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A CHINESE-OWNED mining company has been fined US$700 for contravening the Postal and Telecommunication Act and illegally operating a Star-Link equipment without a licence. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), San He based in Guruve, Mashonaland Central Province, was found guilty by a Bindura magistrate for “wilfully possessing and or operating a radio station…

SOME government officials, seconded to the Operation Chenesa Harare, have been implicated in grabbing council land where mounting garbage would have been cleared from and selling it to desperate home seekers. The operation, which is a major government clean-up exercise in the capital started early this year in light of the cholera outbreak, which has…

CABINET is next week expected to receive reviewed changes to the Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (Cala) after the review of the schools’ curriculum by Parliament over the past few months. This comes as the Education ministry last year conducted a national consultative process to review the lapsed 2015-2023 curriculum in all public and private schools…

THREE suspected robbers, who are already in remand prison, have been charged with a fresh armed robbery after they allegedly stole alcohol worth US$1 264. Nigel Regis Rongai, 22, Owen Phani, 36 and Praise Mundoringisa, together with their alleged accomplice, Tatenda Memory Chigodora, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday.The four were remanded in…

THE Supreme Court has, for a second time, dismissed an appeal filed by the first batch of recalled Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs in October last year. The former opposition lawmakers, who include Prince Sibanda Dubeko, Fibion Kufahakutizwi and Bright Vanya Moyo, among others, filed an appeal against High Court judge Munamato Mutevedzi’s November…

AN AMERICAN who was awaiting deportation after illegally entering Zimbabwe broke out of the temporary holding cell at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and fled, a Harare magistrate heard. Austin Lenard Ray, 50, appeared in court yesterday before magistrate Ruth Moyo where he was charged with contravening the Immigration Act.State prosecutor Nomsa Kangara told…

THREE Zimbabweans are among 31 professionals from across Africa who have graduated from an elite conservation leadership and management fellowship co-facilitated by The African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and the United Nations. Environment Programme (UNEP). The Zimbabwean graduates are Environmental Management Agency (Ema) legal advisor Linda Masudze, Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) environmental governance officer Graham…

A CHIPINGE man, 78, who was arrested for raping his 14-year-old daughter in December last year, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The man, from Jekacheka Village, was brought before the Chipinge Magistrate’s Court where he was found guilty of rape.According to a statement by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the man raped…

THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has implored the government to ensure the protection of citizens who were displaced across the country during the recent evictions in a bid to protect human rights. This comes after the government halted the eviction following an outcry from different stakeholders. However, in a statement yesterday, the ZLHR…