Rutendo Ngara THREE suspected fraudsters, who allegedly attempted to defraud Real Star, a security company, of US$190 000 have been granted US$100 bail each by Harare magistrate Patricia Kamwanda. Gladstone Mthulisi Tshabalala, Dalumuzi Moyo and Manase Manjovha were in court on Monday for allegedly attempting to hack an EcoCash account. Kamwanda ordered the trio to…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) ward 21 councillor, who is also the chairperson of the Harare City Council audit committee, Blessing Duma appeared in court yesterday facing extortion charges. Magistrate Stanford Mambanje remanded him in custody to today for his bail application. According to State prosecutor Mercy Masamvi, in June this…
By Rutendo Ngara EDMORE Muzisa, the owner of a night club in Budiriro, Harare, yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing charges of murdering a client. He appeared in court with his accomplice Solomoni Maura and were remanded in custody to October 4 by magistrate Patricia Kamwanda. He advised them to apply for bail…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw CHIZARIRA National Park, Zimbabwe’s third largest in the north western part of the country, has undergone a US$3 million revamp to boost conservation and improve visitor’s wildlife experience. The funding came from Defend, a conservation organisation formerly known as National Park Rescue, in partnership with the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management…
AUTHORITIES in Matabeleland South Province have called on the government to do more in capacitating village healthcare workers with essential tools to improve their responses to non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Speaking at a stakeholders meeting yesterday, Matabeleland South provincial medical director Andrew Muza said many communities, particularly in remote areas, faced geographical barriers that hindered easy…
By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday swore in four members of the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission (ZICC) at State House. The commission will be chaired by retired High Court judge Justice Webster Chinamora with lawyer Elizabeth Rutsate, medical doctor Andrew Mataruse and former MP and police spokesperson Oliver Mandipaka as commissioners. The ZICC is…
By Yvonne Ncube POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a suspected bogus medical doctor, Prosper Mpofu, who was reportedly operating within the premises of Mpilo Central Hospital and attending to patients without a practicing licence. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Abednico Ncube confirmed that the suspect was arrested on Tuesday evening…
By Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE couple, facing $100 million fraud charges, yesterday told magistrate Stanford Mambanje that they were being persecuted by unnamed people with connections in government circles. Clark Makoni, 42, and his wife Beverly, are facing charges of allegedly changing ownership of Valley Lodge in Mutare and registering the property in…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A MARONDERA businessman, Francesco Marconati, 65, was yesterday sentenced to five years imprisonment at the Harare Magistrates Court after being convicted of two US$6,8 million fraud charges. However, trial magistrate Donald Ndirowei suspended three years on condition that he will not commit a similar offence. Marconati will serve an effective two years….
FORMER cabinet minister and ruling Zanu PF party politburo member Dzikamai Mavhaire yesterday rejoined the party from the opposition he had defected…
