Correspondent|A Harare businessman who shot his worker over $30 has been hauled before the court on charges of attempted murder.

Gladmore Musanhi (51) who has business interest in the Musanhi passenger buses allegedly shot a man he had sub-contracted to do some menial work for him after he paid him $50 instead of an agreed $80 payment.

Musanhi appeared before Harare Magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa and was released on $300 bail coupled with stringent bail conditions.

He was remanded to December 6.

Prosecuting, Sebastian Mutizirwa alleged that on November 12, Callisto Musariri was hired by Musanhi to carry out a menial job of pushing a vehicle engine from within Musanhi garage to the main gate so it would be lifted by a forklift crane into a lorry.

After finishing the job, Musanhi was charged $80.

Musarira and his colleagues finished the job and demanded their payment and Musanhi gave them $50 contrary to the agreed amount leading to a misunderstanding between them.

It is the State’s case that Musariri together with his colleagues blocked the path using drums, stopping the forklift from getting the engine.

It is alleged that Musanhi tried to remove the barricade on his own but was dragged away by the angry workers.

In a fit of rage, Musanhi allegedly left the place only to return moments later armed with a pistol.

He reportedly pointed the firearm at Musarira threatening to shoot him.

Musanhi shot Musarira on the left ear and fled from the scene.

It is alleged that he went and handed himself to the police afterwards.

Musarira was allegedly taken to Harare Central hospital where he was getting medical attention.

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