THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says plans are underway to ensure the servicing of over 1 000 pre-sold stands in different suburbs resumes so as to address the accommodation challenges the local authority is grappling with. This comes as residents who have long bought the stands have been piling pressure on the local authority to…
THE three suspects, who are believed to have been running an online Ponzi scheme called E-creator, will remain in custody until tomorrow, when a Harare magistrate is set to deliver her ruling on their bail application. The three, Zhao Jiaotong, Justin Kuchekenya and Trymore Tapfumaneyi, appeared in court yesterday for continuation of their bail application….
THE fight by independent presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere to contest in next month’s general elections has taken a new twist after lawyer, Lovedale Mangwana, filed an application at the Supreme Court to have the former Cabinet minister’s appeal heard on an urgent basis by the same court. This comes after Kasukuwere, through his lawyers, last…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A MAN from Gwabalanda suburb in Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly taking part in an armed robbery that saw a miner lose US$20 760 and his Toyota Lexus vehicle. Bhekimpilo Ncube yesterday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate, Joseph Mabeza facing an armed robbery charge, before he was remanded in custody…
A MAN from Eastview, Harare, yesterday appeared before a Harare court facing charges of allegedly filing fake documents at the Central Vehicle Registry that allowed him to register three motor vehicles using names of soldiers. Ashton Marange, 29, was arraigned before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing a charge of fraud, before he was granted US$20 bail…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has decided on three colours that will be used on the presidential, parliamentary and council ballot papers for the August 23 harmonised polls. This comes as Zec is already seized with issues to do with postal voting, the designing of ballots, training of electoral officers and the…
THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) has temporarily banned cross-border passenger ferrying buses and imported vehicles from Tanzania from using the Kariba Border Post as a port of entry. This comes amid long, winding queues of vehicles waiting to be cleared, which have caused traffic congestion at Kariba Border Post in the last few days. In…
THE police investigating officer (IO) in a matter in which three individuals are accused of running an online Ponzi scheme, E-Creator, yesterday told the court the suspects should remain in remand prison. He said if Zhao Jiaotong, Trymore Tapfumaneyi and Justin Kuchekenya are granted bail, they are likely to flee the country or be attacked…
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched investigations into three separate cases of sudden deaths through hanging committed over the past three days. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele called on residents with missing relatives to check with law enforcement as one of the suspected suicide cases involves an unidentified man. “We…
ANOTHER legal practitioner is facing fraud charges after he allegedly used forged legal certificates to practise law. Jabulisa Tshuma, 57, of Magaya Legal Practitioners in Kwekwe, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday before being granted US$300 bail and remanded to August 25. Prosecuting, Pardon Dziva told the court that the accused graduated from…
