Own Correspondent

MACRAD Trust Director, Ephraim Mtombeni has been remanded in custody to tomorrow.

Mtombeni is accused of “undermining the authority of the President.”

Mtombeni appeared before Magistrate Ndlovu in Masvingo today.

According to Police documents, Mtombeni addressed commuters gathered at a bus rank in the city on Friday evening and told them that they were suffering because President Mnangagwa and his sons were looting Zimbabwe’s resources.

Mtombeni insists he has never said that.

“Muri muqueue imomo nokutamba nhamo nenyaya yaMnangagwa nevana vake vari kuba (You are standing in that long queue and suffering because of Mnangagwa and his children who are stealing),” reads part of the charge sheet.

The state opposed bail on the grounds that Mtombeni does not have a family and a house.