THE extortion case involving popular preacher T Freddy, pictured, and ZBC radio presenter Rutendo Makuti took another twist when a former police officer Gibson Jaji appeared in court yesterday for allegedly aiding the blackmailing of the self-proclaimed prophet. This comes as Freddy will stand trial in January on allegations of raping and assaulting Makuti. The…
A KADOMA man was dragged to the Harare Magistrates’ Court last week on fraud allegations of using a property he had sold to secure a mortgage with a local bank. Prosecutor Anesu Chirenje alleges that sometime around August 2017, Zivanai Mavesere approached Simbarashe Mandava and indicated that he was selling a block of flats in…
A MAN appeared in court yesterday on allegations of being part of a gang that murdered a Chitungwiza man before stealing all his possessions, including his mobile phone. Denis Makaya, 33, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi who remanded him in custody to January 12 and advised him to apply for bail at the…
Rumbidzayi Ngwenya THE government says it is committed to improve the welfare of doctors and health workers while establishing more health facilities across the country. Speaking at the inaugural Zimbabwe Medical Doctors Awards at the weekend, director of Policy, Planning and Health Economics in the ministry of Health Stephen Banda said medical professionals had played…
THE Zimbabwe Open University (Zou) has appealed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to address structural issues causing high staff turn-over, the high cost of data, transport and electricity which are affecting both students and workers. Speaking at the Zou graduation ceremony at the weekend, the university vice chancellor Paul Henry Gundani said although they were facing…
Andile Tshuma VELD fires have killed at least 130 people in the last 13 years, with eight deaths having been recorded this year alone. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Environmental Management Agency (Ema) national spokesperson Amkela Sidange said efforts were needed to address veld fires in order to preserve lives throughout the country. Sidange said…
ZVISHAVANE town secretary Tinoda Mukutu, 53, and other two top council officials, who are facing corruption allegations, have been further remanded out of custody to January 2022 which translates to almost a year now as their case drags on. Mukutu and his accomplices, housing director Nhlanhla Ngwenya and engineer Dominic Mapwashikwe initially appeared before Zvishavane…
APPROXIMATELY 116 hectares of land has been lost in the Midlands province owing to alluvial mining, the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has revealed. Ema Midlands manager Benson Bhasera said while two provinces that is Mashonaland West and Midlands lost a significant size of land, Midlands is the most affected. “Alluvial mining in our province is…
A 20-YEAR-OLD woman connived with thugs to rob her boyfriend of cash amounting to US$5 000 and other household items. Rutendo Rose Saithi, 20, and Checksmore Godza appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts last week facing charges of robbing the former’s boyfriend Innocent Nnamdi at his Eastlea house last month. The duo allegedly perpetrated the…
Dionne Kanyowa A MABVUKU woman alleges her now estranged husband assaulted her in the presence of goons he had hired to stop her from taking her property from their then matrimonial house. This emerged during Chipo Mapako’s, 27, trial in which she is facing charges of unreasonable disposal of property. Mapako’s ex-husband Byson Spoon, 38, alleges…
