2 Swiss Express bus workers in R1 million theft scandal

TWO employees from Swiss Express luxury coaches have found themselves in trouble after they allegedly diverted more than R1 million to their personal use.
Doreen Moyo and Muziwethu Ndlovu appeared yesterday before Bulawayo Senior Regional Magistrate

Mr Mark Dzira, charged with theft.
They pleaded not guilty and were remanded out of custody until March 9, 2026 after they each paid US$500 bail.

They were ordered to surrender their passports, reside at the addresses they supplied to the court and instructed not to interfere with State witnesses.

Moyo and her accomplice were further ordered to report every Friday to the Commercial Crimes Division (CCD) in Bulawayo.

Prosecutor, Ms Hazel Ncube, told the court that from May 11 last year until January 30 this year, at the Swiss Express office located at the corner of Fife Street and 6th Avenue in Bulawayo, the accused persons altered receipt books and took cash amounting to R1,208,400.

“Moyo and Ndlovu were employed as clerks and could access the computer system using their passwords. The accused persons were exposed by two customers who wanted to hitchhike to Gwanda with fake bus tickets, which were discovered by the inspector, leading to their arrest,” said Ms Ncube.

In a related matter, two employees from Fairy Café recently appeared in court for allegedly manipulating computer data and stealing US$4,724.

Theophelous Moyo and Loke Dube appeared before Bulawayo Magistrate Ms Patience Madodo, facing charges of unlawful interference with data or a data storage medium as defined in Section 163(B) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, Chapter 9:23, and unlawfully concealing a transaction from a principal as defined in Section 172(1)(a)(i)(ii) of the same Act.

The duo pleaded not guilty to both counts.
Moyo and Dube applied for bail and were granted US$200 bail each. Ms Madodo ordered them to surrender their passports to the police and to report to the police once every two weeks. They were sternly warned not to interfere with State witnesses. The matter was postponed to March 17, for commencement of trial.

Prosecuting, Mr Joseph Rugara told the court that from January 2025 to December 2025, Theophelous Moyo and Loke Dube unlawfully interfered with computer data software by altering credentials of Moyo, who was employed as a manager, to reflect him as the owner of Fairy Café. Moyo then accessed rights to delete important information, including stock records.

The court heard that Dube, who was employed as a security guard, manipulated the computer system using Moyo’s credentials.

Dube presented himself as a manager to access the system and deleted information related to stock. While in the system, the accused persons allegedly deleted and concealed transactions amounting to US$4,724.