Opinion / Columnist
Grace Mugabe must be arrested and tried for externalization
11 Jan 2017 at 19:30hrs | Views
As the diamond ring saga continues, it is at this juncture that ZAPU exposes Grace Mugabe for what she really is, a fraudster and not a victim.
It is important to note that Grace Mugabe does not deny buying the $1.4 million ring, or even engaging in a deal worth $1.4 million. What interests us is the criminal act of foreign currency externalization of such a huge amount on a purely personal luxurious item by a public figure in country grappling with economic and social problems.
As already alluded to, the amount could cover a number of problems our society is faced with, considering that the Finance Minister allocated some departments a similar or even less than the amount Grace Mugabe blew to waste in a purported diamond deal.
Departments in ministries such as Social Services, Energy, Education and Health which are more deserving got allocations amounting to $1.4 million, with some getting less than that. This shows just how much $1.4 million is worth in a life of an ordinary Zimbabwean.
We strongly believe Grace Mugabe is lying and making up the fraud case to cover her footprints in a criminal act of externalizing foreign currency.
We totally agree with her that this was a case of fraud, but she is the perpetrator of the fraud and Zimbabwe's poor citizens are the victims. We wonder just how long she has been in this game of hers, and we wonder how much foreign currency she has externalized using this method.
A full investigation must be conducted and she must be arrested and tried for foreign currency externalization.
It is important to note that Grace Mugabe does not deny buying the $1.4 million ring, or even engaging in a deal worth $1.4 million. What interests us is the criminal act of foreign currency externalization of such a huge amount on a purely personal luxurious item by a public figure in country grappling with economic and social problems.
As already alluded to, the amount could cover a number of problems our society is faced with, considering that the Finance Minister allocated some departments a similar or even less than the amount Grace Mugabe blew to waste in a purported diamond deal.
Departments in ministries such as Social Services, Energy, Education and Health which are more deserving got allocations amounting to $1.4 million, with some getting less than that. This shows just how much $1.4 million is worth in a life of an ordinary Zimbabwean.
We strongly believe Grace Mugabe is lying and making up the fraud case to cover her footprints in a criminal act of externalizing foreign currency.
We totally agree with her that this was a case of fraud, but she is the perpetrator of the fraud and Zimbabwe's poor citizens are the victims. We wonder just how long she has been in this game of hers, and we wonder how much foreign currency she has externalized using this method.
A full investigation must be conducted and she must be arrested and tried for foreign currency externalization.
Source - Iphithule kaMaphosa
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