LOCAL bus crews continue to flout regulations by engaging in intercity travel, which has been banned by the government under the extended level 4 lockdown regulations put in place to contain the spread of Covid-19. This follows the arrest of a DNC bus driver after an accident along the Masvingo-Beitbridge road which saw 10 passengers…
A SENIOR police officer and officer commanding Central Investigation Department (CID) Vehicle Theft Squad (VTS), Southerton, Harare, Kirisipeni Mutsengi, is in soup after he illegally drove a car that was being held as an exhibit before being involved in an accident. Mutsengi, who appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday, is accused of driving the…
A POSTOLIC Movement Advent Mission church leader Ranganai Kande has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts after he was illegally found in…
A SUSPECTED armed robber has been nabbed on allegations of being part of a gang that pounced on a Stoneridge family in Harare and took turns to rape one of the victims before disappearing with valuables, including cars. Clearance Zindi, 32, was not asked to plead to armed robbery and rape allegations when he appeared…
A MARONDERA couple is assisting the police with investigations following the death and secret burial of their one-year-old daughter after a domestic dispute. The two reportedly engaged in a fist fight and the child, who was strapped on her mother’s back, is alleged to have been caught up in the melee. Reports are that the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday called on Zimbabweans to remain vigilant to avoid a fourth wave of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic as he extended the current Level 4 lockdown by another two weeks despite the decrease in new cases. Speaking at State House in the capital last night, Mnangagwa said the country has done well in…
THREE men have been arrested on allegations of supplying guns to armed robbers, poachers and smuggling them to neighbouring countries. They allegedly acquired and used fake firearms certificates to buy the weapons from registered gun dealers which they would resell to criminals. Edmore Manuwere, 28, from Chinhoyi is facing 20 counts of dealing in firearms…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has raised concern over the increasing number of murder cases across the country in which most of the perpetrators and victims would be violating Covid-19 lockdown measures. Most of the killings are occurring at bottle stores and illegal drinking spots where small arguments are seemingly turning violent and fatal. This…
A HARARE man lost US$420 to a sangoma in a money making ritual, prompting him to cause his arrest. Lloyd Malunga has since been charged with fraud and has been denied bail by Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga. It is alleged that on July 23, Malunga acting in connivance with John Banda and Ntotera Vokhiwa, who are…
A MARRIED couple appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court yesterday for assaulting fellow tenants over the last weekend in Belvedere, Harare, after a misunderstanding with the landlady over rentals. Trust Zivei and his wife Lorraine Zivanai allegedly teamed up with neighbours, Desmond and Tafadzwa Chivizhe, to confront the landlady Olga Bhatti, before assaulting fellow tenants…
