HARARE – A Harare man yesterday appeared before the courts facing fraud charges after he fleeced his employer of $54 000. The accused, Willmore Tirivacho Chigodora, 27, is being charged of fraud as defined in section 136 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23. Chigodora was employed by Gatehill Enterprises (Pvt) Ltd…
HARARE – Eight suspected money-changers yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts for illegally dealing in foreign currency. Nigel Mangozho, 32, and seven others were caught in the act by police and arrested. Allegations are that Mangozho on January 3, 2019 was at CopaCabana rank and in violation of the Exchange Control Act was unlawfully…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has reportedly been forced to cut his vacation short due to the worsening health crisis, needs to address the doctors’ grievances immediately. Zimbabweans are dying and suffering because of the continuing unavailability of doctors and for that reason Mnangagwa and his government need to bring to finality the crisis…
HARARE – I had hoped to comment on former Zimbabwean vice president Joice Mujuru’s blistering Open Letter to Oppah Muchinguri. I found it ticklish. I must also readily admit that it reflects an approach only Joice would take; she does not hold back when she decides to speak. Ahead of the presidential run-off in 2008,…
HARARE – High-flyinhg Platinum Queens netball star Progress Moyo is confident her exploits on the court have done enough to warrant her a place in the World Cup squad. The Nesango hit maker has been missing on the Zimbabwean music scene for years as he has not been holding any music shows and his music…
HARARE – Forgotten musician Clive Malunga has said he will be launching a new album this year in March, but again targeting the Asian market. The Nesango hit maker has been missing on the Zimbabwean music scene for years as he has not been holding any music shows and his music has not been receiving…
HARARE – Diaspora-based Taffy Theman has lamented the suffering being experienced by Zimbabweans in a song titled Oneday. The song reflects on the troubles currently obtaining in Zimbabwe while also going back to Gukurahundi, Murambatsvina, the 2008 election violence where some women were raped, corruption, mismanagement of resources, and the recent army killings as well…
HARARE – It is not a secret that I am not a fan of the current government’s economic policies and choices. I especially find it reprehensible that they continue to avoid solving the prevailing currency crisis choosing to focus instead on bizarre projects such as building a new capital city- talk about fiddling while Rome…
HARARE – Senators have called on central government to expeditiously provide financial resources for construction of a new airport in Kariba and upgrade its tourist facilities to international standards. They said given the strategic role of tourism to the country’s economic development, both as a major foreign currency earner and source of employment, the decline…
BULAWAYO – Liberation Mining (Private) Limited in Gwayi area has been dragged to court by a Harare-based engineering firm for allegedly failing to settle over US$34 400 owed in earthmoving equipment hire. The coal mining company was established in 2006 by three Zimbabweans, Peter Mutsinya, Rainor Robinson and Gavin Von Platen who entered into a…
