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TelOne drags defaulting clients to court
16 Dec 2013 at 22:13hrs | Views
THE country's landline provider, Tel One has cracked the whip on defaulting clients, with 35 subscribers being dragged to court for non-payment of telephone bills.
The 35 include individuals, some of them prominent businesspeople, businesses, schools and companies. According to documents at the High Court in Bulawayo, TelOne, through its legal representatives Cheda and Partners, filed court applications and summons in a bid to recover thousands of money owed to it by the defaulting clients.
The landline provider wants to recover money for telephone services which accumulated when clients neglected paying, some since dolarisation of the economy in 2009.
None of the cases have not been set down for hearing with some having filed notices of application to defend while others have not responded.
Some of the prominent Bulawayo businesspersons that have the TelOne axe hovering on their heads are former Zifa boss Vincent Pamire who has allegedly failed to service $11,347.94 telephone bill.
The arrears are in respect of his Lochview House along Kopje Road.
Pamire has however since filed an application to defend through his lawyers Marondedze, Mukuku, Ndove and Partners. Businesswoman Anele Mnyandu, who at some point used to sponsor sport in schools has also been summoned to appear in court following her failure to pay $16,875 for her Matsheumhlophe house in Bulawayo. Bulawayo's cultural centre, Amakhosi Cultural Village allegedly failed to pay $10, 200 telephone bill for its premises.
The cultural centre which put Bulawayo on the world map in terms of arts, was summoned alongside three other defendants Nicholas Madlala Mhlanga, Sibusisiwe Ncube of Makokoba and Andrew Moyo from the same suburb.
Ncube and Moyo were made liable following their declaration as guarantors that they would pay the bills in the event that Amakhosi Cultural Village defaulted. The cultural centre is also arguing against the summons, and has applied for further particulars of claim.
The directors at Amakhosi want proof of how the figure got to $10,000 and if there is any statement. One of the schools that have been found wanting is the now defunct Elite High School, whose offices at Astra Complex along Herbert Chitepo Street gobbled $11,439.76 but authorities failed to pay.
A couple Gift and Jesca Matingo from Buena Vista that runs Knosis Enterprises, was also summoned over arrears amounting to $14,000 for its Knosis Enterprises shop in Windsor Park.
There are several other individuals, including businessman Obert Sibanda, that have been served with summons according to court records.
Some of the companies and businesses that have defaulted and have been summoned are Transrail and Road ($12 037), Fireworks Enterprises ($18,702) and Royal Ostrindo ($18,339) among others.
The 35 include individuals, some of them prominent businesspeople, businesses, schools and companies. According to documents at the High Court in Bulawayo, TelOne, through its legal representatives Cheda and Partners, filed court applications and summons in a bid to recover thousands of money owed to it by the defaulting clients.
The landline provider wants to recover money for telephone services which accumulated when clients neglected paying, some since dolarisation of the economy in 2009.
None of the cases have not been set down for hearing with some having filed notices of application to defend while others have not responded.
Some of the prominent Bulawayo businesspersons that have the TelOne axe hovering on their heads are former Zifa boss Vincent Pamire who has allegedly failed to service $11,347.94 telephone bill.
The arrears are in respect of his Lochview House along Kopje Road.
Pamire has however since filed an application to defend through his lawyers Marondedze, Mukuku, Ndove and Partners. Businesswoman Anele Mnyandu, who at some point used to sponsor sport in schools has also been summoned to appear in court following her failure to pay $16,875 for her Matsheumhlophe house in Bulawayo. Bulawayo's cultural centre, Amakhosi Cultural Village allegedly failed to pay $10, 200 telephone bill for its premises.
The cultural centre which put Bulawayo on the world map in terms of arts, was summoned alongside three other defendants Nicholas Madlala Mhlanga, Sibusisiwe Ncube of Makokoba and Andrew Moyo from the same suburb.
Ncube and Moyo were made liable following their declaration as guarantors that they would pay the bills in the event that Amakhosi Cultural Village defaulted. The cultural centre is also arguing against the summons, and has applied for further particulars of claim.
The directors at Amakhosi want proof of how the figure got to $10,000 and if there is any statement. One of the schools that have been found wanting is the now defunct Elite High School, whose offices at Astra Complex along Herbert Chitepo Street gobbled $11,439.76 but authorities failed to pay.
A couple Gift and Jesca Matingo from Buena Vista that runs Knosis Enterprises, was also summoned over arrears amounting to $14,000 for its Knosis Enterprises shop in Windsor Park.
There are several other individuals, including businessman Obert Sibanda, that have been served with summons according to court records.
Some of the companies and businesses that have defaulted and have been summoned are Transrail and Road ($12 037), Fireworks Enterprises ($18,702) and Royal Ostrindo ($18,339) among others.
Source - zimmetro
