BULAWAYO – Former Premiership outfit Quelaton has an opportunity to cut pacesetters Bulawayo Chiefs’ lead at the summit of the Southern Region Division One log standings when the two sides clash in the first of back-to-back clashes Saturday at Fairbridge. Third-placed Quelaton trail Chiefs by nine points and can reduce this deficit to just three…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF has admitted there were electoral “irregularities” during the recent primaries, but brushed off claims of outright poll fraud, stating the malpractice was too insignificant to influence the result. Rugare Gumbo, the Zanu PF spokesperson, told reporters after a Politburo meeting on Wednesday that it is possible there were…
HARARE – James Maridadi, a former popular radio DJ presenter and announcer with ZBC traded his broadcasting career for politics, initially working as Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s spokesperson before moving to being head of protocol. This year he has thrown his candidature in the hat and will battle it out with Godwills Masimirembwa from Zanu…
HARARE – IT is “dangerous” and foolhardy to dismiss Baba Jukwa’s online survey which showed Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai leading the presidential race, political analysts say. The online opinion poll show Tsvangirai leads the pack with 85 percent of votes, while Mugabe can expect to be backed by 10 percent of Zimbabweans. Welshman Ncube, leader…
HARARE – A 28-year-old man has been sent to prison for four years for attempting to defraud Rainbow Towers Hotel of $40 000. Tafadzwa Shangwa used fake Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) instructions to transfer funds into an Allied Bank account he had created using an alias. Magistrate Tendai Mahwe had slapped him with five…
BULAWAYO – A pirate compact disc vendor has been convicted for possessing eight grammes of prepared dagga and fined $20 or one week in prison by a Bulawayo court. Webster Mugwagwa of Njube pleaded guilty to the charge when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Sibongile Msipa. The court heard on June 28 detectives patrolling the…
BULAWAYO – Two aspiring candidates’ parliamentary bid was jolted when they were convicted for failing to shut down their mobile phones during Nomination Court proceedings. Thamsanqa Jealous Ndlovu, 50, of Mpopoma—Pelandaba and Peresu Zacheous, 46, of Pumula Constituency appeared separately before Bulawayo magistrate Sibongile Msipa facing contempt of court charges. The two were cautioned and…
HARARE – Frederick Chunga, former permanent secretary in the ministry of Lands has denied allegations of murdering a man and severing his private parts for a business ritual. Chunga, a farmer and businessman, is jointly charged with Patricia Tembo, a suspected traditional healer who allegedly administered the ritual. Prosecutor Beaven Murevanhema alleges that Chunga ran…
HARARE – A Harare woman who was bashed and thrown out of her house naked by her estranged husband, has approached the Harare Civil Court seeking custody of her two children. Nyarai Bungwe made the application against Benisio Manic yesterday. In his opposing papers, Manic told the court it was not in the children’s interests…
HARARE – A Zimpapers worker has approached the courts seeking legal protection from her husband who allegedly locked her in a room for three consecutive days without food or ablution facilities. Nivea Chandomba brought her husband Shephard Chandomba before the Harare Civil Court seeking a peace order. Magistrate Milton Serima granted the order and advised…
