BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has urged land developers who are awarded tenders to develop housing stands to honour provisions of their contracts and rehabilitate roads in their areas of operation. Speaking at an engagement meeting yesterday, Coltart accused contractors who were awarded tenders to develop stands by the local authority of acting in bad faith….
A HARARE-BASED lawyer is facing theft of trust property charges after he allegedly di verted money belonging to a client to pay outstanding legal fees. Julius Chihambakwe, 78, allegedly used US$154 311 that belonged to his client, Tsungirayi Banga Man dizvidza, sometime in 2014. Yesterday he appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa, who remanded him…
A FORMER Zimbabwe National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) employee allegedly ran a Ponzi scheme and duped his colleagues into investing over US$35 000. Tongai Mavhunduse, 45, of Chibhaira Village, Chivi, was charged with three counts of fraud when he appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi, who remanded him in custody to Wednesday pending…
AN assistant accountant of a local company, Printflow Private Limited, is facing fraud charges after she allegedly siphoned fuel worth US$77 943. Ruvimbo Gladys Kanyamure, 28, of Waterfalls, Harare, was remanded out of custody on US$300 bail when she appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi. State prosecutor Zebediah Bofu told the court that Kanyamaure, who…
SOUTH Africa Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi will challenge a Pretoria High Court ruling that saw him lose an application relating to…
TWO Zimbabweans, who were seeking greener pastures in Dubai, were reportedly duped and later kidnapped and flown to Oman in the Middle East where they were subjected to slavery before they managed to escape and return home. One of the alleged kidnappers, Karen Pamela Teguru, 31, appeared before a Harare court yesterday where she was…
A HARARE property developer has been taken to court after allegedly giving a client a residential stand that was not worth the amount she had paid for. Christine Ziki, 64, the director of Tulphire Properties, was charged with fraud when she appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Tuesday.She was remanded out of custody on free…
THE United Nations has given Zimbabwe and Zambia permission to build a US$5 billion hydroelectric dam downstream from Victoria Falls, a Unesco World Heritage Site, according to the organisation supervising its development. Environmentalists have pro tested the 2 400-megawatt Batoka Gorge project, which is located 47 kilometres from the world’s biggest waterfall and might have…
AN INFORMAL trader who allegedly operated numerous WhatsApp groups where he pretended to have capacity to import various goods from China to Zimbabwe has appeared before a Harare magistrate facing fraud charges. Admire Munyanyi, 48, of Banket, Mashonaland West Province, was charged with 20 counts of fraud when he was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi…
OVER 300 drug peddlers were arrested in Bulawayo between July and September this year, the police have confirmed. According to a report compiled by the Bulawayo Criminal Investigations Department (CID) titled ‘Executive Summary of Accused Persons Arrested for Drug and Sub stance Abuse’, presented to delegates at a drug and substance abuse meeting recently, the…
