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Suspected church robbers in court

SUSPECTS, who allegedly went on a robbing spree targeting churches armed with a pistol, knives and iron bars making away with over US$28 000, have appeared in court. John Chizhande and Panashe Kaseke were not asked to plead to the allegations when they appeared before regional magistrate Gloria Takundwa in Harare yesterday. They were remanded…

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Teacher up for impersonating ZNA

A SECONDARY school teacher in Mashonaland East’s Seke District has been arrested for masquerading as a Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) recruiting officer. Samuel Moses was nabbed by the ZNA military police on allegations of duping desperate employment-seeking siblings of US$260.Moses, a teacher at Chikonde Secondary School, reportedly misrepresented himself to Charity Madzinga that he was…

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Command agriculture inputs land women in soup

Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERmuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zwPOLICE in Plumtree and Mwenezi have arrested two women for unlawful possession of 131 bags of command agriculture fertilisers.The police said the two were on their way to resale the products when they were intercepted. In the first incident, the police arrested Shylet Dumani (42) in Plumtree on Monday when she was transporting…

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Man nabbed for murdering lovers

Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO POLICE have arrested a man in connection with the death of two of his lovers whom he allegedly murdered on separate occasions. According to police, Emmanuel Mahembe, 37, allegedly murdered Idah Chigumbate, 37, and Patricia Mutero, 35, before stealing their vehicles. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the development saying: “The Zimbabwe…

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Tobacco auction floor selling dates extended

TOBACCO auction floor selling dates have been extended to accommodate high volumes of tobacco that farmers still have, Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) public relations officer Chelesani Moyo has said. The auction floors were closed on Wednesday before farmers pleaded with the authority to extend the days citing late maturity of their crops as well…

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Government to facilitate media access to forex

THE Information ministry says it is ready to assist media houses who want to access foreign currency on the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe auction system to improve their operations. In a ministerial statement in response to the information parliamentary portfolio committee on the state of the media in the country, deputy minister of Information Kindness…

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Israeli tycoon sets eyes on Zimbabwe

AN ISRAELI billionaire Gilad Shabtai has set his eyes on massive investments in Zimbabwe, targeting infrastructure development, agriculture, mining and real estate. This comes as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has, since 2018, been running under the mantra ‘Zimbabwe is open for business” in a bid to woo foreign direct investment into the country. Shabtai flew…

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Court clears Augur, council deal

THE High Court has thrown out a case in which City of Harare, Augur Investments and its director Kenneth Raydon Sharpe, pictured, were being sued by the Zimbabwe Homeless People Federation and two others seeking to stop a 2007 transfer of land from council to Sunshine Development (Private) Limited. In the joint-venture, Augur would provide…

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Johane Masowe Chishanu claims lawyer sabotaged them

Dionne Kanyowa THE Johane Masowe WeChishanu Muzinda apostolic sect has lost  a fighting chance in repossessing their church land after the High Court declined  to allow them to  challenge a  default  judgment awarded against them  despite arguing that their erstwhile  lawyer had sabotaged them . The default judgment dismissed the application to have the church declared the owner of a piece of…

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