{"id":104472,"date":"2025-02-14T22:56:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T20:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trial-of-former-arda-boss-accused-of-defrauding-bombshell-geza-postponed"},"modified":"2025-02-20T16:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T14:01:14","slug":"trial-of-former-arda-boss-accused-of-defrauding-bombshell-geza-postponed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trial-of-former-arda-boss-accused-of-defrauding-bombshell-geza-postponed","title":{"rendered":"Trial Of Former ARDA Boss Accused Of Defrauding Bombshell Geza Postponed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The trial of former Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) boss Basil Nyabadza, who is accused of defrauding ZANU PF central committee member Blessed Geza of US$1.3 million in a land scam, was delayed on Thursday after Nyabadza requested further particulars.<\/p>\n<p>Nyabadza is accused of selling land, initially sold to Geza, to another party without Geza\u2019s consent.<\/p>\n<p>According to ZimLive, Nyabadza\u2019s trial was scheduled to begin before Harare regional magistrate Tilda Mazhande.<\/p>\n<p>However, through his lawyer, Tazorora Musarurwa, Nyabadza requested more details from the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA).<\/p>\n<p>Nyabadza contended that the additional information would allow him to prepare his defence. Specifically, he is seeking clarification on whether the prosecution has any documents beyond the sale agreement as part of their evidence. His lawyer said:<br \/>\nProvide a breakdown of how this amount was calculated. Explain how the amount of US$1.3 million which is the alleged purchase price of the whole of Lot 5 of Spitzkop constitutes the prejudice suffered by Geza given that he only paid a total of US$112,000.<\/p>\n<p>Provide evidence of the payments amounting to US$1.3 million made by Geza including receipts or bank statements.<\/p>\n<p>The trial is now expected to start on February 24.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutor Anesu Chirenje alleged that on October 29, 2020, Blessed Geza purchased a 423,504-hectare piece of land from Basil Nyabadza for US$1,362,000, with Geza granted exclusive rights to subdivide, develop, and sell the land.<\/p>\n<p>Nyabadza reportedly misrepresented that the land had title deeds, promising to provide them within a month but never did.<\/p>\n<p>While Geza was working on subdivision permits, he discovered that Nyabadza had sold the same land to Velda Estates.<\/p>\n<p>Geza later learned that the sale agreement had been cancelled without his knowledge after attempting to resolve the matter with Nyabadza.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. The trial of former Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) boss Basil Nyabadza, who is accused of defrauding ZANU PF central committee member Blessed Geza of US$1.3 million in a land scam, was delayed on Thursday after Nyabadza requested further particulars. Nyabadza is accused of selling land, initially sold to Geza, to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":104471,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[17918,19],"class_list":["post-104472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-basil-nyabadza","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trial Of Former ARDA Boss Accused Of Defrauding Bombshell Geza Postponed - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The trial of former Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) boss Basil Nyabadza, who is accused of defraudin ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trial-of-former-arda-boss-accused-of-defrauding-bombshell-geza-postponed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trial Of Former ARDA Boss Accused Of Defrauding Bombshell Geza Postponed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The trial of former Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) boss Basil Nyabadza, who is accused of defraudin ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trial-of-former-arda-boss-accused-of-defrauding-bombshell-geza-postponed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-14T20:56:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-20T14:01:14+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1739561370.165974.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"402\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trial-of-former-arda-boss-accused-of-defrauding-bombshell-geza-postponed#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trial-of-former-arda-boss-accused-of-defrauding-bombshell-geza-postponed\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Trial Of Former ARDA Boss Accused Of Defrauding Bombshell Geza Postponed\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-14T20:56:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-20T14:01:14+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trial-of-former-arda-boss-accused-of-defrauding-bombshell-geza-postponed\"},\"wordCount\":311,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trial-of-former-arda-boss-accused-of-defrauding-bombshell-geza-postponed#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/02\/sm_1739561370.165974.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Basil Nyabadza\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trial-of-former-arda-boss-accused-of-defrauding-bombshell-geza-postponed#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trial-of-former-arda-boss-accused-of-defrauding-bombshell-geza-postponed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/trial-of-former-arda-boss-accused-of-defrauding-bombshell-geza-postponed\",\"name\":\"Trial Of Former ARDA Boss Accused Of Defrauding Bombshell Geza Postponed - 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