BULAWAYO – The Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has dragged two Bulawayo taxi companies to court for owning radio cable systems without valid licences. Magistrate Gladmore Mushove banned Umtshiniwami and DPS Cabs from using their radio frequencies meant for taxi operations. It is in the state’s case that on September 25 Potraz…
BULAWAYO – A 28-year-old Cowdray Park woman’s awkward gait sold her out to an alert security guard when the laptop she had stolen dropped from her skirt as she walked out of a trading store. Mary Kutsanzira’s offence earned her an eight months sentence, half of which was conditionally suspended for five years on her…
MUTARE – Giles Mutsekwa, embattled Mutare mayor Tatenda Nhamarare and their two accomplices’ trial on charges of assaulting a fellow MDC colleague continued here with two more witnesses pinning the former Housing and Social Amenities minister to the crime. Mutsekwa is denying any involvement in the assault and says he was not at the crime…
HARARE – QV Pharmacies has been placed under provisional judicial management after an urgent application by one of its creditors and faces eviction from its business premises over rental arrears, according to court documents. QV is a subsidiary of troubled pharmaceutical group CAPS Holdings. The application to place QV under judicial management was made by…
HARARE – Ex-Kingstons Holdings boss Brian Sedze’s application for discharge at the close of the State case in which he is charged with 35 counts of fraud has been dismissed. Harare regional magistrate Simon Rogers Kachambwa ruled that Sedze had a case to answer because the State had managed to prove a prima facie case…
HARARE – Two Harare men are up for allegedly robbing a taxi driver who had offered them transport. Paul Mambucha, 30, and Sunfall Pausiri, 24, appeared before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei charged with robbery of a motor vehicle. The duo was remanded in custody to January 24. Prosecutor Sharon Mashavira alleged that on December 20,…
HARARE – Ashdown Park residents are up in arms against Apostle Tavonga Vutabwashe’s Heartfelt International Ministries Church, accusing the church of noise pollution and illegal dumping of waste in their area. Residents wanted to know from the council how Heartfelt Ministries were able to change land use and if they had been awarded an Environment…
EDITOR — It is slowly dawning on me that Warriors coach Ian Gorowa is failing to improve his squad after the two games that we have seen so far. While I would not want to be a prophet of doom, just like in the previous Chan editions we might return home early. The level of…
EDITOR — As one goes through the newspapers these days, one only seems to read about more and more cases of rape. I think Zimbabwe as a country is going through a dark period in which men are raping women and children of all ages. It no longer matters these days whether one is a…
HARARE – Government plans to restructure the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) as part of efforts to revive the country’s ailing industry. The corporation, wholly owned by government, plays a role of spearheading industrialisation in strategic sectors by adding value through industrial processes and capital formation. However, the group, together with most Zimbabwean firms, has been…
