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3 cops in court over extortion

BY RUTENDO NGARA THREE police officers who are all attached to the police anti-corruption unit appeared in court on Friday facing extortion charges. The trio of Kildon Gomba, Tichaona Munyonga and Nicholas Tsanyawo appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje for trial commencement, but their matter was postponed to tomorrow. According to the State, sometime in…

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Funeral parlour CEO accused of fraud

BY RUTENDO NGARA CITIZENS Legal Funeral and Finance executive Barnabas Musiyachivi Kavai appeared in court on Friday on allegations of defrauding one of his clients US$7 000. Kavai appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who remanded him in custody to January 11 for bail application. According to the State, sometime in 2023, the complainant, Lydia Dambaza’s…

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Man jailed for murder

BY RUTENDO NGARA HIGH Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi convicted a man who killed his drinking partner after he caressed his girlfriend’s buttocks during a night chill out. Passwel Chiwaura killed Godwin Kavhuru in 2023 in Hopley, Harare, by ripping his tummy with a broken bottle before he was rushed to Sally Mugabe Hospital where…

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Nees has made us believe again

THE Warriors made the nation proud on Friday when they drew one-all with Kenya at Peter Mokaba Stadium in Polokwane to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. While not exactly lighting things up on the pitch during the qualifying campaign, the Warriors showed a newfound steeliness that has seen them remain unbeaten in…

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Bulawayo at risk of running dry by end of the year

The taps in Zimbabwe’s second-biggest city may run dry by the end of this year. Already, residents of Bulawayo have had to cope without piped water for at least five-and-a-half days a week and there’s a high risk the flow may stop completely, according to city officials. “We are reaching a catastrophic state,” David Coltart,…

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ED calls for regional child protection collaboration

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for the broadening of mechanisms for regional collaboration on transboundary matters affecting children. This comes as Zimbabwe is grappling with meeting the needs of children with more than 4 000 dropping out of school in 2023 out which the majority of the cases being a result of pregnancies. Speaking during…

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Bulawayo councillors in court over US$20k bribery

TWO Bulawayo City Council (BCC) officials appeared before a magistrate’s court yesterday facing allegations of soliciting a US$20 000 bribe from a Chinese company in exchange for approving a land allocation for a cement mixing plant. Mpumelelo Moyo, finance committee chairperson and ward 26 councillor and Edwin Ndlovu, deputy mayor and ward 8 councillor, are…

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