Power cable vandals jailed 10 years

Reported by New Zimbabwe · Sat 05:42 · Mary Taruvinga

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TWO Bindura men have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each for vandalising electricity infrastructure after they were caught digging up an underground power cable. Claudius Sikelo (27), of Section 7, Trojan Mine, and Foster Tsvekese Kamhaka (27), of Chiwaridzo 2, were convicted by the Bindura…

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