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Law Society of Zimbabwe flags 31 unregistered lawyers
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has named 31 unregistered lawyers and warned them against appearing in court, prisons and police stations purporting to be representing their clients.In a not...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Man knifed to death in row over whisky, another murdered over US$2
A row over a bottle of whisky Thursday ended in tragedy for a Kezi man who died after being stabbed three times with an okapi knife by a bar attendant.Police said Saturday they have arrested W...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Imbiber killed over $2
A beer binge turned fatal in Karoi on Tuesday when two friends had a misunderstanding over $2.Bonwell Mereki (24) has since been arrested after he assaulted his friend Norman Chikoka (21) on t...Published: 22 Dec 2022 at 12:03hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Woman robbed wealthy married lover over lack of financial support, court hears
A family was held up at gunpoint in a terrifying ordeal after a mistress unhappy with the financial support she was receiving decided to rob her wealthy, married lover, a court heard on Friday....Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 18:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
37 year old man rapes his 19 year old friend
The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Budiriro has reported that it has arrested a 37 year old man for rape after he sexually assaulted his 19 year old friend.According to the police, the suspect lu...Published: 21 Apr 2022 at 17:24hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mutoriro lands Concession man in jail
A Concession man who is in the habit of harassing and insulting vulgar words to his mother has been locked in prison.Tawanda Mereki was remanded in custody by Concession magistrate Audrey Muzh...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 19:16hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Giraffe poacher nabbed
A suspected giraffe poacher Remember Mereki (32) was arrested in Bindura on Wednesday after he was caught by security guards at a farm trying to kill a giraffe.The two security guards Takudzwa...Published: 04 Sep 2021 at 18:39hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mereki shopping centre set for facelift
GOVERNMENT has pledged to promote one of Harare's outdoor leisure centres, Mereki Shopping Centre, as a domestic tourism hub. This was revealed by Environment minister Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndl...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
British citizen bashed by police in Zimbabwe
A HARARE-BASED British citizen on Saturday night came face-to-face with local police brutality when he was assaulted while in Warren Park to drop off his auto-electrician in the suburb.Kireto ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man fatally assaults ex-wife's grandmother
A 40-year-old man from Mvurwi fatally assaulted his ex-wife's grandmother (71) with a log after accusing her of bewitching his son and later committed suicide by drowning himself. A few days a...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Man bashes mother-in-law to death, commits suicide
A 40-YEAR-OLD Mvurwi man allegedly went berserk and assaulted his mother in law with a log to death before throwing himself in a dam days after she died.Previous Mereki accused his mother in l...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 15:27hrs | 3 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Trio steals diesel, batteries from base stations
THREE Harare men, who allegedly went on a crime spree attacking security guards with catapults, vandalising mobile network operators' base stations and stealing diesel and generator batteries across H...Published: 16 Nov 2020 at 13:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mereki leisure spot takes Harare City Council to court
A HARARE outdoor leisure spot, popularly known as Mereki (Warren Park D) Community Trust, has taken the city council to court seeking transfer of the stand it operates from into its name.Accor...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beer prices have reduced cases of domestic violence
'Wine that gladdens the heart of man'. Beer prices are ever climbing up far away from the hands of many would be imbibers let alone mouths of merry-makers and pub crawlers. Paying tribute to Bacchus t...Published: 05 May 2019 at 11:55hrs | | by Thomas Murisa
Police enforce vending ban
A SMALL group of illegal vendors yesterday engaged in running battles with the police as they refused to leave the streets as part of Government efforts to contain the cholera outbreak, which has so f...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare 'city of booze'
Harare mayor, Bernard Manyenyeni has chided the local authority for licensing more bottle stores at the expense of residential stands, earning itself the tag "booze city".Manyenyeni said city ...Published: 05 Apr 2018 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
When I met Mugabe behind a wall of fear
On each occasion that I happened to come across him a sense of fear consumed me. One day, in 1989, he visited our school. He looked so presidential and awfully detached behind his bodyguards. Then I s...Published: 14 Dec 2017 at 09:52hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
WATCH: Whither Zimbabwe's Nationalist Project
Good Evening everyone, I'm very pleased to have this opportunity to share my ideas and views with you on the state of the Nationalist project in Zimbabwe. As I prepare to make my remarks I note that i...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 14:39hrs | | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
They called me Tafiranyika. Now, they call this Zimbabwe?
