Happison Muchechetere
Tendai Rupapa Senior Court Reporter
The trial of former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation chief executive Happison Muchechetere, who is facing charges of contravening the procurement law, has been further postponed to June 29.
Muchechetere withdrew his constitutional application and will now stand trial.
The trial had been set for June 20.
However, prosecutor Mr Michael Reza sought for a postponement of the matter on the basis that Mr Adonia Masawi, who is handling the matter was unavailable.
Muchechetere appeared before Mr Noel Mupeiwa, who remanded him to June 29.
Two weeks ago Muchechetere appeared before Mr Masawi, who remanded him to his trial date, June 20, after prosecutor Mr Reza tendered a document that confirmed that the defence had withdrawn the application they had submitted at the Constitutional Court. He is being represented by Advocate Thabani Mpofu.
In February this year, the Constitutional Court threw out Muchechetere’s appeal after ruling that the application was not filed in terms of the law.
However, when they previously appeared in court, Advocate Mpofu indicated that they were still pursuing their Constitutional Court application challenging the criminal proceedings.