Manager jailed for 2 year for defrauding employer of R31 800

A Beitbridge man, Loveson Shumbayawonda (27) who has been employed as a manager by Freeway Bus and Truck Spares, has been jailed for two years effective for defrauding his employer of R31 800.

Shumbayawonda of House Number 152 Dulibadzimu in Beitbridge denied the charges at the opening of his trial but Matabeleland South regional magistrate Mr Owen Tagu convicted him on the strength of overwhelming evidence.

Shumbayawonda was slapped with five years in jail but the magistrate conditionally suspended one year for five years.

A further two years were suspended on condition that he restitutes R31 800 to the complainant before 31 December.

Charges against Shumbayawonda arose between 18 January and October last year when he was employed as a manager by Freeway Bus and Truck Spares in Beitbridge.

His duties included receiving money from sales and services as well as keeping accounts records for the company.

During that period, Shumbayawonda would receive money from customers on behalf of the company, which he was supposed to surrender to his employer.

He, however, surrendered part of the cash and pocketed R31 800.

The matter was discovered during an audit leading to his arrest.