FORMER Zanu PF Kambuzuma MP Tinashe Maduza, who has been on the run since August last year after he allegedly sodomised his employee, has been hauled before a Harare magistrate’s court. Maduza, 34, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday facing charges of aggravated indecent assault and another count of failure to renew a firearm…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO TWO men from Donnington suburb in Bulawayo have been hauled before the local courts on allegations of illegal possession of 10 elephant horns weighing a total of 16.13kg. Melusi Moyo and Justice Moyo appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing illegal ivory possession. They were not asked to plead and…
A SUSPECTED land baron has been arraigned before a Harare magistrate’s court facing six counts of fraud after he allegedly defrauded US$44 400 from unsuspecting home seekers. Nelson Mandizvidza, 49, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday and was remanded him in custody before being ordered to return to court today for his bail application….
THE grouping of six smaller opposition political parties which was launched last Thursday, the Zimbabwe Coalition for Peace and Development (ZCPD), has registered with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to contest in harmonised elections to be held later this year. In a letter dated March 18, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) acting chief elections officer Jane Chigidji…
ZIMBABWE School Examinations Council (Zimsec) says it will only register candidates who have completed their Continuous Assessment Learning Activities (Cala) requirements to sit for the June ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels final examinations. Cala, which was introduced in 2021, is an activity or assessment that requires learners to perform, and demonstrate their knowledge, understanding, and proficiency….
A POLICE officer was yesterday hauled before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts on allegations of duping an unsuspecting woman of US$1 220 by pretending that he could source chrome ore on her behalf. Ethaton Munyukwi, 38, who is part of the Police Protection Unit (PPU) and is stationed in Southerton, Harare, appeared before the court facing…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it is committed to partnering with the Government of Zimbabwe in supporting smart agriculture, promoting traditional grain farming and adopting emerging new seed varieties to eradicate hunger in the country. This was said by a FAO delegation from the organisation’s headquarters, in Rome, Italy, which…
By Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) and PG Industries have renovated a block comprising classrooms and bedrooms at Jairos Jiri Association Waterfalls home, Harare, at a cost of US$20 000. The roofing material was procured by PG, while the ZPCS provided free labour through its inmates undergoing rehabilitation. Speaking at the…
ANOTHER suspected Zanu PF supporter has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts after he was part of a trio that allegedly assaulted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) officials who were conducting voter education campaigns in Epworth last week. Dennis Dausi, 34, is suspected to be an accomplice of the ruling party’s Harare provincial political commissar, Kudakwashe…
Yvonne Ncube TWO suspects from Ntabazinduna, Bulawayo, who appeared in court facing unlawful entry and theft charges, have accused security guards who arrested them of stealing more than US$12 000 they had stolen. Calpher Karonga, 30, and Caston Kuchena, 42, pleaded guilty to the theft charges before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa yesterday, and were remanded…
