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Karoi regional magistrate Mr Elisha Singano last week convicted Mliswa of assaulting seven of his workers.
He was slapped with US$50 or 14 days in prison for each count.

In passing sentence, Mr Singano considered that all the seven victims had sworn to affidavits with the intention of withdrawing the charges against the businessman.
Prosecutor Mr Simon Tapiwa proved that Mliswa brutally assaulted his workers after accusing them of stealing farm chemicals.

The State also proved that Mliswa used different weapons to beat the workers who sustained deep cuts all over their bodies.
Mliswa is also facing fraud charges, which include stealing farm implements belonging to white former commercial farmers.
He is also accused of defrauding the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe of US$3,5 million after he abused a loan facility meant for tobacco growers.