A HARARE customs clearing agent has been arrested on allegations of defrauding a local car dealer of US$38 000 in unpaid duty…
A HARARE customs clearing agent has been arrested on allegations of defrauding a local car dealer of US$38 000 in unpaid duty fees for two top of the range bakkies. Robert Maganga Pembedza was not asked to plead to fraud allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi yesterday, accused of faking to have…
IT APPEARS as if it’s not raining at the moment but pouring for the beleaguered widow of the late former president Robert Mugabe, Grace.Apparently dogged by poor health and still fighting in the courts to stop the remains of her husband from being exhumed from the courtyard of the family’s rural home at Kutama Village…
A HARARE magistrate has called for the doctor who examined Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry, pictured, to be brought back to court to testify again whether she is fit to stand trial. Government medical expert Simukai Percy Machawira examined Marry and earlier this week endorsed that she was physically fit to stand trial…
BUSINESSMAN Farai Jere, who was accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) of over US$3 million in a smart meters supply deal, has been acquitted. Jere and his company Helcraw Electrical were jointly charged with ZETDC employees Leonard Chisina and Freeman Chikonzo. Regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa said the prosecution failed to…
THE trial of former Zesa Holdings group chief executive Joshua Chifamba, who is facing criminal abuse of duty allegations, opened on Wednesday with the accused distancing himself from the offence. Chifamba, who is jointly charged with Zesa group secretary Saidi Sangula and legal officer Garikayi Churu, is accused of engaging a law firm Chihambakwe, Mutizwa…
TOP police officer Erasmus Makodza has accused the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officer investigating him of having an agenda and being driven by malice. Makodza’s defence team led by Tapiwa Makanza made the claims during the cross examination of Zacc officer Eric Chacha when the trial before Harare magistrate Noel Mupeiwa opened yesterday. The senior…
THE State yesterday categorically denied getting instructions from Vice President Constantino Chiwenga to hold on to his estranged wife Marry’s passport and block her from seeking specialist medication abroad. This came after Marry’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa sensationally claimed before the Harare Magistrates’ Court that her client was being denied treatment outside the country, while Chiwenga…
AGRO-INPUTS retailer Farm and City as well as one of their directors Tanaka Hofisi yesterday appeared in court on allegations of inflating the exchange rate to $184 against the United States dollar. Hofisi was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje. His lawyer abandoned bail application at…
ZANU PF Chegutu West legislator Dexter Nduna, who was arrested together with four others for allegedly prospecting for gold at David Whitehead without a licence, has a case to answer and should defend himself in court. Nduna was arrested together with police acting officer commanding Chegutu District Superintendent Wonder Chisikwa, the party’s Mashonaland West provincial…
