July 2019

© ROMAN Catholic boys-only school St Charles Lwanga, which last year suffered extensive infrastructural damage due to Cyclone Idai-induced landslides that killed two pupils and a staffer, has been given alternative land to establish a new institution. [GoogleAd] Manicaland provincial administrator Edgars Seenza said the institution was given land in Ruwaka, a gentler terrain which…

© A man from Odzi has been fined Z$100 for bedding a prostitute on the roadside outside a night club in Sakubva. [GoogleAd] Tatenda Khumbula, 29, of Odzi Township’s Maramba Kutongwa suburb was convicted on his own plea of guilty by magistrate Purity Gumbo. He was being charged with public indecency as defined in section…

© A student from Marange has been arraigned before a local magistrate for stealing a teacher’s motorcycle. [GoogleAd] Kevin Zimhandu, 20, of Dhaure Village under Chief Marange was convicted on his own plea of guilty by magistrate Purity Gumbo and remanded to today for sentencing. Zimhandu, a Form 5 pupil at Mweyamutsvene High School in…

© THE purchase of vehicles by Parliament for legislators’ use has sparked controversy in the august House amid allegations of discrimination between those who hold positions and those who do not, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] MPs led by independent Norton legislator Temba Mliswa claimed in Parliament on Tuesday that while legislators were promised…

© MDC youth assembly secretary-general Gift Ostallos Siziba, who stands accused of inciting public violence, was back in court yesterday for his routine remand hearing and update of his case. Siziba was remanded to August 8.  The State indicated it will provide him with a trial date then. [GoogleAd] Allegations against Siziba are that on…

© THE Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (Act-SA) has made shocking revelations that medical practitioners running private health institutions are stealing drugs from government institutions. [GoogleAd] This comes as the country has been grappling with serious drug shortages in its public health institutions. In a report, Act-SA said doctors are contributing to the deteriorating health…

© FOUR fraudsters have each been jailed for five years for defrauding Harare Central Hospital of more than $68 000 in a pharmaceuticals supply deal gone sour. [GoogleAd] Stansfield Dhokwani, a director at Floralsplah Investments, Albert Chisema, Malcley Health Care director, Gift Ziyambe, Critical Health Services director and Collen Malambo Makuyana, chief accounting officer at…

BREAKING NEWS!!! Tourism minister Prisca Mupfumira has been arrested on allegations of corruption. More details to follow.

© THREE Southview Park men who allegedly meted instant justice on a suspected thief, resulting in his death, were hauled before the courts yesterday facing murder charges. [GoogleAd] Bruce Hodza, Paul Zima and Anesu Chivima allegedly assaulted the thief who had stolen a gas tank, a blanket and a pot. Hodza, Zima and Chivima appeared…

© ZIMBABWE Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) senior reporter Tendai Munengwa has said his Goromonzi farm is being seized and subdivided to an undeserving neighbouring farmer. [GoogleAd] The government is seizing huge swatches of the Goromonzi-based 3-hectare commercial farm, currently under chicken production, and redistributing it to his neighbour Hoga Ngoroma, who has not been utilising the…