Zanu-PF MP sues diamond firm for $230,000

Mudzi South constituency legislator Jonathan Samkange is up in arms with diamond mining company Marange Resources Private Limited over the alleged use of his lorry.

Samkange claims the diamond mining company has been using his lorry since 2008 without paying for the services.

The legislator is claiming $230 000 which he alleges was the cost of his Toyota Dyna Truck which without his knowledge was taken to Marange Resources by one Robert Van De Merwe.

He alleges that Van De Merwe entered into a mining joint venture for diamonds with Marange Resources Private Limited.

The defendant allegedly verbally committed to reimburse Samkange the money for hiring his lorry, but has not paid him a single cent since the commitment, thereby unjustly enriching the company at the expense of the plaintiff.

However, Marange Resources through Advocate Farai Mutamangira dispute the claim saying they never employed Masimirembwa or Dube and that there was never a contract entered into by them and Van De Merwe.

The mining company also challenges how the plaintiff arrived at the figure of $230 000.