FOUR months ago, Simba Muchingami was a very happy man. Customers were queueing outside his modest bakery in Kuwadzana, a high-density residential…
ANGLO American Platinum’s unit in Zimbabwe has asked the high court to intervene in a bid by the nation’s tax authority to seize $24m in a dispute over royalties. Unki Mines, owned by Anglo American Platinum, lodged an urgent court application against the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra), which has sought to garnish funds from the…
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A MBARE man has been slapped with an effective 10 years in jail for being in possession of nine metres of power utility, Zesa, cables which were hidden in the Mukuvisi river banks in Mbare, Harare. Pikitai Mukucha, 31, appeared before regional magistrate Temba Kuwanda answering to allegations of violating the Electricity Act for possessing…
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THE Parks and Wildlife Management Authority of Zimbabwe (ZimParks) has embarked on a nationwide rhino dehorning process to curb poaching. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZimParks spokesperson Tinashe Farawo said the exercise would help in reducing deaths of rhinos because most poachers kill the animals for their horns. “Dehorning is a way of deterring…
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FORMER parliamentarian Psychology Maziwisa and television personality Oscar Pambuka’s bid for freedom failed after the High Court dismissed their appeal against a US$12 000 fraud conviction. The duo was found guilty of defrauding the Zimbabwe Power Company of US$12 650 in a bogus public relations deal by magistrate Lazini Ncube in 2018. The pair claimed…
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POLICE in Zvishavane have joined the Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (Zesa) in a campaign meant to nip in the bud rising copper cable theft as cases in the mining town. According to the police, thieves have been targeting mostly Shabanie Mine-owned residential areas resulting in suburbs like Hillview, Noelvale, Nil, Birthday and Advarolem experiencing frequent…
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By Dionne Kanyowa THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), which is being sued by businessman Wicknell Chivayo for cancelling the 100-megawatt Gwanda solar project contract, on Wednesday said US$2 million he is claiming in damages is not commensurate with the work he did on the scheme. ZPC project assistant Cleophas Fambi told High Court judge, Justice…
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ENERGY minister Zhemu Soda has sacked the suspended PetroTrade board of directors, accusing them of interfering with the daily operations of the company. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, Zhemu said the board failed to abide by the laws that govern State entities hence the dismissal. The dismissed board members include Gladys Mumhure, Ferida Matambo, Lilian…
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By Dionne KanyowaTHE HIGH court has declined to let a specialist radiologist, who is being sued for running an incorrect diagnosis that led to a wrong surgical operation on a prominent martial arts instructor, off the hook after dismissing his exception application to the lawsuit.Kirtikumar Naik, a radiologist, was sued last year together with Gilbert…
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ZIMBABWE has ushered in a new marriage law that gives equal rights to “girlfriends” and women in registered unions upon the dissolution…