On November 7, 2024, we broke this story after it had been suppressed for a long time.
The incident occurred on November 22. Five years later, the accused has been jailed.
We were the first to break the sad incident.
The man who had been bribing for his freedom has been thrown behind bars.
He threatened to withdraw her scholarship.
He was found guilty following a full trial before regional magistrate Fadzai Matumbu-Mtombeni.
Musa Nyasha Dube Manyika (41), a then senior manager at Old Mutual, was sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of two counts of raping a female university student who was on attachment at the company.
Musa was the manager for Business Development at Old Mutual while the student was in her third year and was working daily with the accused, as she was on attachment.
She started her undergraduate studies in 2022 under the Old Mutual Scholarship, and while she was at the University of Zimbabwe sometime in November 2022, she was introduced to Manyika.
He was part of the Scholarship Committee, and he later sent a message on a Sunday evening in November 2022 as he wanted her to assist him in packing some banners at Old Mutual Gardens.
The court heard that the first incident occurred in November 2022 when the 24-year-old student received a WhatsApp message from Manyika, asking her to come to Old Mutual Gardens to assist with packing banners.
Upon her arrival, she went to the basement, where the banners were stored.
After completing the task, Manyika lured the student to his office, locked the door, and sexually assaulted her by pushing her onto a table and raping her.
