TWO suspected car thieves are facing kidnapping charges after they allegedly tried to abduct a man using a stolen car. Austin Makulanga and Tapiwa Chingara, both 29, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje on Friday who remanded them in custody before advising them to apply for bail at the High Court.They will return to court…
GOVERNMENT has joined the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) efforts to bring sanity into the city’s streets by removing vendors, who are accused of congesting the central business district (CBD). The BCC has for a few years been battling politically-backed space barons who wantonly parcel vending bays to locals in the CBD against the local authority’s…
STATE prosecutors have asked the courts to sentence notorious armed robbers Musa Taj Abdul, Charles Lundu and Sean Andile Dhlamini to 130 years in prison. Abdul, Lundu and Dhlamini were found guilty of 13 counts of armed robbery in December following a full trial. The trio appeared before Harare Magistrate Ignacio Mhene on Friday for…
IN A rare display of unity of purpose, the political leadership and ordinary party members from the ruling party Zanu PF and the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), have joined hands to champion development in Dzivaresekwa, a sprawling high-density suburb in Harare. Plans are afoot to rehabilitate a road that acts as a critical…
THE brutal fight over the inheritance of the late former Cabinet minister, Perrance Shiri’s multimillion dollar estate took a new twist after one of his daughters, Stephan Tanaka Musvamhiri, was on Friday acquitted of fraud at the Harare Magistrates Court. She had been dragged before the courts after her half-sister, Stephanie Rufaro Shiri, accused her…
THE Zimbabwe Local Government Association (Zilga), a combination of urban and rural authorities, has challenged local councils to craft innovative master plans in areas under their jurisdictions that benefit residents. Speaking at a workshop on the role of master plans in modernising local authorities in Harare last week, Zilga president Aaron Shamu said there was…
BY ALMOT MAQOLO HARARE is doubling down on infrastructure development as a key economic driver, pledging to dedicate five percent of its GDP to the sector and prioritising domestic capital mobilisation. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, in an interview with our sister publication, The Financial Gazette, reiterated the government’s commitment to infrastructure spending, highlighting its role…
THE Meteorological Services Department of Zimbabwe (MSD) has advised of a prolonged dry spell forecast for at least two weeks. It said…
TWO suspected carjackers, who were arrested by the public after stealing a commuter omnibus, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts where they were remanded in custody. John Nhira, 39, and Innocent Chigwaze, 27, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje who advised them to apply for bail at the High Court. They will be…
By Shamaine Chirimujiri KADOMA-BASED farmer, Rureyi Memory Raiva walked away with the grand prize of a Mazda T35 in the 2023 Gain…
