HARARE – High Court judge Joseph Musakwa yesterday ordered the police to reimburse a Mutare-based businessman $1, 5 million — equivalent to Z$46 billion — which they seized from him following his 2008 arrest on theft charges. This comes after Tendai Blessing Mangwiro won a Supreme Court application to be paid back the money following…
BULAWAYO – Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya says he is always on the war-path with extorters who want to have part of his wealth. He told journalists after officially handing over more than 5 000 housing stands to desperate home-seekers from his congregation — through his multi-million dollar company, Planet Africa…
HARARE – A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) accountant who reportedly fleeced his employer of more than $1 million by diverting refunds from clients into fraudulently-created accounts appeared in court yesterday. Tapuwa Evans Chidemo, 44, is currently out of custody on $1 000 bail. He appeared before Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe for his routine remand proceedings…
HARARE – The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC yesterday defended war veterans, saying “a cornered Zanu PF” is desperate to rewrite history but will not succeed. Over the past few months, some veterans of the country’s liberation struggle have been persecuted and come under attack from President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party who threatened to…
HARARE – Agriculture-focused financial institution, Agribank, has bounced back to profitability, earning $2,16 million in the six months to June 2016. The latest results compare favourably with the $3,76 million recorded in the same period last year. Agribank chief executive Sam Malaba said the profit was mainly a result of the positive outcome of the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is set to experience a spat of basic commodities price increases and food shortages in the coming months due to drought and recent import restrictions, a research firm has warned. South Africa-based NKC African Economics (NKC), cautioned that government’s Statutory Instrument 64 (SI)of 2016 was going to lead to food shortages as…
HARARE – South African house music group Mafikizolo is dating Harare again to prove their pulling muscle, a job which might be prove daunting. On most occasions, the Khona hit makers performed indoors, especially at the 5 000-seater-Harare International Conference Centre (HICC)where they packed the joint more than thrice, but this time around, the South…
HARARE – Afro-rock band Evicted comprising four guys have stormed the local music market with a comical music video Ndoita Sei based on a true story of a man who had all his belongings stolen after a night of fun. The boy band is made up of Derek Bailey, Dominic Benson, Theo Rhode and Justin…
HARARE – Veteran radio and television comedian, poet, musician and short story teller Dudzai Mtomba aka Baba Shupi has quit showbiz after “giving his life to Jesus Christ”. Mtomba joined showbiz as a comedian in 1992 and rose to stardom through his radio skits such as Nhau naBaba Shupi among others. Radio skits made him…
CALIFORNIA – Firefighters are continuing to tackle a huge blaze in southern California, with several of them describing it as the most ferocious they have ever seen. An evacuation order has been issued for an area home to more than 82,000 people, just east of Los Angeles. The Blue Cut fire, as it has been…
