AFRICAN Business Woman Association (ABWA) chief executive Shamiso Fred yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Court facing 16 counts of fraud after she allegedly duped potential investors in a botched egg and dairy production project worth nearly US$200 000. Fred and her company, ABWA, allegedly convinced 16 individuals to join a Ponzi scheme before defrauding…
HARARE magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday dismissed an application by 35 Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) and Election Resource Centre (ERC) employees who were seeking to be removed from remand. They were arrested in August this year at a hotel in Harare after allegedly attempting to consolidate and announce the results of the 2023 harmonised elections…
WITH climate change having increasingly become a global developmental challenge in the past decade, the ministry of Environment and its partners have moved to reflect on the country’s experiences and initiatives ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference — UNFCCC — (Cop28) which will be held in Dubai this year from November 30 to…
SENIOR authorities say the government is finalising the completion of a gemmology centre to cater for training personnel in cutting, polishing and valuing diamonds. Vice President Kembo Mohadi says the facility, which is located in Mutare, Manicaland Province, would optimise the value of the country’s precious resources upon its launch. He was speaking at the…
POLICE have issued a stern warning to armed robbers, saying their “days are numbered,” as crack teams are on the ground “to flush them out.” This comes as the country has seen a surge of armed robbery cases in the last few months, with the latest being the one that occurred over the weekend in…
TWO Harare car dealers allegedly worked together and sold a vehicle that they had illegally imported into the country without paying duty at the border. Crismus Mabvanya, 41, of Gletwin, and Alexander Takudzwa Takaenda, 26, of Borrowdale, appeared before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera, charged with fraud, yesterday.The pair was granted free bail and will return…
A MAN, suspected to be the leader of a machete-wielding gang, commonly known as ‘Mashurugwi’, that was terrorising residents in Lowdale and Christon Bank areas in Mazowe, was arrested in Shurugwi in Midlands Province after allegedly murdering a man. The suspected murderer, Nkulumo Dube, 33, who is facing murder charges, was arraigned before Harare magistrate…
A SUSPECTED hacker allegedly tried to steal US$25 000 from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Group by hacking into their bank account and transferring the money into a different account. Evidence Tapuwa Dube, 31, of Mt Pleasant, Harare, was brought before magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing a charge of fraud, or alternatively, cybercrime.Dube…
TWO brothers from Zengeza, Chitungwiza, who were arrested after going on a robbery spree in greater Harare, have each been sentenced to 22 years in prison after being found guilty. Admire Sachoto, 33, and his older brother Clever, 43, pleaded guilty to 12 counts of robbery when they appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure. The…
SOME government houses are being occupied by individuals who are not civil servants, while employees of the Public Service Commission (PSC) are struggling for accommodation, it has emerged. This was revealed by PSC secretary Tsitsi Choruma in her submissions to Parliament during a pre-2024 national budget seminar over the weekend. “The pension fund has constructed…
