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4 in court over forged drivers' licences, IDs
Four men, who are facing 60 counts of forgery after manufacturing fake identity documents, driver's licences and passports at an office in the Harare central business district were on Tuesday denied b...Published: 16 hrs ago | 1061 | by Staff reporter
Panners in court over soldiers' murder
Two artisanal miners who allegedly killed two members of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) in a scuffle over girlfriends were arraigned before Bindura magistrate Christopher Maturure on Wednesday....Published: 16 hrs ago | 582 | by Staff reporter
Council to oppose MDC by-election challenge
Mutasa Rural District Council (RDC) has announced plans to oppose MDC Alliance Mutasa Central ward 10 councillor Franck Chitembwe's High Court appeal against the decision by the Zimbabwe Electoral Com...Published: 16 hrs ago | 169 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's Zimbabwe dilemma
As Zimbabwe's economic and political situation teeters on the verge of chaos, SA takes a disjointed approach. By Ringisai Chikohomero for ISS TODAY.First published by ...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 20:28hrs | 2817 | by Ringisai Chikohomero
Clerk tampers with court records
A RUSAPE clerk of court appeared at the Mutare Magistrate Court yesterday facing allegations of tampering with courts records.Brit Zambara (35), who is employed by the Judicial Services Commis...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | 274 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF eyes win
Zanu-PF secretary for Finance Patrick Chinamasa has urged the people of Mutasa Central Ward 10 to vote for the ruling party's candidate in the forthcoming by-election. Chinamasa said people fr...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:58hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter
2 women arrested for fraud in Prophet Lukau 'resurrection' drama
Two women have been arrested on fraud charges in a fake "resurrection" incident where a Zimbabwean man known as Brighton Moyo was filmed "rising from the dead" at the South African church of Pastor Al...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | 1163 | by African News Agency (ANA)
Soldiers arrested over Cyclone Idai aid
AFTER weeks of frenzied speculation, some members of the military have finally been exposed for allegedly looting goods donated to survivors of the recent Cyclone Idai which left a trail of dest...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:10hrs | 3412 | by Staff reporter
Chief Njelele's subjects evicted by armed soldiers and police
AT least 3 000 families in Chemagora, Sikombela, Bhadha and Sibusiso, under Chief Njelele in Gokwe were left homeless after being evicted from their settlements by armed soldiers and police.Th...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:55hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Failure to deal with currency crisis proving costly for dictators
For autocratic leaders seeking lessons from the toppling of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, avoiding a currency crisis may be key to survival.It's the same problem that ravaged long-standin...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | 470 | by Bloomberg
Councillor takes Zec to court
MUTASA Central ward 10 councillor Frank Chitembwe, whose seat was declared vacant following his incarceration for public violence, has filed an urgent High Court application seeking an order to set as...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 308 | by Staff reporter
4 up for stealing diamonds
FOUR suspected rifle-wielding armed robbers appeared in court facing accusations of stealing diamond ore in Chiadzwa where Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) is operating. Foaster Mu...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:39hrs | 439 | by Staff reporter
Chief Njelele in court over 'illicit' land deals
A Gokwe traditional leader last week appeared before the courts for his alleged hand in an illicit land deal that took place in 2011. Chief Misheck Njelele (59) allegedly divided a farm in Che...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:39hrs | 604 | by Staff reporter
Biti's lawyer, aides plead not guilty in 'border jumping' trial
A LAWYER and some aides for senior MDC official and human rights lawyer Tendai Biti have pleaded not guilty to charges of violating the country's immigration laws when their trial commenced before Kar...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:45hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Tsholotsho official on forced leave
TSHOLOTSHO Rural District Council executive officer-in-charge of Natural Resources, Mr Simelisizwe Sibanda has been sent on forced leave, following his arrest and subsequent appearance in court, where...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:00hrs | 340 | by Staff reporter
Man murdered for asking for sex
TWO Harare men were hauled before the courts yesterday for allegedly murdering a man who asked for sex from their female accomplice during a beer drink.Trymore White and Roy Kufahakurotyi appe...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:57hrs | 4658 | by Staff reporter
Is Mnangagwa a sellout?
