They appeared before Harare magistrate, Marewanazvo Gofa who remanded them in custody awaiting the finalisation of their bail hearing.
Zhungu and Mutenhabundo are also employed by the City of Harare as Principal Accountant and Engineering Technician respectively. Still, during the material time, they were members of the tender evaluation committee which adjudicated on tender number COH/DOW/S.5/2024 for the refurbishment of streetlights on various roads within Harare.
On 29 January 2024, PRAZ granted a few specific exemptions to facilitate the expeditious completion of various key projects in time for the Summit. On 19 April 2024, an Evaluation Committee which included all his accomplices sat and awarded Syvern Investments, Exodus and Company, Ship Tracks and Onel Engineering the tender to rehabilitate eight of the 10 lots.Juluka Enndo Joint Venture, a company in which controversial businessman Moses Mpofu has a majority shareholding, was disqualified after failing to meet the tender requirements.
"Further, the accused awarded the tender to Juluka Ennd Joint Venture whose owners also own Synlak Ltd, a company which had in 2019 been awarded a tender for a biogas digester and had failed to deliver.