A HARARE woman, who allegedly worked with her husband to run a fraud scheme, by lying that she was an army colonel with connections in the Defence and Lands ministries, is now facing charges of theft of trust property and fraud. Anymore Munyaradzi Mauru, 41, was arraigned before magistrate Apolonia Marutya before she was remanded…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has expressed concern over non-payment of school fees by the government, parents and guardians of learners at its schools who owe in excess of $6 billion. Speaking during a stakeholders meeting yesterday, BCC housing and community services director Dictor Khumalo called on the government who owe it through the Basic…
A SUSPECTED robber allegedly broke into a house at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison Camp in Harare and stole three mobile phones. Tavani Zhou, 47, who is facing unlawful entry charges, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday before he was remanded in custody. He will return to court today to file his bail application. The…
THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is engaging Intratek to push it to resume works at the contested 100 MW Gwanda solar project in Matabeleland South province, Parliament heard on Tuesday. Intratek Zimbabwe, owned by controversial businessman and socialite Wicknell Chivayo, was awarded the tender for the engineering, procurement, and construction of a 100 MW Gwanda…
THE government says it is scaling up efforts to sensitise chiefs on marriage and inheritance laws in order to ensure traditional values are upheld and justice prevails in rural communities. Speaking during a chiefs’ conference in Bulawayo yesterday, permanent secretary in the ministry of Justice Vimbai Nyemba said chiefs played a crucial role in marriages…
A GROUP of robbers who broke into a house in Dema, Mashonaland East Province, in November last year managed to steal two luxury vehicles which they allegedly used as getaway cars. One of the suspected robbers, Augustine Zvenyika, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing vehicle theft charges. He was remanded in custody and advised…
THE government of Japan has provided nearly US$1 million to various non-governmental organisations (NGOs) operating in Zimbabwe for projects aimed at improving the lives of vulnerable groups. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday after the official launch of the six projects in the fields of landmine clearance, education and health, Japanese ambassador to Zimbabwe, Shinichi…
A MAN from Chivhu in Mashonaland East Province has been convicted of murder after he was found guilty of tying his 82-yearold uncle before dumping him in a water well, where he eventually passed away. Taison Chaira was arrested in 2022 after the body of Gibson Mawire was fished out of his household well with…
WHILE Zimbabweans are rated as some of the most educated people in Africa, a majority of them are unskilled with just 38 percent of them trained in one profession or the other, Skills Audit minister Paul Mavima has revealed. This comes as Zimbabwe has been struggling with skills flight as professionals, particularly in the medical…
BY RUTENDO NGARA A DOMBOSHAVA woman is facing a charge of attempted murder after she was arrested for severely attacking her husband’s girlfriend using a machete. Delia Mukonyora (38) from Gutsa Village allegedly assaulted Ellen Malungisa all over her body with the weapon, leading to her arrest and subsequent appearance before Harare magistrate Daniel Mungosi….