They called me Tafiranyika. My grandfather died the day I was born. They called me Tafiranyika. Sekuru Moses was on the liberation war front when I was born. They called me Tafiranyika. Big and menaci...Published: 02 Sep 2017 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
WATCH: Nkosana Moyo in street campaign
PRESIDENTIAL aspirant and Alliance for the People’s Agenda leader, Nkosana Moyo has taken his campaign trail to the common person on the ground, interfacing with vendors and other ordinary people as...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Nkosana Moyo mingles with folks at Mereki
WATCH: Nkosana Moyo mingles with folks at Mereki...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 12:10hrs | | by facebook
Police launch manhunt for daring robbers
A crack police team from the Criminal Investigations Department has launched a manhunt for daring robbers who pounced on a church in one of Harare's low density suburbs, raped a woman, and got away wi...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 17:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court frees Lumumba
Harare magistrate Nomsa Sabarauta yesterday warned Viva Zimbabwe leader William "Ace Lumumba" Mutumanje, who is being accused of forgery, to seek clarification on the remand dates ...Published: 14 Apr 2017 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lumumba arrested
Viva Zimbabwe leader, William "Ace Lumumba" Mutumanje, who is facing forgery allegations, was arrested at the Harare Magistrates' Court yesterday after he defaulted court.Mutumanje's lawye...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lovemore Matombo thrown out of office
COMMUNICATION and Allied Services Workers Union of Zimbabwe (CASWUZ) members this week forcibly chucked out of office the union's president, Lovemore Matombo, who was refusing to relinquish his po...Published: 17 Nov 2016 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Man, wife fight over BMW X5 vehicle
A 33-year-old man and his father are appearing in court after he allegedly grabbed his estranged wife's BMW X5 vehicle and fraudulently registered it in his father's name. Yosia Jose and his fathe...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 robbers steal, rape at church
Five suspected robbers who stole $800 and raped a tenant at the Apostolic Faith Mission Church in Harare before stealing $12 000 at a Total Service Station yesterday appeared in court. One of ...Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 06:34hrs | | by Fungai Lupande
Lumumba gets longer remand
Viva Zimbabwe president William Ace Lumumba Mutumanje, who is facing forgery allegations after being found in possession of an unregistered vehicle, was yesterday remanded to September 22 after the St...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 11:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Lovemore Matombo defies expulsion
FORMER Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president, Lovemore Matombo, has approached the High Court in a bid to overturn his expulsion from the Communication and Allied Workers Union of Zim...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matombo faces unceremonious exit from CASWUZ
Former Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) P r e s i d e n t L o v emo r e Matombo faces the boot from the Communications and Allied Services Workers' Union (CASWUZ) after a vote of no confidence...Published: 13 Apr 2016 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Thieving hooker severely stabbed by client at Bev, Zoey gig
A Warren Park hooker - Vicky Katena is battling for life after she was stabbed several times with a broken bottle by a man whom she had reportedly duped before.Vicky allegedly stole $150 and a...Published: 21 Sep 2015 at 11:46hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Majome excited about Marlborough High School Zebras national boys' soccer U 17
Harare West MP Jessie Majome has expressed excitement over the achievements made by the Marlborough High School Zebras to be the national boys' soccer under 17 Arenel 2015 champions again second year ...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 08:51hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mohadi drags ex-worker to court
HOME Affairs Minister Kembo Mohadi has filed a court application challenging a decision by an arbitrator to award his ex-worker more than $37,000 as terminal benefits and pay for unfair dismissal....Published: 11 May 2015 at 08:24hrs | | by Court reporter
Suspected thieves arrested at cemetery
A GANG with a penchant for stealing at Warren Hills Cemetery and along the Harare - Bulawayo road was nabbed on Sunday.The suspected thieves Kassim Duncan, 37, and Reuben Mutizirwa, 30, believ...Published: 24 Mar 2015 at 11:51hrs | | by Arron Nyamayaro
