The wrangle between banker Patterson Timba and businessman Jameson Rushwaya over ownership of Tolrose Gold Mine in Kadoma, took a new twist recently after it emerged Timba used a fake eviction order to eject Rushwaya from the disputed mine.
According to correspondents from the office of the Registrar of the High Court, copies of which were seen by NewsDay, the purported writ of execution was “dubiously” acquired.
In a letter addressed to Timba dated July 25 2012, the Registrar’s Office disowned the fraudulent writ of execution granting Timba the powers to eject Jameson and Annie Rushwaya from the mine.
Part of the letter by Ramson Matore, on behalf of the Registrar, reads: “After looking into the matter and documents contained in record, I established that the writ of ejectment was not authentic hence I gave a directive that the ejectment should not be carried out on the basis of the fraudulent document.”
Matore added: “The verification of authenticity of the documents is part of my duties. They are in the domain of my core business. I advised the aggrieved party to seek for redress to court. The writ is not authentic and there was no need of a writ since in the provisional order there is no mention of any eviction or ejectment.”
Timba according to documents at hand, had produced an eviction registered under case number HC6007/11, to eject the Rushwayas from the mine.
Meanwhile, 60 people believed to be sympathetic to Timba appeared in court last week facing murder and attempted murder charges after they allegedly opened fire at the mine fatally shooting one of Rushwaya’s workers and leaving two others seriously wounded.
The shooting incident occurred last Saturday. The 60-member gang was remanded in custody to August 23.
