No joy for Mpofu, Chimombe as Supreme Court slams door on further appeals
The Zimbabwe Supreme Court has dismissed applications for leave to appeal from businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe regarding their fraud convictions. The court ruled that their challenges to factual findings lacked merit, though they may still pursue appeals based on pure questions of law.
Why it matters
The ruling marks a significant legal defeat for high-profile figures involved in the Presidential Goat Scheme, reinforcing judicial accountability in corruption cases.
HARARE, Aug.5 (NewsDay Live) - Convicted businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe have suffered another setback in their bid to overturn their convictions and lengthy prison sentences, after the Supreme Court dismissed their applications for leave to appeal on several grounds.
Justice George Chiweshe, sitting on the Supreme Court bench, ruled that the duo's grounds for challenging the findings of the High Court on questions of fact or mixed questions of law and fact lacked merit.
The two businessmen had separately approached the Supreme Court seeking leave to appeal against both their convictions and sentences, in terms of section 44(2) of the High Court Act, as read with Rule 27 of the Supreme Court Rules, 2025.
However, the Supreme Court distinguished grounds based on facts and those raising purely legal questions.
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