Business Reporter
THE Magistrates Court Thursday moved to remove NetOne CEO Raphael Mushanawani from remand.
Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa ruled that there is no link or evidence linkinh him to the alleged offense of fraud.
His arrest by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) stemmed from the state-owned mobile operator’s decision in 2022 to engage Farevic Systems to replace its SAGE 1000 accounting system with a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platform at a contract price of US$3.5 million.
While the project was still underway, Mushanawani allegedly acted in common purpose with NetOne’s chief technology officer Christopher Muchechemera to secretly contract Lunartech Solutions for an upgrade of the same SAGE 1000 system at a cost of US$257,600.
Investigators say Mushanawani went on to sign two more addendums with Lunartech, inflating the cost of upgrading a system that was already earmarked for replacement to more than US$1.2 million.
ZACC further alleges that Mushanawani entered into another unapproved deal with Diztech, paying US$79,467 for consultancy and training services which were already covered under the Farevic Systems contract.
The collapse of the case raises more questions on ZACC’s capacity and relevance on the country’s bid to end corruption.
