A SEVENTH Day Adventist (SDA) pastor, who allegedly attempted to rape his 17-year-old step daughter, has appeared before the Zvishavane Magistrates’ Court. The pastor, whose identity cannot be revealed to protect the minor, appeared before Zvishavane magistrate Charity Tonongera last week on attempted rape charges. “The accused took advantage of the absence of the mother…
THE government says it has registered a 25 percent drop in Covid-19 vaccine uptake in the Zvishavane District, as several people have…
GOLD buyer, Better Brands Jewellery (BBJ) , says it is winning the “war against smuggling” as its deliveries to Fidelity Printers and Refiners…
HARARE acting mayor Musarurwa Mutizwa, says council should now move with speed in providing quality service delivery to residents after the Local Government ministry’s recent move to suspend substantive mayor Jacob Mafume. Paralysis had struck Harare City Council (HCC) following a tug-of-war between Mutizwa and Mafume over the control of the local authority’s operations. Mafume,…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A MAN, who allegedly impersonated a police officer before robbing two individuals of over US$1 000, has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Takesure Magunje, who is facing two counts of robbery, yesterday appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi and was remanded to October 14 after being advised to apply for bail at…
A HARARE woman collapsed while in the dock yesterday after a Harare Magistrates’s Court indicted her to stand trial at the High Court for allegedly hiring three hitmen to kidnap, rob and kill her rivals. Rebecca Masawi, 68, could not contain her emotions after the court ruled that her trial will commence at the superior…
AT LEAST 35 Ngezi Baptist Church congregants have been ordered to vacate from the congregation’s property in Kadoma after the High Court ruled that they were no longer members of the church. In his judgment, High Court judge, Justice Owen Tagu said the 35 had no authority to use the property as they had officially…
A TRUCK driver has been jailed for an effective 10 years after he was arrested with 741 metres of TelOne underground copper cable worth US$58 539 in his vehicle that had been vandalised in Hatfield, Harare. Brighton Manyara had denied the allegations saying he was just a “victim of both a well-designed pre-meditated plan by…
Shamaine Chirimujiri AN EPWORTH woman has been fined $5 000 after she was found guilty for dealing in illegal copper business when she appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday. Mercy Mutandwa, 26, pleaded guilty to the charges of dealing in copper without a licence when she appeared before Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Mhiti. If Mutandwa…
BUSINESSMAN Wicknell Chivayo and his company Intratek have been acquitted of the charge of bribing former Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) boss Stanley Kazhanje to win the Gwanda Solar Project tender. Chivayo and his firm were in the dock for allegedly paying Kazhanje US$10 000 to be favoured in the tendering process. After the prosecution had…
