US$90,000 PER DAY – ‘MNANGAGWA FAMILY BEHIND ‘OUTRAGEOUS’ LOOTING OF PUBLIC FUNDS VIA GEO POMONA IN HARARE’

This is one of the most shameful and sinister corruption scandals in Zimbabwe by a president in our country’s history.

It was masterminded by a man who is not only notoriously corrupt, but also dangerously destructive in his obsessive pursuit of illicit wealth.

His billion-dollar empire, built on looted public funds, continues to grow while millions of ordinary Zimbabweans suffer and die in penury without even painkillers in sight.

At the centre of this outrageous scandal is Mnangagwa’s family company, Geo Pomona Waste Management, a front for siphoning off public money from the devolution fund meant for local councils.

Though Delish Nguwaya is paraded as the face of Geo Pomona, the real beneficiaries are the Mnangagwa family.

Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to use state resources to push this company to loot state coffers, today (05 June 2025) he is at Geo Pomona Waste to gloss over the new corrupt pathways this company it taking to loot public funds across Zimbabwe.

The City of Harare entered into a deeply corrupt 30-year deal with Geogenix BV, agreeing to pay US$40 per tonne of waste delivered to the Pomona facility run by a local subsidiary called Geo Pomona Waste.

This translates to a minimum of US$14.6 million annually, or US$41,000 per day.

These are guaranteed payments, even if no waste is delivered.

In 2022, the city was paying at least US$22,000 a day. After the rigged 2023 elections, the deal was revised, as reported by DugUp, doubling the daily payment to US$90,000.

All of this public money flows into the Mnangagwa family’s pockets.

This agreement is not just corrupt, it is financially suicidal for Harare residents.

It was crafted to bleed Harare dry, stripping it of assets and land if the deal collapses due to failed payments — and, most critically, devolution funds meant to empower local governance.

I asked the Mayor of Harare, Jacob Mafume, on Tuesday and Wednesday to comment on this corrupt deal, but he said he was not ready to do so.

Councillors who resisted the deal were recalled, first through the Douglas Mwonzora opposition capture project before the 2023 elections, and later via the Sengezo Tshabangu plot which orchestrated and masterminded by Jonathan Moyo, taking over the official opposition and making it a Zanu PF surrogate.

Some councillors were slapped with fake criminal charges and jailed briefly, just long enough to push the deal through ahead of the elections. The day it went to a council vote, Mnangagwa’s son, Sean, was at Harare City Council Town House to ensure it went through.

The deal was forced through by Mnangagwa’s enforcer, former Local Government Minister July Moyo, who directed the city to proceed without tenders or consultations.

It was later endorsed by Harare mayor Jacob Mafume and Local Government Minister Daniel Garwe, one of Mnangagwa’s chief campaigners for 2030.

As with most Mnangagwa linked contracts, this deal bypassed all legal procurement channels.

It was pushed through during a period when unelected Zanu PF aligned councillors controlled the city, thanks to a dubious court ruling by Mnangagwa’s captured judiciary, led by the corrupt and shameless Chief Justice, Luke Malaba.

Going to court is futile. The judiciary has been captured, it has been stacked with loyalists, many of them underqualified. What is needed now is mass civic action by the residents of Harare and a public demand backed by action on the streets (because the law allows that) to recall all the councillors paid bribes to push this corrupt deal through.

July Moyo also secured cabinet approval for central government to misuse devolution funds to service this criminal contract.

This not only misallocates resources, but fatally undermines local government autonomy.

The devolution funds that are being looted to fund this deal are constitutionally mandated financial public money transfers from the central government to local authorities, aimed at promoting equitable development across provinces and districts.

These funds are intended for capital projects that address local infrastructure and service delivery needs, such as building schools, clinics, roads, and water systems.

Using devolution funds intended for local development projects to finance a centrally negotiated contract undermines the very purpose of devolution. Furthermore as I said before, the contract was awarded without an open tender process.

After getting away with it in Harare using corrupt councillors and backed by a captured judiciary — which is in Mnangagwa’s pocket after receiving bribes disguised as fake housing loans, and by packing the bench with his unqualified cronies — Mnangagwa is now rolling out the same corrupt project across the entire country, siphoning devolution funds from Mashonaland to Matabeleland, from Masvingo to the Midlands, and across to Manicaland.

It is a corrupt scandal that demands immediate action. It must be stopped now, or the Mnangagwa family will end up owning most city council properties and land if the government becomes financially crippled deliberately and fails to service this outrageous and corrupt deal.

Geogenix BV, formerly Integrated Energy BV, has a tainted record in Europe.

It was embroiled in corruption scandals in Albania and accused of hiding its real ownership, as it is doing in Zimbabwe.

Unfortunately for Zimbabwe, there is no judiciary to turn to in order to stop this dirty, stinking deal.

These stolen funds are what Mnangagwa is using to finance his 2030 presidential term limit extension.

Now, Geo Pomona is preparing to roll out this criminal model across Zimbabwe’s cities and towns after realising that there was no resistance in Harare, it means millions of taxpayers money will be looted openly with fanfare.

Many councillors have told me that their silence is not because they agree, but because they are trapped.

Their political survival depends on Tshabangu, who has promised to illegally extend their terms by two or three years as part of Mnangagwa’s desperate push to remain in power until 2030 violating the constitution.

This is not just a scandal. It is state capture in broad daylight, looting on an industrial scale, sadly there is no opposition to push back, they have been bought.

Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s corrupt dictator, uses state security forces to crush dissent.

Journalists and whistleblowers who expose his looting are jailed without trial on fabricated charges, while fake news websites are paid to smear them with lies and disinformation.

Parliament has been captured, the judiciary has been captured too, the police are just watching — and captured too. There is no opposition.

The only option left is for residents to oppose this corrupt and industrial-scale looting in the streets!

This corrupt scandal was authored by the Mnangagwa’s, and they are using Belarus to procure equipment, which will be paid for at inflated prices using devolution funds.

Everywhere you look, they are looting public funds. It is tragic, but it is the reality.

With all these millions being looted, Harare is still infested with huge disgusting piles of rubbish everywhere you look. *_-Nehanda Radio_*