BULAWAYO – Tsholotsho’s Chief Gampu has dragged his girlfriend Soneliso Ndlovu, 52, for allegedly defrauding him of over $34 000 in a housing deal that went wrong. Ndlovu who has been a Zanu PF senator for the past 10 years until the just-ended harmonised election appeared before magistrate Gladmore Mushowe facing fraud charges. She was…
HARARE – Police are hunting for a convicted rapist who vanished from Rotten Row Courts holding cells immediately after receiving a 15-year jail term. During roll call, prison officers discovered that Emmanuel Sibanda, 26, who had just been handed down the hefty penalty by Harare regional magistrate Morgan Nemadire was nowhere near the court building….
HARARE – Two convicted armed robbers allegedly broke into businessman Genius Kadungure’s Sankayi night club warehouses and stole $12 000 worth of liquor, a court heard yesterday. Timothy Hamunakwadi, 28, and Hussein Goche, 23, both from Chitungwiza, have pending cases ranging from robbery to theft before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. They allegedly committed the current…
HARARE – Ex-Cabinet minister Walter Chidakwa’s lawyer has complained that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Special Anti-Corruption Unit is causing confusion that has stalled progress in prosecution of alleged graft matters that are before the courts. Advocate Sylvester Hashiti is representing Chidakwa in a criminal abuse of office matter the former minister is alleged to have presided…
HARARE – Most victims of politically-motivated violence and other human rights violations triggered by the disputed July 30 polls suffered abuse silently as they feared reprisals, a report by the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) said. According to ZPP, of the country’s 10 provinces, Harare had the highest number of violations at 54 in August alone….
HARARE – Chief Justice Luke Malaba had a torrid time in Parliament yesterday after the opposition legislators tried to stop him from swearing-in speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda and his deputy Tsitsi Gezi. Malaba was embarrassed when he entered the National Assembly chambers as the MDC Alliance MPs started to sing “mbavha, mbavha”…
HARARE – Delta Corporation is contributing $260 000 towards the upgrade of a road junction linking its Fairbridge Chibuku Super plant in the second city with the Harare-Bulawayo highway. In a statement, the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed concern said the rehabilitation of the plant in 2016 has necessitated the upgrade of the road junction that links…
HARARE – Zimbabwe remains Cuba’s strongest ally in Africa and no amount of sanctions will separate the two countries, the island nation’s ambassador said this week. “We are proud of our relations with Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is our closest friend in Africa. In fact, there are more than 3 000 former graduates from Cuba,” Cuban ambassador…
HARARE – The 9th Parliament must embrace its role of holding public institutions accountable including institutions that should support democracy in Zimbabwe, an election watchdog has said. Election Resource Centre (ERC) said while economic priorities must be deliberated on, considering livelihood issues of the electorate, it must be understood that a functional economy also requires…
HARARE – More typhoid cases are being recorded in Gweru with nearly 2 000 people having been treated so far with the diseases. According to the ministry of Health surveillance report on typhoid, 1 943 suspected cases had been reported as at September 8. The report comes at a time when the cholera outbreak which…
