© A TECHNICAL fault yesterday forced a Harare magistrate to defer a trial in which former National Social Security Authority (Nssa) general manager Elizabeth Chitiga is facing allegations of swindling the pension fund of $31 million in a housing project. Chitiga’s trial was supposed to kick off, with National Building Society (NBS) head of housing…
© STATE-OWNED timber producer Allied Timbers Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd (Allied Timbers) has finally settled its debt to the company’s ex-chief executive officer Joseph Kanyekanye, ending an ugly protracted legal wrangle. [GoogleAd] The company, which had to seek the intervention of the High Court to stop its property from going under the hammer, paid off its…
© Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has for the second time failed to file a challenge against former ICT minister Supa Mandiwanzira’s acquittal at the High Court. This has prompted the Nyanga South Member of the National Assembly to seek dismissal of the case for want of prosecution. The PG, who failed to oppose the matter…
© HARARE businessman Lawrence Muteswa has been evicted from his Glen Lorne house after a successful application by its new owners and since it was sold by Delta Beverages (Delta) over an agency debt. This comes as the embattled distributor was in 2017 slated by Hamilton Property Holdings (Hamilton)’s lawyer Admire Rubaya for “fraudulently registering…
© WHILE issuing of passports at the Registrar-General (RG) has since the beginning of the year been a major cause for concern as many Zimbabweans have failed to renew or get access to new passports, government has promised to issue at least 3 000 passports a day. [GoogleAd] The main consumables such as inks, glues,…
© EX-FOOTBALLER Shingayi Kaondera has filed a US$700 000 lawsuit against his former wife, Marry, pictured, who is now married to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga accusing her of using forged documents to finalise their divorce. [GoogleAd] According to court papers, Kaondera is accusing Mary of taking all their matrimonial property and leaving him with nothing….
© A BUHERA family has dragged Local Government minister July Moyo to the High Court demanding papers relating to its family tree after being embroiled in a chieftainship wrangle. [GoogleAd] The family through Simplicio Kudakwashe Tarwirei is the applicant, while Buhera District administrator, Manicaland provincial administrator, National Archives of Zimbabwe director and Moyo, are cited…
© FORMER MDC-T spokesperson Linda Masarira-Kangaidza yesterday took the stand and testified against her son in a matter where he allegedly stole a cell phone. [GoogleAd] Kuzivakwashe Mhlanga, 19, allegedly stole his mother’s phone when she had gone for a road test. Masarira told the court that when they arrived from the test, her husband…
© THE defence trial of former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) chairperson Stanley Kazhanje continued yesterday with him maintaining his innocence. [GoogleAd] Kazhanje is on trial on allegations of receiving a US$10 000 bribe from controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo to motivate him not to cancel the 100-megawatt Gwanda solar project which had been awarded to the…
© ZIMBABWE National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) chief executive officer Christopher Mugaga has said companies are not in a position to increase salaries without first improving productivity, which has been drastically hampered by power outages. Mugaga said this following Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s call during a recent Daily News Business Breakfast Forum on the new…
