A Harare magistrate yesterday issued a warrant of arrest for Cynthia Gambiza, a member of the Teachers for ED group and owner of Destiny Achievers College in Domboshava.

Gambiza, 49, was is no show as she was scheduled to appear before Magistrate Tapiwa Banda facing multiple fraud charges related to the alleged misappropriation of Cambridge Examination fees.

She is being charged in her own capacity while Destiny Achievers College is the second accussed.

It is the state’s case that Gambiza misappropriated examination fees for seven Ordinary Level students amounting to US$4,000 from parents.

The court issued a warrant of arrest for Gambiza after she failed to appear at an earlier scheduled hearing. Her lawyer, from Goto Law Chambers appeared on her behalf.

The allegations stem from an incident involving Rachel Munhenga, who enrolled her daughter, Gamuchirai Matsenga, at Destiny Achievers College in Glen Forest in 2021.

Believing the school to be a registered Cambridge examination centre—an assertion widely promoted on social media and billboards—Munhenga paid US$700 in May 2024 for her daughter’s October-November examinations.

However, in September 2024, Munhenga received a WhatsApp message from Gambiza, informing her that her daughter would not be sitting for the exams due to non-registration, purportedly because she lacked a national identity document.

Investigations later revealed that other parents had also been deceived in a similar manner, raising concerns about the legitimacy of Destiny Achievers College.

Takudzwa Mutyavaviri prosecuted.

This is a developing story.