NORTON legislator Temba Mliswa believes his arrest for violating Covid-19 regulations earlier this year is harassment and intimidation by his political rivals aimed at silencing him. Mliswa’s trial opened yesterday before Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti with the law maker denying the charge. Mliswa was arrested while addressing a press conference at his Borrowdale home in…
A POLICE officer told the corruption trial of suspended Criminal Investigations Department (CID) boss Chrispen Charumbira that he had become so powerful within the force and had “captured the system”. Brian Moyo testified that it had become difficult to reach the commissioner-general Godwin Matanga to make a complaint against Charumbira. Charumbira is accused of interfering…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has now responded to the request for dialogue by opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora — raising fresh hopes that the much-needed national talks will finally get under way. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, presidential spokesperson George Charamba confirmed that Mnangagwa had responded to Mwonzora, although he would not disclose the contents of the response…
THE Zimbabwe Football Association (Zifa) board members, who are facing obstruction of justice allegations, after they allegedly moved money from the organisation’s bank account in a bid to avoid a garnishee order, have demanded the court to quash the charges. Felton Kamambo, Philimon Machana, Farai Jere and Bryton Malandule, through their lawyer Tawanda Zhuwarara, yesterday…
A SELF-PROCLAIMED Johanne Masowe prophet from Ruwa, Harare, who allegedly raped a 17-year-old girl at his shrine before threatening to use magical powers on her, has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Simbarashe Brawundi, 28, yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi, who remanded him to October 8 after advising him to apply for bail…
A SECURITY guard who allegedly shot a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) conductor in Dzivaresekwa, Harare, has been slapped with more charges of theft and deliberate discharge of a firearm in a public place. Campion Marowa, who appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi yesterday, will be back in court next Monday for his statement confirmation….
THE trial of Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is accused of bribing former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) boss Stanley Kazhanje to award his company a tender for the Gwanda Solar Project, continued yesterday with the first State witness taking to the stand. Chivayo and his company Intratek have since denied the allegations of bribing Kazhanje,…
CHIEF magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi yesterday swore-in 16 new magistrates bringing the total number of magistrates to 223 countrywide which he said is still not enough considering the workload at hand. Mutevedzi said the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) had also recruited 22 other magistrates, who are still undergoing internship. In line with the JSC’s female empowerment…
POLICE have arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly shooting to death a female Zupco bus conductor in Dzivarasekwa, Harare on Monday night. …
TWO State witnesses in senior police officer Erasmus Makodza’s corruption case have disowned contents of their statements as the top cop’s trial opened at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday. Makodza is accused of leasing a police farm to his girlfriend, Maonei Chapfudza, at the time he was the officer commanding Mashonaland East Province. According to…
