NewZimbabwe.com reports that Pardon Dziva, a public prosecutor has been sentenced to eight years in prison for demanding US$20 000 bribe from Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya’s gold smuggling case.
Dziva and his co-accused Alex Tombe were both found guilty of fraud.
Rushwaya was arrested in 2020 after she was caught trying to smuggle gold bars weighing 6kgs to Dubai.
According to the prosecution, Helliate Rushwaya a sister to Henrietta tipped the Zimbabwe Republic Police Anti-Corruption Unit (ZACC) after being told that Dziva was demanding a US$20 000 bribe.
“It is the State’s case that on the 15th of November 2023, the first accused person demanded USD20 000 from Wellington Takavarasha to facilitate a lighter sentence for Henrietta Rushwaya who had been convicted of smuggling by a Harare High Court Judge”.
Helliate reported the matter to the police who set a trap for the accused person.
