TWO off-duty Harare municipal officers were last week nabbed after allegedly extorting a dollar from a barber threatening to confiscate his wares for operating at an undesignated place. Beauty Chipika and Ernest Togarasei were not asked to plead to extortion when they appeared before a Harare magistrate. They were remanded out of custody to May…
THE trial of ex-Harare mayor Hebert Gomba together with council officials facing charges of criminal abuse of office has been set for May 25. Gomba is jointly charged with suspended Harare City Council acting town planner, Samuel Nyabezi and town surveyor, Munyaradzi Bowa for allegedly converting State land to council land and parcelling it out…
SUSPENDED Zifa executive members Felton Kamambo, Philemon Machana, Stanley Chapeta, Joseph Mamutse and Bryton Malandule will know their fate regarding freedom on May 6. The five are alleged to have written letters on Zifa letterheads purporting to be the association’s executive committee members yet they were on suspension. The four have mounted an application challenging…
THE trial of former Public Service minister Prisca Mupfumira, pictured, has been stopped pending the High Court decision on a review application she mounted against the lower court’s decision to put her on her defence. Mupfumira is accused of acting contrary to her duties by directing Nssa to engage in the Muzenya off take housing…
SUSPENDED Zifa president Felton Kamambo, pictured, and secretary-general Joseph Mamutse are off the hook in a criminal matter in which the association…
THE State believes they have a case against war veterans accused of singing liberation war songs at a gathering at the Africa Unity Square in the capital while demanding better pensions saying they should proceed to trial. The war veterans launched a fresh bid for the charges to be dropped with a new application for…
A FORMER soldier from Shurugwi has been jailed for an effective three months after he was arrested while demanding to gain entry into State House. Joseph Muhoni, 36, appeared in court answering to allegations of criminal trespassing which he denied when the trial opened before Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti. He was also charged with unlawful…
FORMER Public Service minister Priscah Mupfumira, pictured, has taken her fight for freedom on corruption charges to the High Court seeking a review…
FORMER public service minister Priscah Mupfumira and the then permanent secretary Ngoni Masoka are expected in court today following developments that their…
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR) has added its voice in the on-going spat between the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industry (CZI) and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) calling for restraint and engagement to ensure there is stability in the market. This comes after the CZI in a paper titled urgent engagement on the deteriorating…
