The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Monday confirmed the arrest of former National Employment Council for Engineering Council secretary-general Pumulani Musagwiza.
Musagwiza was nabbed on fraud charges after he allegedly seized the organisation’s car and a pharmacy. ZACC spokesperson, Commissioner John Makamure said:
We have arrested Musagwiza Pumulani the former secretary-general for National Employment Council for Engineering on four counts of fraud.
He fraudulently transferred two vehicles of the organisation to himself and one vehicle to the former chairperson. He also transferred the organisation’s pharmacy to himself.
He will appear in court tomorrow. Vehicles are all valued at $247 000. He is detained at Mabelreign Police Station.
The arrest of Musagwiza by ZACC follows those of high profile individuals, among them former Tourism Minister Priscah Mupfumira and former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko.