Sarah Matemarunda gets 34 months for stealing US$80,400

A ripped-from-the-wall safe holding over US$80,000 in mixed currencies just landed a Harare housemaid behind bars for nearly three years.

Harare safe heist nets prison time

• Sarah Matemarunda, 59, got 34 months after suspension.
• Her employer left for his Darwendale farm.
• Matemarunda phoned about the gardener's absence.
• Bedroom doors were found wide open afterward.

Safe recovery and arrests

• Cops found the safe stashed in a parked car.
• Fingerprints on it kicked off a deeper investigation.
• Milton Mudimu got nabbed while fleeing to South Africa.
• Mudimu fingered Matemarunda as the whole operation's architect.

Loot breakdown and accomplices

• The safe held US$80,400, ZAR4,000, and more.
• Two male accomplices remain on the run.
• Officers recovered hidden cash in Matemarunda's room.
• NPA warned that criminal betrayal always catches up.