A Harare magistrate has granted the application by flamboyant businessman Genius Ginimbi Kadungure’s passport on Friday.
Magistrate Barbra Mateko ordered Ginimbi to return the passport on August 28.
“A temporary release of passport from today up to August 28 and also a temporary suspension of reporting conditions is hereby granted,”. ruled Mateko
Ginimbi was represented by top lawyer Jonathan Samukange who submitted that his client wanted to travel to South Africa for a business trip.
The State led by Sebastian Mutizirwa did not oppose the application.
Allegations are that between February 2009 and May 2016, his company Piko Trading Private Limited misrepresented to the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) that it made total sales of $2 777 678, inclusive of Value Added Tax, when in actual fact the company had made sales amounting to $9 092 951.
ZIMRA suffered a prejudice of $417 940, and Kadungure is also accused of evading tax in his personal capacity, with ZIMRA suffering a total prejudice of $3 468 949.
