Million Hlongwane (52), a teacher-in-charge at Tafara
Secondary school in Mwenezi fled from a Police roadblock after being caught
twice without a driver's licence.
The first time that Hlongwane was caught is three weeks ago
and he was fined $150. Last week on Tuesday he found cops on the same spot
asking for driver's licences; sensing danger and alert to a stiffer sentence
this time around, Hlongwane who was driving from Rutenga where he stays to work
bolted and drove off at high speed.
He must have spent a torrid day and later that evening
surrendered himself to Police at Rutenga. He faces the prospect of imprisonment
without an option for a fine if he is caught again.
Twice in the same number of weeks, he has been nabbed for
driving without a licence and now he faces the prospect of imprisonment if he
is caught again.
This week he appeared before Magistrate Mandhlenkosi
Ndhlovu and was ordered to do 420hours community service at Rutenga Police camp
during weekends.
"I drove off because I think I had communication
problem with the officer. I took the risk of driving without a license because
I was late for work and had no money to hire a driver," said Hlongwane.
It is the State case that on this day around 10am, the accused
was driving a Toyota Passo and he was stopped by police officers who were
manning a road block.
Hlongwane was asked to produce a driver’s license and
failed to produce one. He was ordered to pull off the road and drove off. Masvingo Mirror
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