Bulawayo magistrate, Sangster Tavengwa, has acquitted Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) national organising secretary Partone Xaba of theft charges.
Xaba was being accused of stealing Floyd Ambrose’s Zimbabwean passport, gun licence, US$14 590, an Acer laptop, shoes and kitchen utensils.
He is alleged to have dug up upright poles of a locked gate at a Ntabazinduna lodge before assaulting a security guard with open hands and a sjambok.
Xaba, who was said to have been in the company of 30 men, was also accused of breaking down doors of the rooms at the lodge and throwing out property that belonged to the complainant.
He was represented by Dumisani Dube of Mathonsi-Ncube Law Chambers.