A HARARE man yesterday appeared in court on allegations of burning Zanu PF offices at Machipisa Shopping Centre in Highfield, where property worth thousands of dollars was destroyed in the inferno.
PHILLIP CHIDAVAENZI
Collin Chisunga (40) appeared before magistrate Elijah Makomo charged with two counts of aggravated malicious damage to property.
He was remanded in custody to October 16 and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court.
Prosecutor Sharon Mashavira told the court that on September 28, Chisunga and his accomplices who are still at large went to Zanu PF Machipisa offices where they set the place ablaze.
The fire destroyed several items including 20 wooden benches, two tables, textbooks, novels, several mobile phones, cell phone accessories and a gas cooker. The walls of the building and the corrugated iron roofing sheets collapsed in the fire.
Mashavira alleged that the fire spread to Grocery World Supermarket which was adjacent to the offices destroying various food stuffs including cartons of cooking oil and sugar, fridges, clothes and books among other goods. The actual value of the destroyed goods is yet to be established.
Chisunga was arrested in a bar at Mastones shopping Centre in Highfield after he was allegedly heard shouting: “We came all the way from South Africa. You can’t do anything to us. We have already dealt with Zanu PF office Machipisa.”
