A Zanu PF Manicaland provincial youth league official is in the eye of a storm over an alleged theft of timber worth thousands of United States dollars from Allied Timbers in Chimanimani.
Law Tiengane, the managing director of Climb Harder Private Limited in Chimanimani, had his contract with Allied Timbers terminated recently.
Allied Timbers chief executive officer (CEO) Remigio Nenzou confirmed the case.
“We do not work with thieves and that is the reason we terminated his contract,” he said.
Tiengane refused to discuss the matter.
However, Standard People is in possession of a letter of termination of the contract dated July 8, 2024.
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“Pursuant to the above mentioned contract and upon thorough investigation and verification, we have discovered that there are discrepancies between the tally workbook and purchased logs invoice register, indicating under-declared and unrecorded volumes on your part which have caused significant prejudice to our company Allied Timbers Private Limited,” reads part of the letter.
“In this regard, this letter serves to formally terminate the above mentioned agreement between ourselves based on the following grounds and breaches of the agreement.”
Allied Timbers accused Tiengane of engaging in unauthorised activities such as the theft of pine logs and cited results of an investigation report released on April 29 this year.
The report said Tiengane had stolen a total volume of 192.21 cubic meters of pine logs between November 29, 2023, a total volume of 24.827 cubic metres was not recorded for drawdown on the purchased logs invoice register.
“This constitutes a clear violation of the terms and conditions outlined in the contract,” the letter added.
“The termination letter also said there were identified discrepancies between the tally workbook and purchased logs register.
“The under-declaration and un-recorded volumes directly contravene the Allied Timber Zimbabwe standard operating procedures and such actions are unacceptable and detrimental to the business between our companies.”
Allied Timbers also indicated that they were terminating the contract given the severity of the actions and the breach of trust.
“Therefore, we advise that the contract agreement between ourselves have been terminated with immediate effect,” the letter added.
“All obligations and responsibilities under the contract are hereby null and void.”