Estate owner points gun at Mohadi’s team

Beitbridge Bureau
A 63-year-old farmer at Bubi Safari Estate and his 24-year-old employee have been fined US$200 each for pointing a fire arm at a member of Zanu-PF senate candidate for Beitbridge Cde Tambudzani Mohadi’s campaign team and for disorderly conduct.
The two tried to bar Cde Mohadi from holding a political meeting at the farm. Norman Dale Reed Sparrow, a South African, along with Milton Ncube, a game scout at the farm, were found guilty of provoking Cde Mohadi and pointing a fire arm at one of the campaign team members.
Sparrow was charged with contravening a section 41 (b) of the Criminal Law Reform and Codification Act on disorderly conduct in a public place, while Ncube was charged with breaching section 27 (b) of the Firearms Act for pointing the firearm.
They were both convicted on their own plea of guilty when they appeared before Beitbridge resident magistrate Miss Gloria Takundwa yesterday.
They risk imprisonment for four days should they fail to pay the fine.
Prosecutor Mr Jabulani Mberesi told the court that on Sunday morning at around 10am, Cde Mohadi went to Bubi Safari Estate in the company of her campaign team with the intention of holding a political meeting.
On arrival at the gate, Ncube denied them entry into the farm, saying he was acting on Sparrow’s instructions.
Cde Mohadi insisted on holding the meeting at the farm as per schedule, but Ncube remained adamant and called Sparrow to the gate.
Sparrow told Cde Mohadi that she was not welcome at the farm.
Mr Mberesi said Sparrow told Cde Mohadi that her request was “nonsense and stupid”.
When Beitbridge District vice chairperson of the war veterans association Cde Samuel Mulaudzi tried to intervene, Ncube pointed an ML5 rifle which was loaded with 20 rounds intending to shoot him.
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