HARARE
–
Top
lawyer
Wilson
Manase
was
last
Wednesday
picked
up
by
the
Zimbabwe
Anti-Corruption
Commission
(ZACC)
over
alleged
abuse
of
a
deceased
estate,
ZimLive
has
learnt.
Manase
was
leaving
the
Harare
Magistrate
Court
where
he
is
embroiled
in
another
matter
of
abuse
of
estate
property.
His
arrest
comes
after
the
late
businesswoman
Jane
Maisiri’s
son,
Tongai
Mhlanga,
filed
a
complaint
against
him
alleging
that
as
an
executor,
he
had
failed
to
account
for
some
of
the
estate’s
property.
Manase
was
at
the
court
to
attend
to
a
case
in
which
he
is
accused
by
Langton
Nyatsambo
on
allegations
that
he
abused
his
wife,
the
late
Fiona
Shadaya’s
estate.
Manase
allegedly
forged
divorce
papers
to
claim
that
Nyatsambo
and
Fiona
were
already
divorced
at
the
time
the
latter
died.
This
was
done
to
ensure
that
Nyatsambo
could
not
benefit
from
the
deceased
estate.
The
top
lawyer
claims
that
he
was
given
the
divorce
documents
by
the
late
Fiona’s
father,
Marshal
Shadaya.
However,
Shadaya
is
denying
ever
giving
him
the
papers.
Instead,
he
claims
that
it
was
Manase
who
gave
him
the
papers.
The
two
will
testify
on
the
forged
divorce
documents.
The
case
number
on
the
divorce
certificate
was
later
established
at
the
High
Court
to
belong
to
a
certain
white
couple,
according
to
Nyatsambo.
Fiona
died
in
2009
and
since
then,
her
estate
has
not
been
winded
up.
Several
properties
have
already
been
disposed
of
by
Manase,
but
Nyatsambo
claims
he
has
not
received
anything
realised
from
the
sale.
In
papers
to
the
Master
of
the
High
Court,
Manase
said
the
value
of
the
deceased’s
estate
was
about
US$1.5
million,
but
in
papers
before
the
High
Court,
he
estimates
the
same
to
be
close
to
US$5
million.
He
also
claimed
in
papers
at
the
Master
that
he
has
claimed
executor
fees
of
US$80,000
but
at
the
High
Court,
the
figure
is
about
US$320,000,
according
to
Nyatsambo.
On
Wednesday,
when
Manase
was
picked
up
by
ZACC,
Nyatsambo
was
surrounded
by
police
officers
who
wanted
to
arrest
him
over
an
undisclosed
complaint
that
Manase
had
reported
against
him.
ZACC
picked
Manase
to
answer
to
charges
of
abusing
the
estate
property
by
selling
and
renting
out
properties
of
the
late
Maisiri
without
consulting
her
family
members.
He
was
allegedly
not
remitting
the
funds
to
the
beneficiaries,
and
failed
to
account
for
money
in
Maisiri’s
offshore
account.
He
also
allegedly
gave
one
of
Maisiri’s
houses
in
Eastlea,
Harare,
to
his
son.
Mhlanga
also
alleged
that
Manase
has
been
collecting
rentals
from
various
properties
that
belong
to
the
estate
over
the
years,
and
failed
to
account
for
the
funds.
Complaints
against
Manase
are
before
the
Law
Society
of
Zimbabwe,
which
regulates
the
conduct
of
lawyers.
Manase
denies
wrongdoing.