EX-PUBLIC Service minister Prisca Mupfumira and her then permanent secretary in the ministry Ngoni Masoka will now stand trial on September 15. The two are facing allegations of abuse of duty as public officers and corruptly concealing a transaction involving a US$90 000 loan application from Nssa for the purchase of a supposed ministerial vehicle…
FORMER Zesa Holdings group chief executive Joshua Chifamba together with the company’s group secretary Saidi Sangula and legal officer Garikayi Churu have been cleared of allegations of criminal abuse of duty. The trio was accused of conniving to engage Chihambakwe, Mutizwa and Partners Legal Firm to carry out debt collection services for the Zimbabwe Electricity…
PARLIAMENTARIANS Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, who are accused of fanning violence in the Nyatsime area in Chitungwiza, will know their fate regarding freedom on Wednesday. The two were arrested last week in the wake of the violence that followed the murder of Moreblessing Ali, whose remains were retrieved from a well. Sikhala is accused…
A HARARE magistrate has dismissed an application by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s challenger Sybeth Musengezi who last week approached the court seeking to have his charges dropped. Musengezi is on bail on allegations of fraudulently becoming a member of Zanu PF using a fake address and appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi challenging his placement on…
A BABY stealing woman landed in trouble after her husband raised suspicion nine years after she brought two children into their home. Noel Gutu reportedly dragged his wife Enator Marumani to Rusape Police Station where she reportedly confessed stealing the babies from their mothers in Harare and taking them to Rusape. Marumani was not asked…
AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) leader Obert Masaraure, who is accused of murder, will now have to approach the High Court for bail after the court declined his challenge on the allegations. He had mounted a challenge, declining to be placed on remand over the alleged murder of a colleague, Roy Issa, at…
Blessing Masakadza masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw FRESH details have emerged in the murder of Moreblessing Ali with the court hearing that the suspect Pias Mukandi infamously known as Jamba undressed and strangled the woman with her trousers before cutting her into three pieces. He allegedly dragged the woman from a club before attacking patrons with a catapult and…
POLITICIANS Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole will spend the weekend behind bars and return to court on Monday for the continuation of their bail application. The two senior members of the Citizens Coalition for Change are accused of fanning violence in the Nyatsime area following the murder of Moreblessing Ali whose remains were retrieved in…
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change parliamentarians Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have been officially charged for allegedly inciting the violence that rocked Nyatsime following the murder of Moreblessing Ali. The two complained that they were arrested in a movie style with dozens of armed cops surrounding their homes. Sikhala is accused of posting a video…
AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (Artuz) leader Obert Masaraure has challenged his implication in the alleged murder of a colleague at a local hotel in 2016. Masaraure is facing murder allegations and he believes the matter has been politicised by the involvement of detectives from CID Law and Order section. Represented by Doug Coltart,…