As expected varakashi Completely miss Julius Malema's point regarding the so called compensation of white farmers (what else can you expect from bootlickers).To put it simple this is is Malema...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 14:33hrs | 3614 | by Tichaona Nzekete
Currency chaos toppled Sudan's al-Bashir
FOR autocratic leaders seeking lessons from the toppling of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, avoiding a currency crisis may be the key to survival.It's the same problem that did for long-sta...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:19hrs | 1372 | by Bloomberg
Mugabe in court
Former Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) board chairman Albert Mugabe has appeared in court on allegations of authorising and tendering false letters of undertaking to set off a mortgage ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:09hrs | 510 | by Staff reporter
Corruption linked transport Ministry official's resignation turned down
Government has turned down the resignation of senior director in the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructural Development Ms Angeline Karonga, who is facing charges of corruption involving a tender a...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 15:46hrs | 3502 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption campaign insincere
THE failure by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to tackle high-level corruption-which has contributed immensely to economic decay-has raised serious questions about his sincerity to fight the...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 13:49hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
Guvamombe demands trial at High Court
SUSPENDED Chief Magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe yesterday refused to be tried by a serving or retired magistrate in Zimbabwe or from the Sadc region.Guvamombe, who is facing criminal abuse of off...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 13:48hrs | 509 | by Staff reporter
Cyclone Idai donations thieving cop gets bail
A HARARE police officer, who on Monday appeared at the Rusape Magistrates Court charged with stealing foodstuffs donated to victims of Cyclone Idai in Manicaland, has been granted $200 bail and remand...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1040 | by Staff reporter
Zec in fix as jailed MDC councillor resurfaces
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is in a dilemma after Mutasa Central ward 10 councillor Frank Chitembwe (MDC), whose seat was declared vacant following his incarceration for public violence, r...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 07:01hrs | 5366 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance MP assaults female party member, appears in court
THE Member of Parliament for Mpopoma-Pelandaba, Charles Moyo (MDC Alliance), has appeared in court for allegedly assaulting a female party member during ward elections held at the party's provincial o...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:46hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance MP, councillor denied bail
Bid by Zengeza East legislator Goodrich Chimbaira (MDC-ALLIANCE) and Ward 14 councillor Chengetai Nyagondo to get freedom hit a snag after Chitungwiza resident magistrate Mr Nyasha Vitorini denied the...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 18:42hrs | 481 | by Staff reporter
Mpilo doctor 'steals' drugs
A DOCTOR at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo has appeared in court for allegedly stealing drugs worth $110 from the hospital theatre while on duty. Emmanuel Mucheni (33) yesterday appeared b...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:26hrs | 885 | by Staff reporter
Ministry official nabbed over Idai donations
A deputy director in the Ministry of Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development on Saturday appeared before a Chipinge magistrate facing charges of stealing Cyclone Idai donati...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:24hrs | 779 | by Staff reporter
Killer Campfire ranger granted $100 bail
A RANGER from Hwange Rural District Council (HRDC) Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire), who allegedly accidentally killed a 62-year-old Jambezi woman as he tried t...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
3 nabbed over fake passports
THREE Iraq nationals were last week arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for allegedly possessing fake passports. Derror Elim (29), Seerwan Khalid (29) and Deror Esav (4...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:30hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Major forex scam hits Nedbank Zimbabwe
A massive scandal has rocked Nedbank Zimbabwe - a local unit of one of South Africa's largest financial services groups - after 28 employees were nabbed by police for allegedly swindling the financial...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:26hrs | 3143 | by Staff reporter
Magistrate blasts prosecutor for unprofessional behaviour
A HARARE magistrate yesterday blasted as unprofessional the conduct of the State anti-corruption special prosecutor in the case of Postal and Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (Potraz) director-g...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 08:01hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must tackle structural problems, fiscal dilemmas
AFTER showing signs of revival during the inclusive government era between 2009 and 2013, Zimbabwe's economy has been on a tailspin since the 2013 elections. Government has struggled to restore econom...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 10:00hrs | 315 | by Staff reporter
Ranger in court for shooting villager
