{"id":91681,"date":"2024-03-01T21:31:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T19:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/high-court-overturns-oscar-pambukas-conviction-for-fraud"},"modified":"2024-03-02T00:48:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T22:48:23","slug":"high-court-overturns-oscar-pambukas-conviction-for-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/high-court-overturns-oscar-pambukas-conviction-for-fraud","title":{"rendered":"High Court Overturns Oscar Pambuka&#8217;s Conviction For Fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>High court judges Pisirayi Kwenda and Benjamin Chikowero have quashed former radio and television presenter Oscar Pambuka\u2019s conviction and sentence by the Magistrates Court on appeal.<\/p>\n<p>Pambuka\u2019s lawyer, Panashe Sagwete, had appealed against his conviction and sentence on two counts of fraud.<\/p>\n<p>Pambuka and his co-accused, Psychology Maziwisa were convicted of two counts of fraud and each sentenced to six years and five months in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The court, however, conditionally suspended part of the sentence, leaving them to serve only serve two years and six months each.<\/p>\n<p>Pambuka and Maziwisa were allegedly fraudulently awarded a tender to do public relations work for ZESA Holdings by former Energy minister Samuel Undenge at a time when the power utility had its own functional public relations department.<br \/>\nZESA\u2019s subsidiary, the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), lost over US$12 000 in that deal.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. 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