EIGHT Chitungwiza residents, who claim to be the joint owners of Braemer Farm in Seke, have filed an urgent chamber application seeking to stop the sale of the land to a third party by the local authority. This comes after the Chitungwiza Municipality on July 27 circulated a statement on social media directing people to…
A HARARE man lost US$420 to a sangoma in a money making ritual, prompting him to cause his arrest. Lloyd Malunga has since been charged with fraud and has been denied bail by Harare magistrate Judith Taruvinga. It is alleged that on July 23, Malunga acting in connivance with John Banda and Ntotera Vokhiwa, who are…
MPILO Central Hospital authorities are mulling converting one of the institution’s children units into a Covid-19 treatment centre exclusively for minors as the pandemic is now beginning to take its toll on children in the city. This comes as most hospitals countrywide have in recent weeks revealed that they have been overwhelmed by the continued…
MORE than 100 refugees believed to be Congolese migrants, who include children, are reportedly being detained in Bulawayo by authorities after they were found at a house in one of the city’s low-density suburbs following a tip off. The refugees were detained at Hillside Police Station as the authorities, led by the Social Welfare department,…
HIGH Court judge Phildah Muzofa has dismissed an application filed by a Harare woman, Nelisiwe Mlambo-Karara, who sought to cancel the sale of a residential stand in Harare’s plush Borrowdale suburb to a third party, claiming the property belonged to her. Karara had approached the court earlier this year with a lawsuit against Arosume Property…
THE Midlands Veterinary Department has successfully contained the spread of the foot and mouth disease (FMD) in the Somabula area in Gweru district following the imposition of an indefinite quarantine, which saw cattle sales being put on hold. The World Organisation for Animal Health describes FMD as a severe, highly contagious viral disease of livestock…
HARARE businessman Stanley Mupedza has approached the High Court seeking to evict 27 residents from his Gillingham Estate in Dzivaresekwa, accusing them of illegally occupying the property. In papers filed separately at the High Court last week, Mupedza cited Veronica Motsii, Elson Madzivire, Simbarashe Muguti, Lovemore Ninjani, Innocent Ngandini, Michael Chahwanda, Richman Masamba and 20…
A MARRIED couple appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court yesterday for assaulting fellow tenants over the last weekend in Belvedere, Harare, after a misunderstanding with the landlady over rentals. Trust Zivei and his wife Lorraine Zivanai allegedly teamed up with neighbours, Desmond and Tafadzwa Chivizhe, to confront the landlady Olga Bhatti, before assaulting fellow tenants…
A HARARE man, who allegedly maliciously damaged property, attempted to flee from police custody and assaulted a cop, caused a scene at Epworth Police Station after he threatened to stab himself with a broken bottle. Ndavezihle Moyo, 27, who had earlier fled from the police station by jumping over two security fences was arrested after…
