THE Financial Gazette — the country’s number one business publication — and its fast-growing national television station stablemate, 3Ktv, have bagged more…
A SUSPECTED fake police officer was arrested at Harare Central Police Station after he allegedly tried to extort a fraud suspect who was being held in cells. Gabriel Chirunga, 36, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Simon Kandiyero charged with impersonation and extortion. Chirunga was remanded in custody and will return to court today for his…
ANOTHER international football tournament, another dose of sportswashing. This time it’s in the name. The TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations kicked its first ball in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, last Saturday, the start of a monthlong battle for the continent’s most glamorous prize. The French petro giant — formerly called Total — has been a longtime…
THE matter in which two Gokwe cousins, Martin Masuka and Mafioni Rikonda are fighting over chieftainship at the High Court, has been removed from the court roll for a second time. Previously, High Court judge Amy Tsanga removed the same matter off the roll after she ruled that it was not urgent. The cousins are…
A MAN who was caught wandering around the magistrates’s chambers at the Harare Magistrates Court last week, has been sentenced to 12 months in prison. Edwin Chapauka, 30, from Epworth, was arraigned before Harare Magistrate Simon Kandiyero facing charges of attempted unlawful entry. The court heard that on that day, Brian Saitenga, who is employed…
THE High Court has saved 800 families in Norton from being evicted after a judge issued an order barring government officials who claimed to have been sent by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The families had approached the court after officials from the ministry of Lands, the District Administrator for Chegutu, police officers and Environmental Management Agency…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE police have applauded the significant role of neighbourhood watch committees in the fight against crime, leading to a notable reduction in criminal cases in several Bulawayo neighbourhoods. Speaking during a handover of a patrol vehicle for Whitestone and Mqabuko heights neighbourhood watch committee, the officer commanding police in Bulawayo…
By Rutendo Ngara THE department of Veterinary Services in the ministry of Agriculture says the anthrax outbreak, which led to the infection of more than 500 people in the last two weeks is now under control. This comes as more than 40 cattle have since died due to anthrax 31 hotspot districts of Chipinge, Gokwe…
Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume says the Harare municipal police will change their policing methods when battling with illegal transport operators saying their cat and mouse games endanger the public. This comes as war erupted last week between Harare City Council (CCC) municipal police and errant commuter omnibus crews that use undesignated…
IT would appear it has finally dawned on Bryn Taurai Mteki that the office of the President is a bridge too far. Mteki, who has made a name for himself as musician and sculptor, took part in the 2018 Harmonised elections as an independent presidential candidate. But the talented artist garnered just 2 732 votes,…
