A CHINESE national is facing a possibility of a five-year jail term after he was caught at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport with 21 grammes of gold on his way to Mali. Tao Jianming pleaded guilty to the offence and was remanded in custody to today for continuation of the hearing. His lawyer Alec…
ARMED robbers fired three shots before raiding a Choppies Supermarket in Parklands, Bulawayo yesterday where they got away with an undisclosed amount of cash. When the Daily News crew visited the scene, residents as well as the security guards, who were manning the premises were in shock. One of the security guards alleged that the armed robbers,…
POLICE in Bulawayo have said owners of 140 motor vehicles impounded for operating illegally and not registered with the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) will soon appear before the courts on dates to be announced. This comes as the owners of the motor vehicles have raised complaints against the police, accusing the law enforcement agency…
FORMER Health minister Obadiah Moyo, who is accused of corruption in a US$60 million medical supplies scandal, will stand trial at the High Court. Moyo’s trial was scheduled to open yesterday before chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi, but the State represented by Garudzo Ziyaduma said Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi had directed that the trial be heard at…
BUSINESSMAN Jayesh Shah’s Al Shams Global has lost a US$117 000 lawsuit after the Supreme Court overturned a High Court ruling initially granted in favour of the company. The ruling comes after the defunct Interfin Bank advanced a loan of US$117 335 to Rodstreet Trading in 2012. However, Interfin Bank later advised Rodstreet Trading to…
HARARE regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje says the State is using “guerilla warfare tactics” in former Cabinet minister Priscah Mupfumira’s case, after seeking her arrest for “absconding” court despite consenting to the release of her passport to travel to South Africa. This comes as the State on May 13 consented to the release of Mupfumira’s passport…
IN A bid to increase the production of passports and national identity cards, Cabinet yesterday agreed to partner private players in implementing electronic applications for the much sought-after documents. Zimbabwe currently has a backlog of close to 220 000 passports as the Home Affairs ministry is still only accepting physical applications while foreign currency to…
SOUTH Africa’s International Relations and Cooperation minister Naledi Pandor yesterday met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Harare in a closed door meeting, before donating maize meal worth R50 million to assist Cyclone Idai victims. Pandor’s visit came amid reports South Africa was pushing to encourage dialogue between Mnangagwa, the opposition and other key stakeholders. In…
THE High Court has freed on $5 000 bail a motorist accused of negligently colliding with a State motorcade biker along the Harare-Bulawayo highway recently. Tatenda Mupariwa, 26, who is facing negligent driving and driving without a valid driver’s licence, approached the High Court after he was initially denied bail by a Mbare magistrate almost…
A HARARE property association has taken the Midlands State University (MSU) to the High Court seeking to bar the institution from drilling a borehole on a shared property without permission from other co-owners. In the application, One Union Avenues Owners Association (OUAOA) cited MSU and Atlanta Drilling (Private) Limited as respondents. In a court affidavit,…
