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Senatar Bus Services taken to court for electricity theft
29 Jun 2013 at 06:39hrs | Views
Mutare-based bus operator Esau Mupfumi's long-distance bus company Senatar Express has been taken to court by Zesa on allegations of illegally reconnecting electricity at its premises in Bulawayo after accruing an over $20 000 electricity bill.
Senatar Express was represented in court on Wednesday by Lazarus Nenzema, the company's security manager, while Zesa was represented by its Bulawayo urban loss control officer Alfred Nsingo.
The case was heard by local magistrate Sibongile Msipa.
Senatar Express is being charged with contravening Section 60(a) of the Electricity Act.
The State case, according to prosecutor Masimba Saruwaka, is that on 26 April, Bongani Ndlovu, a Zesa employee went to Senatar Express premises where he disconnected electricity from the main circuit breaker due to non-payment of a $20 762,39 electricity bill.
Ndlovu also informed Drosila Simela the manager that she should visit the Zesa credit control section so that a payment plan could be worked out.
The prosecutor then said on May 15, Nsingo received a tipoff to the effect that electricity had been illegally reconnected at the bus company's premises.
Nsingo visited Senatar Express and discovered that electricity had indeed been illegally reconnected.
Upon being quizzed how electricity was reconnected, Senatar Express failed to come up with a satisfactory answer. A report was then made to the police.
The matter was set down for July 24 for trial.
Senatar Express was represented in court on Wednesday by Lazarus Nenzema, the company's security manager, while Zesa was represented by its Bulawayo urban loss control officer Alfred Nsingo.
The case was heard by local magistrate Sibongile Msipa.
Senatar Express is being charged with contravening Section 60(a) of the Electricity Act.
The State case, according to prosecutor Masimba Saruwaka, is that on 26 April, Bongani Ndlovu, a Zesa employee went to Senatar Express premises where he disconnected electricity from the main circuit breaker due to non-payment of a $20 762,39 electricity bill.
The prosecutor then said on May 15, Nsingo received a tipoff to the effect that electricity had been illegally reconnected at the bus company's premises.
Nsingo visited Senatar Express and discovered that electricity had indeed been illegally reconnected.
Upon being quizzed how electricity was reconnected, Senatar Express failed to come up with a satisfactory answer. A report was then made to the police.
The matter was set down for July 24 for trial.
Source - southerneye
