Warrant of arrest for Affirmative Action Group vice president

Affirmative Action Group vice president Elizabeth Nyathi, who is facing fraud charges involving more than US$300 000, was on Friday  issued with a warrant of arrest for defaulting court. Nyathi, who is the director of Mutare company, Laksem (Pvt) Ltd, was supposed to appear before regional magistrate Ms Fadzai Mthombeni to proffer her defence.
She did not turn up for her trial prompting prosecutor Mr Michael Reza to apply for a warrant of arrest.  
Mr Reza alleges that during the 2010 Harare Agricultural Show, Laksem officials went to Arda's stand and gathered that Arda was keen on having a sales agent in Mutare.
Since Nyathi was based in Mutare and operating The Pass Supperete Shop, she went to Arda's offices in Borrowdale on August 16 last year and solicited to sell their seed on their behalf, it is alleged.
The two parties entered into an agreement.
The terms and conditions of the agreement were that Nyathi would be supplied with seed that she would sell on behalf of Arda and remit the proceeds of sale within 14 days.
It is alleged that from August 22 to September 14 last year Nyathi collected 250 tonnes of seed, which she sold and did not remit any money to Arda.
Arda officials went to Mutare and only managed to recover 30 tonnes of seed valued at US$49 040.
The total value of maize seed taken by Nyathi is US$327 500