President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s daughter-in-law, Kelsea Tadiwa Tafirenyika, has been granted bail by the High Court for the second time in three weeks, this time on a different charge.
High Court judge Justice Vivian Ndlovu granted her US$5,000 bail on Wednesday, 9 September, on allegations of laundering US$9.35 million.
She ordered Tafirenyika to surrender her passport and report to police every Monday and Friday until the case is finalised.
The ruling overturns a decision by Harare regional magistrate Francis Mapfumo on 2 September to deny her bail.
Mapfumo had said Tafirenyika, who is married to Mnangagwa’s twin son Collins, was a flight risk because of her access to substantial financial resources and assets.
Her lawyers — Admire Rubaya, Everson Chatambudza, Malvern Mapako and Kangai — successfully challenged the magistrate’s decision.
Tafirenyika’s latest bail hearing followed her rearrest last month, shortly after she had been granted bail in a separate drug case.
Detectives first arrested her on 4 August after raiding her home in Greystone Park. They reportedly recovered more than 200 ampoules of pethidine and morphine from her bedroom and five rolls of cannabis from her Lamborghini.
She was charged with unlawful possession of dangerous drugs and was initially denied bail, before the High Court granted her US$1,000 bail on 20 August.
She was rearrested as soon as she appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court and charged with financial crimes.
Prosecutors allege she laundered US$9.35 million in illicit proceeds to buy properties and luxury vehicles.
She also faces allegations under the Civil Registry Act over a suspected fake identity document bearing her photo but issued in the name “Gertrude Badza”.
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