Senior Zanu PF official jailed

LUPANE — A senior Zanu PF official in Matabeleland North was on Wednesday slapped with an effective one-year jail term for stealing two community diesel-powered engines worth $7 600.

Provincial Zanu PF secretary for legal affairs John Roberts Khumalo (57) had denied the theft charges when he appeared before Lupane magistrate Takudzwa Gwazemba.

But he was convicted and sentenced to three years in jail.

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