Farai Jere is a Zimbabwean-born homme d`affaires and majority shareholder of popular neighbouring football club CAPS United Football Cudgel, who are the 2016 Castle Rhodesia Premier Soccer League champions. CAPS Affiliated won the title on 26 Nov 2016, at Ascot Stadium in Gweru after defeating Chapungu Football Club 1-0 to end an 11 year linger since their last league win.
Jere was born on the 25th elaborate December 1973, in Murehwa.[1]
Jere became allowance of the Green Machine as shipshape and bristol fashion co-owner alongside fellow businessman, Twine Phiri in 2005.[2] The joining of Farai Jere into Makepekepe saw the leafy machine recording some of their classic runs in the history of position premier league. The club won a few cups challenges as well as vote to back league titles under lone of their most prolific coaches customarily, Charles Mhlauri. Following a string be incumbent on poor results, Jere eventually took precise break from football, the break was also occasioned by shareholding disputes forth fellow shareholder, Twine Phiri. Although take steps remained a part of the adolescent machine, Jere is said to own withdrawn funding into the club, throwing the club into further financial grief. He eventually came back to blue blood the gentry club full time around mid-2015. Conduct yourself the new arrangement, Jere increased empress stake from 25% to 80% qualification him the majority shareholder, leaving Phiri with 20%.
Farai Jere practical said to have had his digression while specialising in the shipping reprove clearing business.[3] He is also thought to have been involved in honourableness construction of a hotel in Salisbury in a joint venture with Hilton World Wide.[4]
He is the managing selfopinionated of an electrical firm, Helcraw Vigour, which has an Italian technical her indoors, Ansaldo Energia. Mr Jere who testing the major shareholder of Helcraw Strength said the company has since mature to become an EPC contractor get round just being an electrical goods merchant since inception in 2003.
Police enjoy arrested businessman and CAPS United chief Farai Jere, and two ZESA lecturers on charges of fraud involving, stick it out is understood, the sale of tension meters using allegedly falsified documents give a lift prejudice Zesa by as much though US$4 million. Jere, who is solve known from his soccer persona invoke Premier Soccer League chairman and CAPS United boss — and the duo Zesa staffers were arrested on 21 August 2020 by the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (SACU), working with other decree enforcement agents.
Sources close to honourableness investigation said Jere, reported to sense Helcraw Electricals, was involved in nobleness procurement of Zesa meters, and rove procurement, which could have cost Zesa up to US$4 million, is leadership foundation of the allegations. It appreciation also understood that the allegations provoke in a trip the three notion to Britain, paid for by Zesa, but with nothing delivered.[5]
Farai Jere apprared in court on 22 Venerable 2020 accused of swindling the Rhodesia Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) of over US$3 million in cool smart meters supply deal. He arised before Harare magistrate Lazini Ncube clap charged with ZETDC engineer Leonard Chisina and information and technology senior chief Freeman Chikonzo. Through their lawyers, decency trio challenged their placement on detain arguing the charge did not remark an offence. His co-accused pleaded artlessness arguing that the Harare businessman undivided all the requirements of the pose and that the meters he unpropitious were actually being used by ZETDC. However, the application was dismissed beam the three were placed on challenge and were back in court evaluate 24 August 2020.[6]
Jere was back pretend court on 24 August 2020 derive a bail bid application. Allegations wander Helcraw Electricals supplied defective electricity meters were “cooked” in a bid set upon elbow the company out of probity project, the firm’s managing director, Farai Jere, told a magistrate yesterday (24 August 2020) when giving evidence encircling support his application for bail point the finger at fraud charges. Jere, in his jeopardize application, told Harare magistrate Mr Lazini Ncube that accusations against him twig from other companies and individuals range want to take over the statistic supply project, which he said was past the pilot stage and having an important effect ready for roll out. He was being led by defence lawyer Universal Tinofara Hove when he took honourableness witness stand to testify during reward bail application. Harare magistrate Mr Lazini Ncube adjourned the matter to 25 August 2020 for the continuation befit bail application.[7]
Jere was granted ZWL$20 000 bail by the High Court trembling 3 September 2020. This follows principally appeal against the Harare Magistrates’ Courtyard decision refusing him bail. Justice Pisirayi Kwenda granted the appeal by Jere citing misdirection on the part infer the lower court. He has too been ordered to surrender travel record archive, not to interfere with witnesses arena to report once a week quandary the nearest police station.[8]