Chidawa
(also
known
as
Detective
Kedha)
and
Manyapera
were
granted
bail
of
US$300
each
and
were
instructed
to
return
to
court
for
routine
remand
on
April
22.
According
to
a
statement
from
the
National
Prosecuting
Authority
(NPA),
Chidawa
and
Manyapera
established
Matrix
Disciplinary
and
Training
Camp
between
December
2024
and
the
present
without
the
necessary
registration
and
licensing
required
by
the
Private
Voluntary
Organizations
Act.
The
NPA
said:
Tafadzwa
Chidawa
(36)
and
Clara
Manyepera
(38)
have
been
arrested
and
brought
before
the
Harare
Magistrates
Court
following
allegations
of
operating
an
illegal
“Matrix
Disciplinary
and
Training
Camp”
in
New
Marlborough,
Harare.The
duo
faces
charges
relating
to
the
operation
of
an
unregistered
private
voluntary
organization
and
the
impersonation
of
child
protection
officers.The
state
alleges
that
the
two
established
and
operated
the
camp
without
the
necessary
registration
and
licensing
required
by
the
Private
Voluntary
Organizations
Act.The
camp,
located
at
Number
2165
Tokwane
Close,
reportedly
aimed
to
“rehabilitate”
children
with
delinquency
issues,
and
authorities
claim
that
the
two
admitted
youths
into
the
camp
from
December
6,
2023,
onwards.Furthermore,
the
state
alleges
that,
during
the
camp’s
operation,
the
duo
impersonated
child
protection
officers.This
involved
offering
services
legally
reserved
for
qualified
individuals,
including
measures
for
observing
and
correcting
behaviors
contributing
to
delinquency,
and
providing
counseling,
supervision,
and
control.The
accused
acted
unlawfully,
thereby
breaking
the
Children’s
Act.
The
State
is
in
possession
of
video
footage
of
the
pair
conducting
training
sessions.Chidawa
and
Manyepera
appeared
at
the
Harare
Magistrates
Court
for
their
initial
remand,
and
the
investigation
is
ongoing.
The
two
were
remanded
to
20
April
on
US$300
bail
each.
Chidawa,
a
former
police
officer,
was
recently
acquitted
of
theft
charges
by
Chief
Magistrate
Vongai
Guwuriro
at
the
Harare
Magistrates’
Court.
Chidawa
and
his
co-accused—Paradza
Passmore
Matubu,
Perseverance
Chisango,
Malvern
Mutanda,
and
Francis
Takura—had
been
accused
of
stealing
US$20
000
from
a
Harare
woman,
Melody
Matanhire.
However,
the
magistrate
struggled
to
believe
the
allegations
against
Chidawa
and
his
associates
after
the
complainant
admitted
to
fabricating
parts
of
her
story.