, Blessing Chiduke said the situation at Chikurubi was dire as they were being supplied with sadza and a mixture of “expired Royco” soup and water. Chiduke…

Read More