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Cephas Msipa's son to stand trial
14 Nov 2011 at 08:49hrs | Views
Cephas Mandlenkosi Msipa (Jnr), the son to former Midlands governor and Zanu-PF politburo member Cephas Msipa, will stand trial for trying to fraudulently acquire a piece of land in Harare's Borrowdale area.
Msipa Jnr, who for the past years has been embroiled in a struggle for control of Lot J of Borrowdale Estate (Crowhill), is set to appear in court on November 28 to answer to charges of fraud.
He was supposed to have appeared in court on November 7 but absconded and a warrant of arrest was issued against him.
A timely intervention by his defence team led to the cancellation of the warrant of arrest and a new trial date was set.
Msipa has since 2004 tried to evict beneficiaries of the land reform programme from Crowhill Farm claiming he legally owned it.
However, it is the State's case that Msipa unlawfully and with clear intent to defraud the State, misrepresented to one Joseph Munyanyi, an employee with the Ministry of Lands that he had a permit to acquire the estate.
Msipa Jnr, who for the past years has been embroiled in a struggle for control of Lot J of Borrowdale Estate (Crowhill), is set to appear in court on November 28 to answer to charges of fraud.
He was supposed to have appeared in court on November 7 but absconded and a warrant of arrest was issued against him.
Msipa has since 2004 tried to evict beneficiaries of the land reform programme from Crowhill Farm claiming he legally owned it.
However, it is the State's case that Msipa unlawfully and with clear intent to defraud the State, misrepresented to one Joseph Munyanyi, an employee with the Ministry of Lands that he had a permit to acquire the estate.
Source - Standard
