A woman who sold her sister’s car and squandered the money is facing jail. Sthembeni Kondo (45) of Bulawayo sold her sister’s Hyundai ...
A woman who sold her sister’s car and squandered the money
is facing jail.
Sthembeni Kondo (45) of Bulawayo sold her sister’s Hyundai
Sonata that had been left in her possession as her sibling went to South Africa
where her husband is based.
Kondo later lied to her sister Ms Perpetua Dube that she
had acquired another vehicle for her, but needed R1 700 as a top up. She also collected
$770 from her sister’s tenants and converted it to her own use.
The woman who is facing theft of trust property charges,
pleaded not guilty before Bulawayo magistrate Ms Gladmore Mushove. The
magistrate remanded her out of custody to March 29. In a statement, Ms Dube
said she left her car with her sister in 2016 when she went to visit her
husband in South Africa.
She said when she came back her younger sister had sold the
car and promised to reimburse her.
“In November last year, she said she had bought a BMW motor
vehicle which was at Victoria Falls border. She needed R 17 000 for top up and
I gave her. She later said the money was not enough and took $770 from my
tenants,” she said.
Ms Dube said after receiving the money she did not deliver
but kept saying the car was in Victoria Falls until she made a report to the
police.
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