© A 28-YEAR-OLD man was slapped with a mandatory 10-year jail term after he was caught red-handed draining oil from a transformer in the middle of the night at a substation Mt Hampden. Bright Chakanetsa, of no fixed abode, was caught by a Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) security guard Abisha Gideon on…
© GOVERNMENT has given schools around the country the green light to increase their tuition fees and levies for the third term to enable them to survive the harsh economic climate, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] The fees increases compound pressure on struggling parents and guardians, whose earnings are being eroded daily by the rising…
© Chitungwiza and Manyame Rural Residents Association (Camera) director Marvellous Kumalo has been arrested on allegations of fraud. It is alleged that Kumalo sometime in 2012 sold a commercial stand in the dormitory town to a businessman for US$7 500, which he did not deliver. According to the complainant, Joseph Munyonho, Kumalo allegedly tried to…
© HOME Affairs minister Cain Mathema yesterday stormed out of Parliament after opposition legislators tried to grill him over the recent police brutality and the growing cases of abductions in the country targeting government critics. [GoogleAd] With Mathema not keen to discuss the issue in the august House, the deputy Speaker of the National Assembly…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s former top aide Douglas Tapfuma will continue to languish in remand prison after the High Court dismissed his bail application because of overwhelming evidence. [GoogleAd] Tapfuma is facing three counts of criminal abuse of office after allegedly importing seven personal vehicles from South Africa using the State Residences Department’s name to…
© A BULAWAYO woman and her boyfriend who were recently caught with 2kg of crystal methamphetamine worth more than $120 000, which was smuggled from India, has been granted bail. Judith Phiri, 24 and Keith Mpofu, 24 were nabbed by detectives following a tip-off from Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials. [GoogleAd] The court heard 1,980kg…
© OFFICIALS from President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office teamed up with police officers and arrested a Congolese businessman as he left Harare Remand Prison, a court heard yesterday. [GoogleAd] The officials pounced on Eric Aburaham Tuyishime, who runs Chioza Wholesale, as he left prison after being granted bail by the High Court in a matter where…
© MDC national organising secretary Amos Chibaya was yesterday granted $400 bail after spending the weekend in remand prison. [GoogleAd] Chibaya is accused of failing to comply with a prohibition notice issued by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) banning August 16 demonstrations in Harare. Harare magistrate Learnmore Mapiye admitted Chibaya to bail after ruling that…
© DURING his first year in charge, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has presided over a systematic and brutal crackdown on human rights, including the violent suppression of protests and a witch-hunt against anyone who dares challenge his government, Amnesty International has said. [GoogleAd] This comes after a heavy crackdown on human rights and opposition party members…
© OUTSPOKEN Zimbabwe Divine Destiny (ZDD) cleric Ancelimo Magaya has blasted President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration for the alleged abduction and torture of dissenting voices saying no amount of intimidation will calm frustrated Zimbabweans. [GoogleAd] The abductions and torture against opposition supporters and pro democracy groups which have brought government’s commitment to respecting and upholding human…