A RANGER from Hwange Rural District Council (HRDC) Community Areas Management Programme for Indigenous Resources (Campfire) has been taken to court for accidentally shooting a 62-year-old Jambezi woma...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:10hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Man up for wilful HIV transmission
A 50-YEAR-OLD man from Bulawayo has been arrested for deliberately transmitting HIV to his wife. The accused person appeared before Western Commonage magistrate, Mr Lungile Ncube, who remanded...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:35hrs | 678 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean woman escapes sex slavery after defying SA 'traffickers'
A Zimbabwean woman escaped a life of sex slavery after "refusing to be submissive" to two men who allegedly trafficked her from Johannesburg to Cape Town.The Hawks' anti-human trafficking team...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 11:16hrs | 3556 | by Staff reporter
Privatization is key to Zimbabwe's economic recovery plan
The microeconomic foundations of economies ensure that macroeconomic objectives are achieved. Stated differently, macroeconomic goals can only be achieved if there are robust institutions ensuring tha...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1207 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
11 Mthwakazi members in court
Eleven of MRP members today goes back to court, after the Magistrate yesterday refused to postpone the case to a later date as had been requested by Dube Dumisani who had other commitments. Dumi...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 08:15hrs | 1029 | by Mbonisi Gumbo
Botswana, SA demand bail out security from Zimbabwe
The government's increasingly desperate quest to secure critically-needed bailout packages has hit fresh snags, with neighbouring South Africa and Botswana demanding hefty guarantees for their loans d...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 07:11hrs | 3479 | by Staff reporter
Top cop arrested for guns theft
A SENIOR police officer in charge of Bulawayo province's armoury has been arrested for allegedly stealing seven different types of guns from the armoury in a case that has exposed illegal dealing in f...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:46hrs | 943 | by Staff reporter
Opposition leader who wanted to arrest Mnangagwa freed
The High Court on Wednesday ended the three-week detention of Tinashe Jonas, leader of Ideal Zimbabwe party.Jonas who was represented by members of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights was fr...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 10:01hrs | 3331 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pipeline repairs to leave Bulawayo dry
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) will today carry out major repair works along the Umzingwane/Mtshabezi pipeline — in an unavoidable move which will leave the whole city dry for 15 hours.This is ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:49hrs | 2022 | by Staff reporter
Opposition leader appears for bail hearing
President of Ideal Zimbabwe Tinashe Jonas will be appearing in court on Wednesday to apply for a bail hearing after his bail application was turned down by the magistrate."The High Court will ...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 07:39hrs | 298 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Rapist robber' seeks bail pending trial
A BULAWAYO man who allegedly raped his neighbour who is twice his age until she passed out and robbed her of a handbag containing money and a cellphone, has approached the High Court seeking bail pend...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:37hrs | 671 | by Staff reporter
'Mum killer's' third bail bid rejected
THE High Court has dismissed a third application for bail pending trial by a Bulawayo teenager who allegedly killed his mother and kept the body in the house for two days after she failed to repay 50 ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:36hrs | 761 | by Staff reporter
Jim Kunaka removed from remand
THE 27 alleged protesters arrested following the August 1 violence were yesterday removed from remand.The alleged protesters, who include former Zanu-PF youth leader Jim Kunaka, have been on r...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 16:32hrs | 2406 | by Staff reporter
US$500 000 medicines recovered from backyard pharmacy
Medicines worth US$500 000 was on Tuesday recovered by the police from a warehouse in Waterfalls, Harare, with the Health ministry tags, raising suspicion that the drugs could have been stolen from a ...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:16hrs | 1832 | by Staff reporter
Canada-based man up for sister in-law rape
A 38-YEAR-OLD man who is based in Canada has appeared in court for allegedly habitually raping his sister-in-law between 2014 and 2018 in Bulawayo. The accused person allegedly started abusing...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 23:44hrs | 2455 | by Staff reporter
Wife-deserter charged with bigamy
A KUWADZANA man who grabbed headlines a few weeks ago after dumping his blind wife and married his tenant appeared in court charged with bigamy.Naume Gokoko hauled her husband John Chadzoka to...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 20:36hrs | 1026 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube in new attempt to get SA loans
Fresh from being politely denied a bailout by SA's government just a fortnight ago, Zimbabwean finance minister Mthuli Ncube said he had approached private investors in SA to inject funds into his cou...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 19:57hrs | 1466 | by Business Live
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