Former Afre Corporation executive chairperson Patterson Timba yesterday allegedly assaulted veteran stockbroker Bart Mswaka after an altercation over the latter’s refusal to release “critical” company documents.
Mswaka, who is the ReNaissance Securities managing director, confirmed the incident. He said the two had a misunderstanding over some documents Timba wanted from him. “It was just a moment of madness, and I filed an assault case,” Mswaka said.
Sources told NewsDay, Timba, who is the former chief executive of ReNaissance Merchant Bank (RMB), visited Mswaka’s office yesterday morning seeking to recover company documents.
“Mswaka told Timba that he needed to get a clearance from the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe before he could hand over the documents. It was after this denial that Timba allegedly slapped Mswaka,” the sources said.
The sources added that Timba had to be restrained by Mswaka’s workmates.
Contacted for comment, Harare provincial police spokesperson Inspector James Sabau said he was out of office and would only be in a position to comment today.
“We will be able to look for the information tomorrow as I am not in the office at the moment,” Sabau said.
Strenuous efforts to contact Timba were fruitless as he was not answering his mobile phone.
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Timba is trying to regain control of RMB through the courts. He recently filed a case challenging the takeover of the bank by the National Social Security Authority (HC 9989/11) after it had been placed under curatorship.
