BULAWAYO, Apr. 20 (NewsDay Live) – Two Botswana nationals appeared in court facing charges of stealing a luxury vehicle from a South African car rental company and allegedly bringing it into Zimbabwe.
Tumelo Kahuure (32) and Cash Monhlanka (42), both of Gaborone, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Lungile Ncube charged with theft. They pleaded not guilty.
The matter was postponed to April 28 after State witnesses based in South Africa failed to attend court.
Kahuure is represented by Simbarashe Innocent Madzivire of Mashayamombe Law Firm, while Monhlanka is represented by Tawanda Tavengwa.
Prosecutor Sehliselo Khumalo told the court the complainant is Brown Shirley Anne Francis (34), an employee of Avis Car Rental in Durban, South Africa.
The State alleges that on January 16, 2026, the accused, acting in common purpose with an accomplice still at large, hired a Toyota Fortuner valued at R800,000 from Avis Car Rental in Durban, claiming it would be returned on January 29.
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They allegedly failed to return the vehicle, removed its South African registration plates and fitted fake Botswana plates, B825 BWT.
The court heard the accused further tampered with the vehicle by erasing its original chassis number and replacing it with a false one before crossing into Zimbabwe.
Investigations led to their arrest and the recovery of the vehicle.