adminProsper Dembedza : Court Correspondent
The late Vice-President Simon Vengesai Muzenda’s brother Vitalis was recently fined $200 after being found guilty of selling fuel without a licence. Vitalis Vengesai Muzenda (61) was facing charges of selling petroleum products, namely diesel and petrol, without a licence. He pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared before Harare magistrate Mr Elijah Makomo, who ordered him to pay $200 fine or go to jail for 30 days.It was proven that on March 7, the informant Delight Dabengwa in the company of police officers from Harare Licence Inspectorate, visited Muzenda at Murefu Service Station and asked him to produce a licence authorising him to operate a service station.
The court heard that Muzenda was issued with a notice to produce a licence within seven days in terms of Section 55 of the Petroleum Act Chapter 13:12.
It was proved that Muzenda failed to produce the licence within the stipulated time, although he had paid for processing of the licence, which the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) did not process in January, way before the notice was issued.
Meanwhile, ComOil Private Limited was yesterday brought to court for operating a service station without a licence.
Allegations are that on March 3, informant, Owen Tsapayi, while on duty visited ComOil Private Limited situated at 32 Knightsbridge, Newlands, in Harare to establish whether it was complying with the Petroleum Act.
The court heard that a notice was issued to its marketing manager who is also the second accused to show a licence within seven days in terms of Section 55 (2) of the Petroleum Act Chapter 13:22.
The court heard that the company failed to show the licence within the stipulated time.
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