Thokozani Khupe's driver has robbery case to answer

OPPOSITION MDC-T vice-president Thokozani Khupe's driver Witness Dube and fellow party member Kunashe Muchemwa have been put to their defence in a motor vehicle robbery case after a Bulawayo magistrate dismissed their application for discharge on Wednesday.

Dube and Muchemwa has pleaded not guilty to the charge of robbery and assault when they appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mark Dzira.

The court heard that the two seized the vehicle allocated to then MDC-T Matabeleland North provincial chairperson Sengezo Tshabangu when it was in the lawful custody of his driver Lameck Ndlovu on May 25, 2014.

Dzira dismissed their application saying the court had considered the fact they allegedly used physical force to grab the party vehicle from Ndlovu.

Dzira then remanded them to October 8 for their defence case. They are out of custody on $200 bail.