ecause they belonged to a top chef.
Senior police officers supervising the blitz confirmed to CAJ News that all hell almost broke loose when a crack team got a tip from members of the public and rushed to Tynawald suburb in Harare to impound 30 tonnes of cement stashed in a warehouse and also selling at a price above that stipulated by government.
But the mission turned sour when after about 30 minutes, the owner of the cement arrived. It was former Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Commander, Vitalis Zvinavashe.
“He didn’t have many words for us, he merely ordered us to leave,” one of the members of the crack unit revealed. “We notified our superiors at the office and they said we had no other option but to leave.
“The situation was quite tricky because the whistle-blowers were following up on events and wanted to see effective action being taken.”
Police spokesman, Oliver Mandipaka referred CAJ News to Senior Inspector Bothwell Mugariri, who is on of the supervisors of the blitz.
Mugariri said: “We left the cement because it was established all was in order and that is all I can say.”
Zvinavashe owns a constructions company and has also ventured in the selling of cement and bricks at his premises in Tynawald.
Sources said that cement at his firm was selling at $1,5 million per bag and government has said the controlled price is $150 000
per bag.
Now a senator, Zvinavashe is one of the most influential politicians, having spent more than a decade at the helm of the ZNA and benefiting from the ruling regime’s patronage system.
The number of business leaders and managers that have been arrested under the blitz on price increases is now close to 200 whilst serious shortages take root on the market-CAJ News.
Post published in: News