A RUWA man is being charged for the death of his three-year-old son who accidentally shot himself to death while playing with his gun in an incident that occurred on Sunday. Admire Chafachaipa, 33, of Timire Park in Ruwa appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa charged with culpable homicide and was not asked to plead…
A BULAWAYO magistrate has ordered the retrial of a local man who allegedly masqueraded as a top Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer and President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s close aide and duped Ingwebu Breweries of $1 200 and 375 litres of diesel. Henessy Dube, who was previously convicted for six months for masquerading as a doctor at…
HIGH Court judge David Mangota has said former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere is entitled to get back the title deeds to his Nyanga property after the High Court quashed his charges last year. Mangota said this in a full judgment issued on Monday. The State had confiscated Kasukuwere’s property, which he had surrendered as…
THE High Court has upheld the conviction and sentence of former Midlands State University (MSU) bursar Mamelo Moyo and her husband Melusi for swindling the institution of more than US$150 000 in underhand dealings. Mamelo and Melusi, who is also the university’s former acting director of works, established a briefcase company supplying stationery and swindled…
PARLIAMENT has raised concern over several ministries that have been avoiding bringing parastatals audit reports under their purview to be debated in the house, the Daily News reports. The issue was raised by the chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Public Accounts, Tendai Biti, pictured, in the National Assembly yesterday. Biti said his committee had…
GETBUCKS says it is geared to grow its customer base despite the current harsh economic environment being experienced in the country. Zimbabwe is struggling with one of its worst economic crises in a decade that has seen poverty levels rising to astronomical levels in the last two years after inflation ravaged workers’ disposable incomes and…
STANDARD Bank of South Africa Limited has issued its first ever green bond, via private placement with IFC, a development finance institution focused on the private sector, part of the World Bank Group. Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe’s parent company says that this is a 10-year facility with the express purposes of raising capital for use in…
AS ZANU PF’s internal ructions continue to escalate, suspended youth league official Godfrey Tsenengamu, pictured, has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of failing to live up to the promises he made before his late predecessor Robert Mugabe fell from power in late 2017, the Daily News reports. This comes as the former liberation movement is once…
THE mindless and factional bloodletting within the MDC was further exposed yesterday when the party’s secretary-general Chalton Hwende issued a “final warning” to his predecessor Douglas Mwonzora for allegedly discussing party issues in the media. Ironically, Hwende’s warning to Mwonzora, which was supposed to be a confidential, internal party matter — going by the party’s…
TONGAAT Hulett Zimbabwe (Tongaat) says it continues to face logistical challenges in the supply of imported critical inputs, spares and services, emanating from shortages of foreign currency in formal banking channels. The country’s largest sugar producer has previously said it is looking at extending farming operations to support its export strategy which will help reduce foreign-denominated…
