Once a fuel dealer, Tagwirei has emerged as one of the most influential businessmen in post-Mugabe Zimbabwe. In the closing years of Mugabe’s reign and after Emmerson
Mnangagwa’s ascent to the presidency, Tagwirei’s Sakunda Holdings rose and now he has over 40 companies.
The Sakunda group consists of:
• Takutata Pty Limited (South Africa);
• East Africa Supply and Trading Pty Limited (South Africa);
• Suzako Investments Pty Limited (South Africa);
• African Connection Logistics SA Pty Limited (South Africa);
ACL Bulk Packaging Solutions Pty Limited (South Africa)
• Redfox Management Pty Limited (South Africa);
• Sotic South Africa Pty Limited (South Africa);
• Balesite Investments PVT Limited (Zimbabwe);
• Billheights Investments PVT Limited (Zimbabwe);
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#UnpackingTagwireiEmpire
"We are about to make one of the biggest companies in Southern Africa and here you are jostling and fighting. We have so much work ahead of us...," Zimbabwean tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei says in an emailed dated 31 May 2019 to fighting business associates.
This detail and other compelling documents are contained in the groundbreaking investigation done by United States investigative unit The Sentry, which probes dirty money and illicit financial flows.
The group released a report on Tagwirei's vast business empire last week.
The above tweet quotation for the first time gives an insight into what Tagwirei has been planning to do and how.
This encapsulates his vision and the mission.
The investigation sheds light on how the business is structured, organised and controlled across various jurisdictions.
A new report by a United States investigative group The Sentry, titled Shadows and Shell Games: Uncovering an Offshore Business Empire in Zimbabwe,reveals key details of Zimbabwean tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei's business empire, structures and practices. thesentry.org/reports/shadow…
The Sentry reveals hidden business secrets of Tagwirei, who is also President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s advisor, with ties to South Africa, Mauritius, and the Cayman Islands where businesses hide their wealth and receive privileges.
The Sentry's investigation say that Tagwirei, who has been followed by allegations of corruption and cronyism for years, has been using complex corporate structures and seemingly preferential government treatment to build his business empire and enormous wealth.
Former South African president Jacob Zuma's supporters were out in full force today in reaction to his 15-month jail sentence yesterday for contempt of court.
While some say the judgement asserted constitutionalism and the rule of law, others say it proved Zuma's persecution.
Most of Zuma's the supporters were wearing T-shirts emblazoned "Wenzeni uZuma?" (Zulu for what has Zuma done?).
Zulu's supporters claim that he is being victimised for representing black people in their resistance to white monopoly capital and racial domination in South Africa.
However, that conspiracy theory and perception have not been tested and substantiated with facts and evidence to prove that Zuma is a victim of white monopoly capital and its allies within the governing ANC, business and civil society.
A Zimbabwean lawyer based in South Africa Advocate Simba Chitando says former South African president Jacob Zuma's conviction for contempt of court is unconstitutional and illegal.
"He was found guilty... No trial, no cross examination of evidence, no mitigation of sentencing."
"In terms of Constitutional Law and criminal procedure, everyone is entitled to a fair trial, this means before being found guilty or innocent of a crime, the prosecutor has to set out a charge, which the accused pleads to," Chitando says.
"After pleadings, there is a trial. Where there is an opening statement, calling of witnesses, an opportunity to cross examine the witnesses who say you have committed a crime, and an opportunity to call your own witnesses. Then closing arguments.
The ongoing seizures of land from indigenous black Zimbabweans by government and companies across the country is further tainting an otherwise "glorious revolution" in the form of land reform that was a necessity, but then mishandled by a greedy and corrupt political elite.
The land grievance in Zimbabwe dates back to the 1890s when British imperialist Cecil John Rhodes' Pioneer Column invaded the country from South Africa via Botswana.
The Anglo-Ndebele War of 1893 and then the First Chimurenga/Umvukela in 1896 were about land and dispossession.
The liberation struggle of the 1960s and 1970s which culminated in Independence from Britain in 1980 were about land and attendant dispossession, among other rights and issues, including freedom, human rights and democracy.
Former Zimbabwe and Dynamos coach Sunday Mhofu Chidzambwa (formerly Marimo) bids farewell to his football great young brother Misheck "Scania" who died last week.
The Marimo brothers are a huge household name in Zimbabwean football, like the Chunga brothers, or Ndlovu brothers.
The Marimo and Chunga brothers played in one Dynamos team in the early 1980s.
Just like the hugely famous Ndlovu brothers - Madinda, Adam and Peter Ndlovu, or Wilfred and William Mugeyi.
Indeed, many others like Claudius Zviripayi and Vitalis Takawira, or Cain and Abel Muteji.
The Marimo and Chunga brothers played in one Dynamos team in the 1980s - they contributed a lot to Dembare sucess and Zimbabwean football.