Yvonne Ncubein Bulawayo A BULAWAYO man has appeared in court over stock theft after allegedly trying to collect beef in Matobo.Mkhululi Mpofu of Nketa 9 appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Isheunesu Matoba charged with stock theft.He was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody until July 29 for routine court proceedings.The State alleges that…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR CITIZENS should treat July 31 like any other normal productive day and ignore demonstrations that have been called by activists and opposition groups. So says business tycoon and Zanu PF member of its Central Committee, Kudakwashe Tagwirei, who also yesterday rallied Zimbabweans to remain united and focused on working towards improving…
RUTENDO NGARA THE High Court has rescinded a default judgment granted against a former Edgars Stores senior footwear buyer. Sikhulile Mazibuko is being sued alongside another employee over an alleged ZAR 1.45 million loss. However, Judge President Justice Mary Zimba-Dube ruled that the matter must now proceed to a full trial, finding that although Mazibuko’s…
Brandon Josphat POLITICAL EDITOR PROVINCIAL councils will only resume constitutional duties once Parliament passes long-awaited devolution legislation, the government has said. The confirmation comes as Provincial and Metropolitan Councils across Zimbabwe continue to find themselves sidelined. Historically, they have failed to assume their constitutional roles due to central government delays in enacting enabling devolution legislation,…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A VICTIM has told a Harare court how he was blindfolded and held for eight hours by five kidnappers. David Mutanda was testifying on Friday in the trial of Simbarashe Emmanuel Martin Rondozai, who stands accused of the abduction before Harare provincial magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai. Mutanda maintained that he was…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER FLUCTUATING prices at Zimbabwe’s tobacco auction floors have been blamed on the spreading use of illegal seed varieties. Industry leaders warn that these unapproved seeds were severely compromising leaf quality and slashing farmers’ overall earnings. Speaking to journalists after a tobacco indaba held in Harare on Friday, Kutsaga chief executive…
FOR generations, a dangerous, unspoken code has governed the lives of many Zimbabwean men. It is the myth of the unyielding patriarch—the belief that to admit to vulnerability, to confess to pain, or to step inside a clinic when one feels “perfectly fine” is a sign of weakness. But today, this stubborn silence is extracting…
Ashley Moyo SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT WRITER HUNDREDS of music lovers turned up for the latest edition of the Xperience Jah Prayzah concert at The Art Farm in Borrowdale on Saturday night. The concert, which began in the afternoon and ran late into the night, attracted fans from across the country as a stellar line-up of local…
Yvonne Ncube in Bulawayo A BULAWAYO man has appeared in court for allegedly impersonating a police officer during a family property feud. Nhamo Karuru, a resident of Cowdray Park suburb, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Isheunesu Mathoba last week facing two counts of impersonating a police officer. He was remanded in custody until today for the…
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has launched XtraData Bundles, a new offering that gives customers up to twice as much data through bonus allocations,…
