FORMER chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe has been indicted to stand trial at the High Court on October 14 on corruption charges. He was in court last week with his lawyers Jonathan Samukange and Brighton Pabwe before Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guuriro. The ex-magistrate is accused of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly offered attachment to…
AS the potential of young people is regarded as the driving force of people’s collective prosperity, the African Citizen initiative has since made a move to realise this opportunity by engaging African university students across the globe to create a platform that fosters entrepreneurial success. The African Citizen organisation uses its collective voices and efforts…
LEADING global provider of information and communications technology (ICT), Huawei, has added online training in Artificial Intelligence (AI) to its portfolio of free training it offers to Zimbabwe ICT students of higher learning. This was part of its commitment to training in (Fourth Industrial Revolution) 4IR technologies such as 5G and cloud computing, which it…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw KNOWE Residents and Ratepayers Association (Knowe) has lost a High Court bid to have the son of the late Edward Nyanyiwa, popularly known as Eddies Pfugari, ordered to serve his father’s 90-day civil imprisonment. Knowe cited Eddies Pfugari (Pvt) Ltd, Edward Nyanyiwa (Jnr), the late Nyanyiwa’s estate executor Clever Mandizvidza…
A JUNIOR officer at Borrowdale police station found himself in trouble for allegedly writing a Covid-19 exemption letter for US$10 and signing and stamping the document misrepresenting himself to be a senior cop. Osward Tapfumanei Jonga, 41, appeared in court last week charged with criminal abuse of duty and was not asked to plead. His…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE man is in trouble for allegedly inviting his nine-year-old daughter to his bedroom and asking her to touch his manhood. He is alleged to have further asked her to remove her panties and, enraged by the bizarre request, the minor reportedly fled the room and went to a…
TWO armed suspects behind Saturday’s shooting incident in Chivhu that claimed the life of a soldier and left another in critical condition were yesterday killed in a shootout with security forces at Waterbury Farm along the Chivhu-Gutu Road. The Saturday incident claimed the life of Lorance Mupanganyama and left his colleague, Peter Zvirevo, injured before…
ENVIRONMENT minister Mangaliso Ndlovu says his ministry has partnered with the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to remove hordes of illegal gold miners who have invaded the Chimanimani National Park, threatening the existence of wildlife in the area. This follows a public outcry over hundreds of illegal gold panners who invaded the game park last month,…
THE trial of former ICT minister Supa Mandiwanzira again failed to get underway on Friday with new prosecutors coming in to handle the matter. The Nyanga South legislator is facing allegations of criminal abuse of office, accused of seconding his personal assistant, Tawanda Chinembiri, to the board of the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised to release funds for Bulawayo to address its perennial water challenges. According to the latest Bulawayo City Council minutes, Mnangagwa wants an end to the water woes in the city. “The response from His Excellency was that the government was committed to resolving the Bulawayo water…
