SUSPENDED Zifa president Felton Kamambo, accused of vote buying to be elected into office in 2018 believes he cannot be punished over something that even the witnesses meant to nail him have denied hence he should be freed. Kamambo is alleged to have sent mobile money to Zifa councillors for their votes in an election…
A HARARE businessman Wilfred Mboma has been ordered by the High Court to vacate from Freda Rebecca Gold Mine, pictured, after he had…
HEALTHCARE workers (HCW) in Zimbabwe endured severe mental health problems as a result of Covid-19, a study has shown. This resulted in over 50 nurses in Mashonaland Central province resigning within the first three months after the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in March 2020 as a result of fear, anxiety and physiological…
SUSPENDED Criminal Investigations Department (CID) director Crispen Charumbira, who is accused of instructing junior officers to release and stop investigating drugs and gold dealers, has a case to answer, a regional magistrate ruled yesterday. Charumbira appeared before regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna facing two counts of attempting to defeat the course of justice and two counts…
EX-MINES ministry permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga has been slapped with a two-and-a-half year effective jail sentence. He was convicted of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer after he solely sat as a full board for the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) and received board fees and sitting allowances to the tune of…
GOSPEL musician Trymore Bande yesterday appeared in court on allegations of stealing a Mercedes Benz he had taken from a car sale pretending that he wanted to buy it. Bande was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda and he was remanded out of custody to April…
THE State is pushing for a deterrent six-year incarceration of former Mines ministry permanent secretary, Francis Gudyanga, pictured, 75, arguing that corruption among public officials had become cancerous. Last week, Gudyanga was convicted of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer for sitting alone as the board for the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ)…
THE State is pressing for a 10-year jail sentence for an ex-United States (US) soldier who was arrested last month at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for boarding a plane with a firearm. Ronald Leon Johnson pleaded guilty to allegations of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition after being caught at the airport…
THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) yesterday renewed sanctions against Zimbabwe and called for dialogue between Brussels and Harare. Dialogue, the EU said, would be important in improving relations. In a statement, the EU accused the Zimbabwe government of continuing with alleged human rights violations and failure to implement political reforms. “The EU has decided to renew…
THE State has called for an investigation of a local bank staffer who allegedly transferred US$636 200 instead of the same amount in local currency. This follows the arrest of the bank’s client Itai Mazambani on theft charges, dealing in foreign currency and money laundering, after moving the amount that had been converted to $74…
