WOMAN HELD FOR E84 250 STOKVEL ROBBERY

MBABANE – The crime of robbery is usually associated with men, but a woman of Sithobelweni did the unthinkable when she allegedly robbed a savings scheme (stokvel).

Zinhle Mando Mavimbela (31), who is also a member of Kancane Kancane Bomake Savings Scheme, is alleged to have staged the robbery during the counting of the money which was to be shared among the members.

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She is alleged to have threatened the other members that unless they consented to her taking the money she would shoot them there and then.
The total amount of money which Mavimbela is alleged to have taken is E84 250.

On top of the aforementioned amount, she is alleged to have taken E4 800 cash, which was already in possession of one of the members, Nobuhle Mamba.
Not only did she allegedly take the aforementioned amounts, she is further reported to have robbed Mamba some of her valuables.
The items which Mavimbela allegedly forcefully took from Mamba are valued at E5 700. 

The items which she allegedly took from Mamba include; a Mobicel K1 cellphone and a black handbag with personal documents.
She now stands charged with two crimes of robbery which she allegedly committed on December 1, 2018 at Lavundlamanti in the Lubombo Region.
Through her attorney Linda Dlamini, Mavimbela yesterday moved an urgent bail application at the High Court.

Some of the people who are suspected to have acted jointly with Mavimbela are still wanted by the police. Among those who are now on the police wanted list, is Mavimbela’s brother.

In her application for bail, she told the court that she was innocent of the charges against her and would plead not guilty at trial. 
Mavimbela submitted that she had a bona fide defence to the charge in that she did not partake in the robbery either alone or in furtherance of a common purpose with anyone.

“It is imperative to mention from the onset that I was heavily assaulted by the police to an extent that I was made to admit to having committed the offence which I am charged with,” submitted the accused (Mavimbela).

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She also submitted that, sometime this month, the exact date which she did not recall, they were supposed to share some money with other members.
According to the accused, the money was from savings of their association with and/or scheme known as Kancane Kancane Bomake Savings Scheme, where they made monetary contributions from the beginning of the year.

She alleged that the place where they were supposed to share the money, was changed, and she was advised of same by a child she found at the shop.
“While at the shop counting the money, we heard gunshots and a male voice demanding keys to open the shop, which I surmise were robbers,” said Mavimbela.

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