Neville Mutsvangwa finally granted bail after 3 we...

Neville Mutsvangwa finally granted bail after 3 weeks in prison

Staff Reporter

Neville Mutsvangwa, son of former War Veterans Minister Chris Mutsvangwa, and his co-accused Ellis Majachani and Simbarashe Tichingana, have been granted bail by High Court Judge Justice Rodgers Manyangadze after spending three weeks in remand prison.

The trio was ordered to surrender their passports and pay US$1,000 each in bail. They are facing charges of contravening the Exchange Control Regulations. The development comes after the case was reassigned to Justice Manyangadze following Justice Esther Muremba's recusal due to "personal reasons."

Neville Mutsvangwa is also facing a separate charge for breaching the Telecommunications Act.

Chris Mutsvangwa, the Zanu PF spokesman, recently accused Vice President Constantino Chiwenga of plotting his son's arrest, calling it "political victimisation."

He claimed Chiwenga was acting unilaterally and trying to drive a wedge between him and President Mnangagwa. Chris Mutsvangwa, who was recently fired by Mnangagwa due to insubordination, said he has a long-standing relationship with the president dating back to 1978.

He has declared his loyalty to Mnangagwa and dismissed any attempts to influence their relationship as an "impossibly long shot."

"I think that proximity to him, my proximity to the president, they think through their post-independence proximity to the president they can influence him against me, or me against him.

“It’s an impossibly long shot for the power ambitious to ever think they can drive a wedge into such a long, strong and revolutionary acquaintance between me and the president. “Persecuting my son as a carrot and stick to that nefarious enterprise will never yield the much-craved outcome,” Mutsvangwa said.