THERE was drama at Gweru Town House yesterday as the Messenger of Court towed away several vehicles, including privately-owned cars, as he executed a High Court order allowing the attachment of vehicles over $32 000 in outstanding salaries to 11 former employees at Go-Beer Breweries.
BY Stephen Chadenga
The workers were last year granted a High Court order to be paid $32 296 owed to them in outstanding salaries, but council contested the attachment of its property, saying the issue had nothing to do with the local authority.
Go-Beer is a commercial entity of Gweru City Council.
Acting town clerk Edgar Mwedzi yesterday confirmed the attachment of council vehicles. “I had called him (Messenger of Court) to my office to say he was blocking the public parking at Town House, but this did not go down well with him,” Mwedzi said.
“He stormed out of the office and the next thing we saw were random attachments of council vehicles. Even my car was also towed away.”
Mwedzi said although the list showed that five vehicles were to be attached, it appeared the Messenger of Court had taken away 10 vehicles.
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“Even private cars were not spared. Kizito Chitungo, a council employee, had his car towed away,” he said.
Mwedzi said council lawyers were attending to the issue.
Last week, 21 former Go-Beer workers petitioned council over outstanding salaries backdated to 2012. The beer concern was shut down in July 2014 after it had become unprofitable.
