BCC top official placed off remand

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BCC top official placed off remand Dictor Khumalo

The Sunday News

Vusumuzi Dube, Senior Municipal Reporter
A BULAWAYO magistrate has placed Bulawayo City Council director of housing and community services, Dictor Khumalo off remand on charges of criminal abuse of office owing to lack of evidence.

The magistrate, Miss Nomagugu Maphosa, stated that the case will proceed by way of summons once adequate evidence is attained. The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) had arrested Khumalo in October last year on charges of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer as defined in the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act.

He was on $10 000 bail with stringent conditions which included that he surrenders his passport, resides at his given address and to report every Monday and Friday at Bulawayo Central Police Station.

Prosecuting, Mr Darlington Dhliwayo told the court that Khumalo had been arrested over his alleged role in recommending that Rehabilitation and Prevention of Tuberculosis (RAPT) get a rental reduction for its council-rented Mpopoma premises while at the same time sub-letting the property and demanding rentals in foreign currency from the tenant.

“Sometime in June 2019 the accused received a request from RAPT seeking permission to sublet five of the 13 buildings at the said council property to Kei Laboratories, reduction of rental fees from $250 to $200 and an application for an option to purchase the said property which was under lease.

“The accused then wrote a report to BCC recommending that RAPT be granted its request but did not disclose that RAPT had breached a prior existing contract through subletting the said property where Kei Laboratories was paying US$900 monthly rentals to RAPT,” reads the State outline.

It had been alleged that by the omission, Khumalo acted contrary to his duty as a public officer thereby showing favour to RAPT and disfavour to Kei Laboratories. Khumalo was represented by Mr Prince Butshe Dube of Mathonsi Ncube Law Chambers.

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