© A 20-YEAR-OLD Epworth man allegedly ganged up with his friends and murdered another man during a robbery, a court heard yesterday. Kudakwashe Mapinganjira, 20, was charged with murder and advised to apply for bail at the High Court because he committed a third schedule offence. He was remanded in custody to January 21. Prosecutor…
© TWO suspected impostors who duplicated various residential stands owners’ national identity cards before using them to defraud home-seekers have appeared in court. Victoria Taruvinga, 48, and Phillimon Machekecha, 53, were charged with fraud when they appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa. They were arrested with more than five duplicated national identity cards bearing their…
© IN a move to avert a food crisis, private grain millers are importing 50 000 tonnes of maize from South Africa, complementing the government and international donors’ efforts, to save eight million people from starvation. This comes at a time when the World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking US$200 million in emergency aid to…
© VICE President Kembo Mohadi’s ex-wife, Tambudzani, has accused her former husband of abusing the court process through a High Court application he filed seeking to stop her from selling her share of the couple’s matrimonial property after their divorce. The two divorced in March last year after signing a consent paper relating to the…
© PANICKING authorities yesterday scrambled to avoid a mega strike planned for this month by the increasingly agitated civil servants when it invited them for further dialogue, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country is facing a myriad challenges — ranging from pressure to feed millions of people facing starvation — to stopping the…
© THE ruling Zanu PF yesterday came out guns blazing against the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) — threatening it with unspecified action for warning that the country is on the brink of an uprising unless President Emmerson Mnangagwa holds much-needed dialogue with the opposition, the Daily News reports. At the same time, MDC leader…
© THE US$200 million Norton water treatment plant construction project which was meant to start in November last year faces uncertainty as the investor who had partnered with the town council failed to fulfil its obligations, citing foreign currency challenges. Norton town secretary Kizito Muhomba said the investor, Hydromat, was supposed to be on site…
© HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba has threatened to fire employees caught misusing council property amid reports that some city employees have been sabotaging municipal operations by abusing council cars and fuel. This comes as the council has struggled over the past two months to collect refuse in some suburbs due to vehicle and fuel shortages….
© RUSSIAN mining corporate Alrosa’s top geologists have been arrested for illegally prospecting for gold in the Nyanga National Park as they washed gold ore in Nyangombe River. Tension Hlatini, 36, and Igor Shmakov, 49 — who are employed as a geologist and chief geologist respectively — were not asked to plead when they appeared…
© JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) must investigate adequately before arresting suspects to avoid the catch-and-release scenario. [GoogleAd] Ziyambi said Zacc must not blame the courts for failing to successfully prosecute suspected corrupt people, but must prepare strong cases. “My belief is that Zacc must concentrate on investigating and producing…
