Sharon Jiyamwa
Herald Reporter
A 39 – year – old woman appeared before Harare Magistrate, Tapiwa Kuhudzai, facing charges of trying to sell a Honda Fit she had hired using fake identification documents.
Sonia Kamambo, of Ndoro Village under Chief Chinamora in Domboshava, is facing charges of motor vehicle theft and possession of articles for criminal use.
The State alleges that on November 4, 2026, Kamambo hired a white Honda Fit valued at US$12 000 from the complainant, Tatenda Hope Zangure, using a fake national identity card and driver’s licence under the name of Faith Ndlovu.
She allegedly paid US$400, comprising of a US$200 for five days car hire fee and a US$200 deposit.
Kamambo allegedly forged a registration book, national identity card and registered the owner as Mupunga Kelvin Tinashe and then drew up an agreement of sale between Faith Ndlovu and Mupunga Kelvin Tinashe.
She then offered the vehicle for sale and was arrested while finalising the transaction. On November 5, detectives from the CID Vehicle Theft Squad heard that Kamambo was at Spar Arcadia Shops in Harare, and they proceeded there.
On arrival, they arrested Kamambo and recovered two national identity cards and two driver’s licences bearing her picture, but in the names of Sonia Kamambo and Faith Ndlovu.
They also recovered a fake vehicle registration book and a forged agreement of sale.
