HARARE — Kelsea Tadiwa Tafirenyika, the second wife of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s twin son Collins, will return to court on October 30 in a money-laundering case involving properties valued at nearly US$10 million, while her mother and two other relatives remain in custody over separate drug-dealing charges.

The latest hearing date was set after Tafirenyika’s case was postponed in Harare.

She is out on US$5,000 bail and must report to the police twice a week.

She also surrendered her passport after the High Court overturned an earlier decision to keep her in custody.

The case has drawn together a series of arrests, alleged drug seizures, a disputed property empire and a private jet that was grounded overnight at Bulawayo’s Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo International Airport.

The aircraft was due to fly Tafirenyika’s mother, Amina Jassinta Jessub Arab, and her sister, Dyonne Tanaka Tafirenyika, to Dubai on August 19.

Both women were detained shortly before they were due to board.

The jet eventually left the following morning without them.

Amina Arab, 47, Dyonne Tafirenyika, 28, and their relative Noreen Jessub, 51, were arrested at a lodge in Bulawayo’s Ilanda suburb.

They are accused of dealing in dangerous drugs and have now been denied bail three times.

Bulawayo regional magistrate Sibonginkosi Mnkandla remanded them in custody until September 30.

The arrest of the three women came as investigators widened their inquiry into drugs and property linked to Tafirenyika.

The private aircraft, a Bombardier Global Express XRS registered A6-AFC, had a crew of four, including three men and one woman.

Authorities initially said it could not take off because the airport control tower was unmanned.

It remained on the ground overnight and departed after the two intended passengers had been taken into custody.

The women had travelled from Harare to Bulawayo, apparently choosing the city’s airport in the hope of avoiding detection.

Their detention came one day before Tafirenyika was released on bail in an earlier drug case.

Detectives were reported to be waiting outside Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison to arrest her again after her release.

Tafirenyika was first arrested on August 4 after detectives from the CID Drugs and Narcotics Unit raided her home in Harare’s Greystone Park suburb.

Police alleged that more than 200 ampoules of pethidine and morphine were recovered from her bedroom.

Five rolls of cannabis were also allegedly found inside a Lamborghini parked at the property.

The exhibits listed in earlier court papers included 72 ampoules of Verpat Pethidine, 64 Fresenius Pethidine ampoules and 43 ampoules of Morphine Sulphate.

The reported value of the seized drugs was US$204.

Tafirenyika and her uncle Isaac Arab Jessub were charged with unlawful possession of pethidine for the purpose of dealing and unlawful possession of unregistered medicines.

Justice Pisirayi Kwenda later granted Tafirenyika and Jessub US$1,000 bail each.

They were ordered to surrender their passports, remain at their stated addresses, report to the police once every fortnight and avoid contact with State witnesses, exhibits and investigations.

The court order stated that they “shall not interfere with State witnesses, exhibits or police investigations.” Tafirenyika’s release was short-lived.

She was rearrested and brought back before the Harare magistrates’ court, where prosecutors added the money-laundering case.

The State now says she acquired properties and luxury vehicles with money linked to drug dealing.

It also accuses her of possessing a forged identity document bearing her photograph but the name Getrude Badza.

The financial case initially centred on an alleged portfolio worth US$9.35 million.

A separate list circulating in connection with the investigation placed the value of ten Harare properties at US$6.745 million.

The properties were said to include houses in Borrowdale, Borrowdale Brooke, Highlands, Gunhill, Mount Pleasant, Vainona and Chisipite.

Investigators have also referred to at least 54 properties and vehicles allegedly acquired through funds said to have belonged to Collins Mnangagwa, who owns several mines.

About 13 assets, including houses and vehicles, were reportedly recovered.

Some were said to have been registered in the names of Tafirenyika’s relatives, including her mother and sister.

Among the assets seized during the inquiry was a Toyota Land Cruiser taken....