Terrence Mawawa, Chiredzi|A headmaster here stole at least $ 6000 cash from the school coffers through forging bank funds transfer documents.
Chibwedziva Secondary School head , Zenda Simbarashe Jackson(53) last week appeared before Chiredzi Magistrate Geraldine Mutsotso facing three counts of fraud and three counts of forgery. Zenda forged the bank funds transfer documents by appending a signature which he purportedly presented to the bank as having been signed by Thulani Siphumise, who is the School Development Committee(SDC) vice chairperson.
On May 30 around 12pm Jackson also forged Siphumise’s signature to withdraw cash from CBZ. He also misrepresented himself on several occasions and withdrew cash from CBZ. Through forging documents, Jackson stole at least $6000 from the school account. Meanwhile SDC sources said there was need to carry out further audits since there were more fraudulent activities yet to be unearthed. “There is need to carry out further audits at the school.We know that a lot of sinister activities took place at the school. It is unfortunate Jackson forged the vice chairperson’s signature in order to withdraw cash from the school account without the SDC’s approval,” said a member of the Chibwedziva SDC.
Cases of school heads involved in the embezzlement of funds have been on the increase and last year a headmaster in Bikita took his own life after failing to account for thousands of dollars.