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By Matabeleland North Correspondent
HWANGE: Victoria Falls Town Clerk Ronnie Dube who is facing charges of criminal abuse of office will spend the weekend in remand prison after Hwange magistrate Gladmore Mushove postponed bail ruling to Monday.
Dube (54) was arrested by officers from the joint police Anti-Corruption Unit and Special Anti-Corruption Unit in the President’s Office Wednesday in Victoria Falls before being taken to court in Hwange.
He applied for bail through his lawyer Matshobana Ncube assisted by Nomusa Khumalo challenging unlawful arrest and detention Thursday before the magistrate ruled that he had a case to answer.
Ncube said his client was a good candidate for bail and accused the state of failing to give concrete reasons on why Dube should not be granted bail.
By Matabeleland North Correspondent
HWANGE: The tag-of-war between Victoria Falls Mayor Councillor Somvelo Dlamini and Town Clerk Ronnie Dube has escalated with the latter being arrested for alleged abuse of office.
Dlamini suspended Dube without pay and benefits last week Wednesday accusing him of “corruption, gross incompetence, abuse of office and causing the local authority to lose revenue” before councillors convened a special meeting on Monday and reversed the suspension.
However, councilors resolved to revoke the suspension saying it was null-and-void after the mayor who they accused of making solo decisions, had failed to give them concrete reasons for suspending the town clerk.
The many meanings of water: The elements in Thobani K’s photography
13 Feb 2021
Thobani K’s first portrait, an image of his grandfather Bhekindaba Killiam Cele, sets out his modus operandi.
In the 1980s in the then KwaZulu homelands, the areas of KwaNgcolosi, Emaphephetheni and EmaQadini (Eskebheni) were flooded when the Inanda Dam overflowed, disrupting the lives of residents, many of whom lost their homes and small businesses.
One local businesswoman, who owned the Umngeni Drift Store, had a paddle boat which she used to assist locals to cross the Umngeni River to the Ngcolosi area near Molweni. Because of this crucial boat, the Umngeni Drift Store was referred to by the people as Eskebheni (“by the boat”), and even Dusi Canoe Marathon participants used to camp in the store’s yard.