HARARE – MDC chief elections officer Morgen Komichi has been ordered to perform 350 hours community service at Marlbereign Clinic after the courts found him guilty of fraud and contravening the Electoral Act. Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe sentenced Komichi to 18 months imprisonment and suspended eight months on condition of good behaviour. The other 10…
HARARE – Right lawyers have reminded Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo to consider his constitutional obligations to ensure that all evicted persons will be provided alternative accommodation as government embarks on a slum clearance drive that started in Ruwa. Chombo addressed a press conference on October 31 where he advised that he would be demolishing…
HARARE – A Zimbabwe court has sentenced two poachers to at least nine years in prison each for illegal possession of elephant tusks valued at $400. A Harare magistrate on Wednesday sentenced Obey Ngirazi and Panganayi Maizinga to nine years in prison with hard labour at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Ngirazi was a counseling officer…
HARARE – Seven public hospitals in Zimbabwe are set to benefit from an $8 million donation of essential medicines. The donation was made by Celebration Health, the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation and Citihope International. The partners handed over $2,8 million worth of medicines to the ministry of Health and Child Care. “Today we are going to…
HARARE – Remo Investments Brokers (Private) Limited (Remo) has told the court that Interfin Securities (Interfin) should return shares that the financial institution sold. According to court papers, Remo borrowed money from Interfin and lodged some of its shares as surety. After the full payment of the loan, Interfin had disposed of the shares, the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe will vigorously pursue religious travel, with the southern African country standing to benefit from more than 300 million travellers who are inspired by religious tourism. Walter Mzembi, minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry, said this on the side lines of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) and World Travel Market (WTM)…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has hosted a charity ball for the less privileged. Approximately 85 organisations participated and close to $115 000 was raised at the ball, held last week. Gershom Pasi, the commissioner-general of Zimra, said “the tradition of giving and sharing has become so entrenched within the Zimra culture to…
HARARE – Masango Matambanadzo, the Zanu PF MP for Kwekwe, has castigated Cabinet ministers for neglecting Ziscosteel workers since the closure of the company five years ago. Matambanadzo made the remarks during a hearing on the parliamentary portfolio committee on Industry and Commerce on Wednesday. The committee is chaired by Zanu PF MP Ray Kaukonde…
CHIVI – A notorious armed robber who broke into various supermarkets and shops in Masvingo and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars was this week arrested while he was on a spending spree. Lovemore Gambiza’s luck ran out after detectives swooped on him while he was having a good time at a drinking spot in…
HARARE – Four ex-employees of National Housing Development Trust (NHDT) allegedly stole a housing database and have been enlisting clients from NHDT into their housing project. NHDT has reported Learnmore Makono, Josephine Mutsamwira, Tapiwa Philimoni and Muchazondida Marwiro to the police for fraud. Police say they are probing the case. The four reportedly formed a…
