By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw CHITUNGWIZA acting director of housing and community services, who was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti- Corruption Commission (Zacc) last week on allegations of criminal abuse of office has been granted US$100 bail. Alex Mukweva, 50, appeared before Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere facing criminal abuse of duty charges as a public officer…
By Rutendo Ngara A SUSPECTED bogus lawyer has been remanded in custody following his arrest for allegedly duping Dennis Mahachi who was seeking legal services following the arrest of his brother Debate Mahachi. Wesley Jena, 39, is facing fraud charges and appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi. He will return to court today for his…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A TSHOLOTSHO man, 30, has been sentenced to an effective 18 years in prison after he was convicted of raping his neighbour’s 15-year-old daughter. Cosam Ndlovu appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing a charge of rape.He denied the charges and was found guilty after a full trial.He was sentenced…
BY CLARE NYAKUJARA THIS April, Zimbabwe’s music scene was lit up by a series of exceptional releases from some of the country’s top female musicians, Feli Nandi, Gemma Griffiths, Kiki Badass, and upcoming songstresses Danai Clay and Lalla Martin not only demonstrated incredible artistry but also underscored their positions as leading figures in a dynamic…
LATE last year Marlene Chiedza Gadzirayi was appointed as the new chief executive of the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC), replacing Stephen Mudawarima who had served the premier sporting body for two years. Remarkably, Gadzirayi assumed the ZOC top post barely three years after she had been diagnosed with stage three colorectal cancer. She endured six…
IN February this year, anti-death penalty campaigners welcomed the Zimbabwean Cabinet’s approval of principles for a bill to remove the death penalty from the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform Act) Chapter 9:23 and the Criminal Procedure and Evidence Act Chapter 9:07, as well as the granting of leave for a private member to introduce a…
IN RECENT weeks we have witnessed renewed calls for an all-stakeholders dialogue to resolve the country’s myriad of challenges, which are mainly a result of politics. For decades now, the political cacophony in the country has retarded social and economic development as politics of expediency continued to muddle the waters. Political gladiators have been on…
THE Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government has recalled all civil servants working for former president Joseph Kabila, effectively stripping him of…
SOUTH Africa’s former President Thabo Mbeki has vowed to remove “rotten apples” and “thieves” from the governing African National Congress (ANC) party….
A TOP Dubai-based executive with over 30 years of global expertise in business operations, strategy, leadership, and business development will be one…
