A POLICE officer told the corruption trial of suspended Criminal Investigations Department (CID) boss Chrispen Charumbira that he had become so powerful within the force and had “captured the system”. Brian Moyo testified that it had become difficult to reach the commissioner-general Godwin Matanga to make a complaint against Charumbira. Charumbira is accused of interfering…
MUTARE City Mayor Blessing Tandi has called on the government to prioritise the allocation of increased devolution grants to help local authorities speed up the implementation of developmental projects at a time councils are reeling from non-payment of rates and services. Delivering the town’s maiden state of the city Address recently, Tandi revealed that his…
Melisa Chatikobo SHERWOOD Golf Course in Harare joined hundreds of civic movements in 180 countries incelebrating World Clean-Up Day by removing litter around Mabelreign. World Cleanup Day, an annual global social action programme, is celebrated by volunteers on September 19 every year as part of efforts to rid the planet of trash. Since 2018, the World…
A HARARE woman Rudo Nyamukomba has dragged her husband’s business partner Rosemary Mukai Gutu to the High Court, accusing her of being involved in an affair with her spouse since 2017. In summons filed at the court last week, Nyamukomba demanded that Gutu pay her US$20 000 in adultery charges. Nyamukomba told the court that she…
THE High Court has dismissed an application for bail pending trial that had been filed by a Marondera police officer, Berlin Dombodzvuku, who was apprehended by the police while in possession of 143,95 kg of marijuana in July this year. In his judgement, Justice Davidson Foroma said Dombodzvuku’s application held no merit as he had…
RED Sphere Finance, the microfinance arm of CBZ Holdings, has experienced exponential growth since its formation two years ago. The microfinance giant’s…
HLALANI Kuhle/Garikai Housing Scheme beneficiaries in Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park suburb who have not yet developed their stands risk losing them within the next six months. According to the latest Bulawayo City Council (BCC) minutes, non-compliance notices were sent to 103 beneficiaries of the scheme, notifying them that the stands would be repossessed if they fail…
THE MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa has been in the past few weeks trying to stitch a new opposition coalition to, among other things, push for electoral reforms and eventually topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu PF party in the fast-approaching 2023 harmonised elections. Among those approached by Chamisa is former MDC…
OVER 2 000 women in the dry Lupane area of Matabeleland North province have abandoned full time farming to pursue weaving. The women, drawn from different villages in rural Lupane, have dedicated their entire lives to making weaving baskets, mats, handbags, trays and a variety of craft, something which has turned out to be a…
SOUTH Africa-based musician, Shantel, says she has chosen the rhumba genre as part of her efforts to penetrate the international market. She…
