Theft at Bosso offices . . .Bosso CEO loses R20k
HIGHLANDERS chief executive officer Nhlanhla Dube reportedly lost R20 000 he had left at the club offices over the Christmas holiday.
The club’s head of secretariat had reportedly left over R30 200 in a laptop bag last week before office staff closed for the holidays and discovered the theft on Friday, resulting in him reporting the matter to the police on the same day.
Sources at the club said the stolen amount did not belong to Highlanders but was insteadstead Dube’s personal funds.
“He told us he left the money as they were closingosing for the festive season last week and discoveredscovered the theft on return on Friday and he made a report to the police on the same day.y.
“It is suspected it could have been an insideside job and whoever stole the money is someone with access to the offices as thereere was no break-in or signs of forced entrytry into the offices. Unfortunately thee laptop bag was not in a securecure place such as a safe or lockable storage place,” saidd the source.
Bulawayo police spokesmanokesman Chief Inspectorspector Precious Simangomango confirmed a reportport had been made at Bulawayo Central Policelice Station about thee theft adding it is suspected the moneyoney was stolen betweentween 22 and 28 December.
She said no arrestsrests had beenen made yet and police were still conducting their investigations. Chief Insp Simango appealed to members of the public not to keep large sums of money in laptop bags.
“We are appealing to members of the public not to keep large sums of money in laptop bags. We would not expect a chief executive officer to leave such a huge amount in a laptop bag and unsecured.
“It is also important that people shouldn’t go about revealing they are in possession of huge amounts of cash because it seems whoever stole the money knew there was cash in that bag as no other item was stolen. If you are in possession of cash it would be best to keep it to yourself,” she said.
Dube declined to comment on the matter saying he was not ready to speak about it.