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Nokutenda Chiyangwa Herald Reporter
TWO 43-year-old men appeared in court last Wednesday for allegedly defrauding their employer of $83 627 worth of galvanised steel wire. Tendayi Patsanza, who was the purchasing and stores manager at CAFCA, and Ringisayi Tswatswa, who was the materials mover, appeared before magistrate Ms Rumbidzai Mugwagwa charged with fraud.

They were remanded to August 8 on $400 bail.
CAFCA was being represented by its security manager, Mr Fidelis Jaravaza.
Prosecuting, Ms Ropafadzo Botsh alleged that sometime in February 2015, CAFCA Limited purchased 60 tonnes of galvanised steel wire worth $83 627 from Tata, India.

The wire was then shipped from India to Beira in Mozambique and eventually brought into Zimbabwe.
On February 24, 2016 Patsanza allegedly instructed Tawanda Muzvangwa, who was an intern in his department, to generate a goods received voucher indicating that the department had received 60 tonnes of galvanised steel wire.

Patsanza alleged that the consignment was delivered after hours by Freight World (Private)Limited, a clearing company that had been contracted by the complainant yet the goods were still on their way from Beira and had not yet been cleared by zimra.

The steel wire was delivered in three containers by the National Railways of Zimbabwe to Manica Container Depot on February 26, 2016 for customs clearance. Tswatswa, who was responsible for receiving incoming raw materials, allegedly misrepresented that he received the consignment on February 24, 2016 and recorded the stock in the incoming raw materials register.

To conceal the offence, the two allegedly pulled out pages covering the period in question from the register .
The crime was discovered leading to the pair’s arrest.