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Harare High Court
Hamilton Madzudzu and Stanley Chiwandamira and Jethro Bete v The State
HH 209-18
Case Details
Court
Harare High Court
Date
25 April 2018
Citation
HH 209-18
Neutral Citation
[2018] ZWHH 209
Outcome
unknown
Case Type
Appeal
Bench
Presiding
Hungwe J
Full Bench
Hungwe JWamambo J
Areas of Law
Criminal LawCorruption Offences
Keywords
section 173 Criminal Law Codecorrupt concealmentpersonal interestagent-principal relationship
Tags
corruptionconcealment of personal interestbreach of trust
legislation
Statutes Cited
- Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act
ai analysis
Case Summary
Key Issues
- {"issue_text":"Whether the trial court erred in convicting the appellants of corruptly concealing personal interest in violation of section 173 of the Criminal Law Code","issue_type":"mixed","dispositive":"yes","related_facts":"Appellants established competing company, submitted lower quotations, did not disclose personal interest"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether evidence obtained through email access was admissible","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Evidence of quotations found in appellants' emails"}
- {"issue_text":"Whether the audit report was biased against the appellants","issue_type":"procedural","dispositive":"no","related_facts":"Audit revealed appellants' misconduct"}
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Facts of the Case
Background
Three managers employed by a ventilation and air-conditioning company secretly established their own competing company using family members as directors, then diverted their employer's clients to their new company by submitting lower quotations without disclosing their personal interest.
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