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Kasukuwere's brother jailed
31 May 2018 at 08:43hrs | Views
Former ZANU PF National Commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere's brother Dickson Mafios has been sentenced to effective 11 months in prison.
Mafios's sentencing has an option of a $300 fine for border "jumping" in contravention of the Immigration Act.
However, the other five months were suspended on condition that he does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.
Mafios is former Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson and was a key member of the G40 faction.
He pleaded guilty when he appeared before Bindura magistrate, Mrs Vongai Guwuriro.
It is reported that in November 2017, Mafios exited Zimbabwe through Nyamapanda Border Post into Mozambique following Operation Restore Legacy. On November 25, 2017 Mafios flew from Mozambique to South Africa where he was supposed to stay for three months.
He returned to Zimbabwe after three months through Beitbridge Border Post before returning to South Africa through a place and date unknown to the State between February 20 and April 7, 2018.
On April 8, Mafios left South Africa and entered Zimbabwe through Beitbridge Border Post, where his passport was stamped by the country's Immigration Department.
On May 10, 2018, police detectives received a tip-off that Mafios had left Zimbabwe through an illegal point. He was questioned and failed to give satisfactory answers leading to his arrest.
Mafios's sentencing has an option of a $300 fine for border "jumping" in contravention of the Immigration Act.
However, the other five months were suspended on condition that he does not commit a similar offence in the next five years.
Mafios is former Zanu-PF Mashonaland Central provincial chairperson and was a key member of the G40 faction.
He pleaded guilty when he appeared before Bindura magistrate, Mrs Vongai Guwuriro.
It is reported that in November 2017, Mafios exited Zimbabwe through Nyamapanda Border Post into Mozambique following Operation Restore Legacy. On November 25, 2017 Mafios flew from Mozambique to South Africa where he was supposed to stay for three months.
He returned to Zimbabwe after three months through Beitbridge Border Post before returning to South Africa through a place and date unknown to the State between February 20 and April 7, 2018.
On April 8, Mafios left South Africa and entered Zimbabwe through Beitbridge Border Post, where his passport was stamped by the country's Immigration Department.
On May 10, 2018, police detectives received a tip-off that Mafios had left Zimbabwe through an illegal point. He was questioned and failed to give satisfactory answers leading to his arrest.
Source - Byo24News
