Some 215 drums or 23 000 litres of tar have vanished from a government depot in Chivhu. The Masvingo Mirror has established that the val...
Some 215 drums or 23 000 litres of tar have vanished from a
government depot in Chivhu.
The Masvingo Mirror has established that the value of the
tar is RTGS$ 1million.
Mash East Police spokesperson Inspector Tendai Mwanza
confirmed the case of the missing tar but could not say when it was stolen.
The Minister of Transport Joel Biggie Matiza said he was in
a meeting when contacted for comment.
The Mirror has established that Chivhu Deport received a
total of 250 drums of tar each holding 200 litres on March 4, 5 and 6. The
drums were offloaded outside Chivhu Ministry of Transport at Chivhu depot but
they were not officially handed over to anyone for safekeeping.
The Mirror gathered that security details safeguarding
other ministry equipment were not advised to also protect the drums.
On April 8, Tendai Nyangwande who is a clerk at the Chivhu
depot, visited the site and found out that 215 drums of tar were missing and
then made a Police report.
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