A MAN from Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly
stealing a bus worth more than US$31 000 from a garage in Thorngrove suburb.
Bongani Dube (41) of Njube suburb allegedly stole the bus
belonging to Mr Kaiser Dliwayo-Saungweme (68) of Somerset East Extension,
Francistown Botswana.
The bus had been parked at Mr Jobert Maplanka’s garage in
Thorngrove for safe keeping.
Dube was not asked
to plead to theft of a motor vehicle when he appeared before Bulawayo
magistrate Mr Lizwe Jamela.
He was remanded out of custody to February 7 on his own
cognisance. Prosecuting, Mr Denmark
Chihombe said sometime in 2015, Mr Dliwayo-Saungweme was involved in an
accident along the Bulawayo-Gweru road.
“The complainant then decided to take his bus to Mr
Maplanka’s garage for safe keeping as the bus had Botswana registration
number,” said Mr Chihombe.
Between December 2015 and March 2019, Dube approached Mr
Maplanka who was in custody of the bus and told him that he had bought the bus
from Mr Dliwayo-Saungweme.
“The accused person alleged that he had already finalised
sale transactions with the complainant despite the fact that the complainant
was in Botswana at the time,” said Mr Chihombe.
Dube allegedly went
on to show Mr Maplanka some telephone calls which he allegedly said were
between him and Mr Dliwayo-Saungweme as a way of convincing him that he bought
the bus.
“The accused assumed
ownership of the bus which was a non-runner. The complainant values the stolen
property at approximately US$31 400 and nothing was recovered,” said Mr
Chihombe. Chronicle
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