Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Affairs Obert Mpofu has been sued by the Umguza Community Share Ownership Trust. The trust alleges that the Minister grabbed borehole drilling equipment and accessories worth $600 000 from the Trust. An excerpt from the court papers filed by Umguza scheme chairperson Felix Nhlanhla Ndiweni reads,
A few weeks ago, a group of thugs numbering 20 attempted to stop operations of the Applicant. They advised that they were under the instructions of the first respondent (Mpofu) and the second respondent (Moyo). They were chanting revolutionary songs and were visibly drunk and they were violent towards the Applicant’s staff at the Umguza Rural District Council Reigate Depot.
In the melee of the violence, they stole keys from a drilling rig that is used to drill boreholes rendering the rig which costs a sum of US$500 000 a non-runner. Further, they took keys for a single cab Toyota Hilux and one large truck on the instructions of the first and second respondents.
More: The Zimbabwe Independent
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