HARARE businessman Adam Hartnack has appeared in court on fraud allegations, accused of swindling the government of over US$60 000 in a cloud seeding deal. Hartnack and his company Adamair appeared before regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing three counts of fraud at the weekend. It is the State’s case that on December 31 2018, the…
POLICE have busted a drug cartel involving foreigners and locals with five people including two Brazil nationals having already been arrested. This comes as cocaine, crystal methamphetamine (mutoriro), Broncleer, and marijuana abuse has become prevalent among young people both in high-density and affluent suburbs. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the war on drug cartels…
MDC Alliance legislator for Budiriro Costa Machingauta has appeared in court accused of threatening a woman with a gun before raping her. He was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Barbara Mateko yesterday. Machingauta was remanded in custody to April 23 and was advised to apply for bail…
MDC Alliance legislator Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri have launched a new freedom bid, telling the court yesterday that they are prepared to avoid any conduct that would be classified as an offence under Covid-19 regulations. The two were arrested on allegations of holding a press conference at the courts denouncing police. They were initially…
A BRAZILIAN national is in custody having been nabbed at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport with cocaine worth $36 million. Guilherme Sodre Alvenaz Da Silveria, 22, was not asked to plead to allegations of dealing in dangerous drugs when he appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosa yesterday. Da Silveria was remanded in custody and advised…
A SUSPECTED drunken man found himself in trouble for allegedly stabbing a fellow imbiber after a misunderstanding over a US$1 debt. Tirivangani Makoni, 31, is now being charged with attempted murder after the alleged attack on David Nevanji at Solani Shopping Centre in Epworth. He was not asked to plead to the allegations when he…
POLICE commissioner-general Godwin Matanga has issued a stern warning to people offering fake Covid-19 certificates. This follows the unearthing of a syndicate believed to be selling Covid-19 vaccination cards to the public in Chitungwiza for US$25 each. The offence has since led to the arrest of two health employees at Seke Clinic and their suspected…
POLICE have disputed claims by Norton legislator Temba Mliswa that they practiced discrimination by singling him out for arrest at a press conference at his house in February. Mliswa is seeking to have the matter referred to the Constitutional Court, saying his rights were violated in the process. The Norton legislator said the press conference…
TWO people suspected to be part of a syndicate fleecing desperate passport seekers at the Registrar-General’s office by soliciting bribes for quick release of the travel document have been denied bail. Prisca Moyo and Nicholas Chogugudza appeared before regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje charged with bribery. Moyo, who is an employee at the Registrar-General’s office, has…
A HARARE man has been arrested for the murder of a woman he accused of influencing his wife into drinking beer. Godfrey Mukomachirandu, 31, allegedly accused the woman Enita Musere of being a bad influence to his wife and allegedly slapped the woman twice. She allegedly developed a fatal headache after her head had hit…
