Zimbabwe: Two Trust Representatives Acquitted in U.S.$13,000 Fraud Case

Two representatives of the Small Grains and Legumes Association Trust who had been facing fraud charges involving a failed US$13,000 tillage agreement have been acquitted by a Harare court.

Oral Ntsona, 36, and Lousthaan Tapiwa Ngoshi, 32, were cleared after Magistrate Sharon Rakafa ruled that the State failed to prove the essential elements of fraud.

The accused persons were represented by Mr. Courage Chakawa of Chakawa Vhera & Mswelanto Legal Practice.

The court found that the dispute between…