Bulawayo deputy mayor, councillors remanded for bail ruling in US$52 000 extortion case

BULAWAYO, Aug. 24 (NewsDay Live) — Bulawayo Deputy Mayor Edwin Ndlovu and two other councillors were remanded in custody to Monday for a ruling on their bail application after appearing in court charged with attempting to extort US$52 000 from a businessman over a hotel development project.

Former Nkulumane councillor Rodney Jele (39), Deputy Mayor and Ward 8 councillor Edwin Ndlovu (55), and Ward 28 councillor Ntandoyenkosi Ndlovu (37) appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Isheunesu Matova.

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