A HARARE man, who purported to be a Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officer, has been arraigned before the magistrate’s court facing two separate charges of kidnapping and extortion. Munyaradzi Mupazviripo, 51, who was arrested on Saturday, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday before he was remanded in custody and is set to appear back…
A ROW over land between Victoria Falls Town Council (VFTC) and a private company, Wild Horizons, is threatening to scuttle plans to…
A LOCAL non-governmental organisation (NGO) has embarked on an initiative to offer free digital literacy skills to students who are visually-impaired in a bid to ensure they get necessary career guidance skills. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday founder and director of Gateway to Elation, Robert Malunda said the initiative was meant to cater for…
THE National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has called on citizens to desist from perpetrating genderbased violence (GBV) ahead of this year’s elections, a development it believes often scares women from taking part in electoral processes. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting in Bulawayo yesterday, NPRC chairperson Selo Nare said women need to be protected from…
By Rumbidzai Ngwenya SEVEN people were killed while six were seriously injured in two road traffic accidents that happened at the weekend. Police spokesperson assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi said the fatal accidents happened on Saturday along Harare-Masvingo and HarareChirundu roads. In the Harare–Masvingo road accident, a Mitsubishi Canter vehicle, which was driving towards Masvingo with…
HIGH Court judge, Justice Lucy Mungwari, has struck off the roll of an application by the Harare City Council in which it sought to recover 13 stands in Mabvuku, that were given to a law firm, Chengeta Law Chambers. According to court documents, a company, Tafara Infrastructure Development Consortium (TIDC), gave the stands to Chengeta…
A SUSPECTED fraudster, Judith Gamuchirai Goredema, has appeared in court after she allegedly fleeced a company, Routhy International Recruitment Agents, of US$38 000 claiming she was able to recruit Zimbabweans to work as healthcare workers in the United Kingdom. She appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Wednesday, facing two charges, one of money laundering…
HIGH Court judge, Justice Emelia Muchawa, has dismissed an application by five Indian tourists who were challenging a warrant of further detention after they were arrested in January. The five, Tamas Vohora, Shabbirbhai Shaikh, Asif Shaik Ashab Daula and Mohmedriyaz Yakub Pir were arraigned before the magistrate’s court for allegedly violating the Immigration Act after…
MEMBERS of a housing co-operative in Budiriro, Harare, face eviction in the next two days after the High Court last week granted a court order to the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe. In the judgment handed down on February 8, High Court judge Justice Owen Tagu ordered David Kuimba, Micah Mabika and all those claiming occupation…
SMUGGLERS in five vehicles escaped the police in Limpopo on Thursday when the officers tried to intercept a convoy of 10 vehicles…
