© KWEKWE businessman Shephered Tundiya is at the centre of the disappearance of two cars that were held as exhibits after he allegedly posed as a lawyer and caused Kwekwe resident magistrate to issue orders for their release. Magistrate Story Rushambwa, 48, and clerk of court Bright Mpiyabo, 45, were released on $2 000 bail…
© DECLINING water levels in rivers, dams and other water sources are affecting the horticulture industry as farmers are failing to irrigate kitchen staples such as tomatoes, onions and green vegetables, the Commercial Farmers Union of Zimbabwe (CFU) has said. Drought has continued to ravage most parts of the country and this has affected output…
© A 60-YEAR-OLD woman appeared in court charged with defrauding two home-seekers of R50 000 and US$12 000. Vaina Moyo, who is employed by a local construction company, allegedly pocketed the money, but did not deliver on the houses. Moyo appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Lizwe Jamela charged with two counts of fraud. Jamela remanded her…
© A MAID from Bulawayo’s Famona suburb appeared in court yesterday on charges of sexually grooming her employer’s four-year-old child. The woman, 21, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the boy, allegedly taught the boy how to caress buttocks, breasts and private parts. The matter came to light when the child fondled…
© A 20-YEAR-OLD Epworth man allegedly ganged up with his friends and murdered another man during a robbery, a court heard yesterday. Kudakwashe Mapinganjira, 20, was charged with murder and advised to apply for bail at the High Court because he committed a third schedule offence. He was remanded in custody to January 21. Prosecutor…
© TWO suspected impostors who duplicated various residential stands owners’ national identity cards before using them to defraud home-seekers have appeared in court. Victoria Taruvinga, 48, and Phillimon Machekecha, 53, were charged with fraud when they appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa. They were arrested with more than five duplicated national identity cards bearing their…
© IN a move to avert a food crisis, private grain millers are importing 50 000 tonnes of maize from South Africa, complementing the government and international donors’ efforts, to save eight million people from starvation. This comes at a time when the World Food Programme (WFP) is seeking US$200 million in emergency aid to…
© THE US$200 million Norton water treatment plant construction project which was meant to start in November last year faces uncertainty as the investor who had partnered with the town council failed to fulfil its obligations, citing foreign currency challenges. Norton town secretary Kizito Muhomba said the investor, Hydromat, was supposed to be on site…
© HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba has threatened to fire employees caught misusing council property amid reports that some city employees have been sabotaging municipal operations by abusing council cars and fuel. This comes as the council has struggled over the past two months to collect refuse in some suburbs due to vehicle and fuel shortages….
© THREE machete-wielding gold panners pounced on a mine in Inyathi, Matabeleland North and got away with one-and-a-half tonnes of gold ore, a court heard yesterday. Tawanda Msipa, 21, Sithemba Ndlovu, 19, and Washington Phiri, 22, pounced on Impi East Mine where they attempted to hack employees with machetes. Fearing for their lives, the court…
