A DOMESTIC dispute involving a Harare couple turned violent after a 23-year-old woman scalded her husband with cooking oil. Charity Phiri of Globe Trotter, Old Mazowe, was yesterday arraigned before Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere where she was charged with attempted murder and remanded in custody and would appear back in court today to file her…
THE High Court has ordered Harare businessman and cleric Shingi Munyeza and his wife Wilma to pay a US$100 000 debt that they owe a senior communications and public relations expert Marjorie Mutemererwa. The matter spilled into the courts in March after Mutemererwa filed summons against the Munyeza’s, accusing them of refusing to pay back…
ALL retired senior civil servants are now able to import vehicles duty-free valued at not more than US$60 000 for former permanent secretaries and US$40 000 for chief directors following a recent government directive, an extraordinary Government Gazette announced yesterday. This comes as government introduced a motor vehicle rebate scheme in 2019 where any civil…
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has refuted assertions made by the government that they were refusing to take up airtime on ZBC, saying they were available only if the platform was impartial. Speaking during a briefing to diplomatic and observer missions accredited to Zimbabwe for the 2023 elections on Monday, deputy Information minister…
THE ruling Zanu PF is set to reap election dividends from its government’s partnership with private players in the ongoing Presidential borehole…
THE High Court on Monday heard a matter in which Labour, Economists and African Democrats (Lead) aspiring presidential hopeful Linda Masarira is suing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for rejecting her nomination papers. Masarira’s attorney, Andrew Makoni, said after the hearing that the court would let them know when the judgment would be delivered. Masarira…
A STUDENT at Belvedere Teachers’ College in Harare allegedly placed her newborn baby in a plastic bag and dumped it behind a hostel, a magistrate heard at the weekend. Bridget Tafirieyi, 18, appeared before the court facing charges of infanticide before being granted US$100 bail and ordered to return to court on September 6 for…
INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere has been granted temporary respite after the High Court yesterday struck off the roll an application for execution of judgment filed by lawyer Lovedale Mangwana. In his application filed earlier this month, Mangwana wanted the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to go ahead and print presidential ballot papers without Kasukuwere’s name….
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatb@dailynews.co.zw POLICE in Kwekwe have launched a manhunt for eight suspects who raided a mine and stole 150kg of gold carbon. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said the robbery occurred early Sunday morning and the robbers stole the gold carbon as well as other valuables. “Police in Kwekwe are investigating a case…
THE sixth University of Zimbabwe (UZ) student, who has been in remand prison since his arrest in May for allegedly spray painting government buildings in Harare’s Central Business District (CBD) during a “Free Job Sikhala” protest, has been freed on $500 000 bail. Darlington Upenyu Chigwena, 21, was arrested and charged with seven counts of…
