Regional Magistrate Mr Morgan Nemadire has  acquitted Wicknell Chivayo of fraud charges he jointly faced with fellow businessman Genius Kadungure relating to 1,5 million rand where they allegedly swindled Kadoma miners Ivon and Enos Gatawa and Zanu PF MP Dexter Nduna.

The regional magistrate ruled that Kadungure has a case to answer and should be put to his defence .He however said that no link had been
established by the state to prove Chivayo had played a part in the case.

The magistrate postponed the trial to the 15 November at the request of Kadungure’s lawyers who indicated that Jonathan Samukange was in
Gweru on parliament business-ZBC