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Reinstated Zimbabwe Miners Federation Association President Henrietta Rushwaya has denied any links to Zimbabwean gold smuggler Tashinga Nyasha Masinire who was intercepted at O.R. Tambo on Sunday and reported to be her driver.
Masinire was arrested at OR Tambo International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa, yesterday with 23 prices of gold worth R11m (US$783 000).
Masinire was granted R100 000 bail at Kempton Park Regional Court in Joburg today after he was nabbed trying to smuggle the gold.
He was remanded out to 1 July 2021, with stringent bail conditions: not leaving SA until the case is concluded and reporting to police 3 times a week.
Reports claim that Masinire is the most trusted aide and driver for Rushwaya and ran all her important errands. He used to travel with her everywhere, including when she was campaigning to be the Zimbabwe Miners Federation president.
However, Rushwaya has dismissed the reports stating that Masinire resigned from the Federation and refused to be linked or associated with him.
“For the record, Tapiwa Masinire stopped working for the ZMF as a driver in August 2020 and for people now to be seen and wanting to associate him with ZMF or myself in particular.”
“It is a bit unfortunate and he turned in his resignation and it will be folly for people to want to attach him to this organization or to my persona as the president of ZMF, “ she said.
She added that as the association’s president I will clearly correctly state that he was no longer an employee of the association.
Rushwaya was arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in Harare on 26 October last year trying to smuggle 6,09kg of gold worth US$330 000 to Dubai
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