Zanu PF official appeals sentence

LUPANE — A Matabeleland North senior Zanu PF official, John Robert Khumalo, who was slapped with an effective one-year jail term last month for the theft of two community-owned diesel-powered engines worth $7 600, wants to appeal against both conviction and sentence.

Khumalo’s lawyer, Solomon Mguni, submitted the application for appeal at the High Court on Friday, arguing the State had failed to prove a prima facie case against his client. Khumalo (57) is Zanu PF’s provincial secretary for legal affairs.

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