By Dionne Kanyowa FORMER commissioner for the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and Zanu PF member Goodson Nguni has been joined as a party to a case in which fellow party member Sybeth Musengezi is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ascension to power as the party’s leader in 2017. Judge President Justice Mary Dube, who delivered her ruling…
By Dionne Kanyowa THE HIGH Court has dismissed veteran lawyer and author Petina Gappah’s request to appeal to the Supreme Court to challenge its decision to dismiss her exception application against fellow lawyer Fadzayi Mahere’s defamation lawsuit. Gappah, pictured, who is being sued by Mahere for US$1 million over alleged defamatory tweets, approached the court…
THE State believes they have a case against Gokwe Nembudziya parliamentarian and businessman Justice Mayor Wadyajena, pictured, and want him to stand trial. The Zanu PF legislator is accused of fraud and money laundering involving US$5 million allegedly siphoned from the Cotton Company of Zimbabwe.Wadyajena has since approached the court for challenging his placement on…
THERE is optimism at Highlanders that the Bulawayo giants could finish in the top four of the Castle Lager Premiership this year after many years of decline. The last time Highlanders finished in top four was back in 2016 when they settled for third place behind eventual winners CAPS United and FC Platinum, who finished…
By Hazel Marimbiza GWANDA residents have expressed concern over council’s takeover of the town’s water treatment plant, saying water challenges are worsening due to council’s inadequate preparation to run it. This comes after the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) recently handed over the Gwanda water treatment plant to the local authority in compliance with a…
THREE men accused of duping dealers of over US$750 000 on the guise that they would send them an amount equivalent in local currency want to be prosecuted separately as one of them is implicating others. Munir Kanrudin Kazi is jointly charged with Shingirai Levison Muringi and Andre Hoffman on fraud charges.Lawyers representing Kazi and…
THE annual KB Kanyongo Football tournament enters third round this weekend with all eight teams taking part from around Mutoko in Mashonaland…
ARMED robbers have become a menace in this country. Barely a day passes before they pounce with devastating consequences. Innocent citizens and businesses have lost huge sums of hard currency to the malcontents and it appears our police are slow in reacting to the scourge. In less than a month, the country has witnessed a…
By Ashley Moyo FAST-GROWING independent commercial television station 3Ktv has entered its third season and introduced plenty of new riveting programmes among them two Korean series…
By Brighton Muronzereyi POLICE have launched a major operation in Harare starting today, in a bid to fl ush out criminals, while also specifically targeting unlicensed vehicles and vendors. At the same time, law enforcement agents say they fear that the operation could be derailed by solidarity and opportunistic protests by pro-democracy groups. In an…