'CIOs can produce dossiers of any citizen'
According to gossip on the kombis and at Mereki, the CIO can, if asked, produce thick dossiers on the movements of any given citizen, from the vagabond foraging for food in dustbins, to the busin...Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 21:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Injiva gun-points 'cheating' wife on her birthday
HARARE - A South Africa based Zimbabwean man attempted to shoot his wife with a pellet gun after suspecting that she was having an affair, the Civil Court heard last week.Felicity Husaiwev...Published: 17 Nov 2014 at 06:29hrs | | by Court Reporter
Liquidity crunch: more people turn to opaque beer
A group of neatly dressed men in designer suits are playing pool at an open joint in Glen Norah High Density Surburb, Harare.This being a Friday, the group is killing time after a long working...Published: 02 Aug 2014 at 10:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T Leadership: Mudzuri better than Tsvangirai
The misunderstandings and violence currently taking place within the MDC-T party because of the debate over issues to do with leadership renewal, resulting in the emergence of two opposing teams g...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 09:36hrs | | by John Mukumbo
Family slams Learnmore Judah Jongwe memorial
A terrible bitterness still fills the heart of Munyaradzi Muusha, brother to murdered Rutendo, the wife of the late spokesperson for Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party, Learnmore Judah Jongwe.The ...Published: 13 Oct 2013 at 12:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Businessman stabs wife, employee attempts suicide
A 35-year-old Harare businessman attempted to commit suicide on Monday night after stabbing his wife and employee with a knife following an argument over rentals with his landlord at Mereki Shopping ...Published: 10 Oct 2013 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Crimes of passion rock Zimbabwe
They bask in the glory of riches and fame, but it is love which often becomes their downfall.From hero to zero, most celebrities, rich business, and powerful politicians successfully ride the ...Published: 26 Aug 2013 at 09:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Businessman who shoot dead his girlfriend to be buried at his rural home today
Harare businessman Irvine Mereki who shot dead his long-time girlfriend Clariss Cho...Published: 24 Aug 2013 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dealer shoots small house, self, vibrat*r found in blankets
A Harare businessman, Irvine Mereki shot dead his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself in Avondale early on Tuesday.Preliminary investigations indicate that Mereki shot his gi...Published: 21 Aug 2013 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Businessman guns down girlfriend, kills self
A Harare businessman, Irvine Mereki shot dead his girlfriend before turning the gun on himself in Avondale early on Tuesday.Preliminary investigations indicate that Mereki shot his girlfriend,...Published: 20 Aug 2013 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pokello survives eviction
Pokello Nare survived Big Brother 'the Chase' eviction Sunday in part due to the effort of Zimbabwe Entrepreneurs Youth Action Group (ZEYA) who drum up support with a campaign at Mereki in Warren ...Published: 16 Jun 2013 at 19:49hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Harare boreholes contaminated with faeces
Thirty-three percent of the 254 boreholes in Harare are contaminated with faecal matter that could cause typhoid, an official has said. Harare City Health director Dr Prosper Chonzi said most...Published: 27 Jan 2013 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim, Bots set to seal a P500 million deal
Harare - Zimbabwe and Botswana will on Monday sign a memorandum of agreement that will see Gaborone opening up 500 million pula in lines of credit to revive its neighbour's comatose industry, the Radi...Published: 01 Sep 2012 at 06:57hrs | | by Radio VOP
KwaMereki gets facelift
The Zimbabwe Tourism Authority says it has started working together with stakeholders at Mereki Business Centre in Harare's Warren Park suburb to bring sanity and upgrade standards at the open eating...Published: 17 Jun 2012 at 13:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
11 Zimbabweans remanded for murder in Botswana
GABORONE, Botswana - Eleven Zimbabweans were arraigned before a Botswana Magistrate, Rebaone Mmereki, recently at Extension II Magistrate Court for a single count of murder.The accused person...Published: 14 Apr 2012 at 09:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Transcript of Harare Mayor on Question Time: Part 1
Despite the formation of the coalition government in 2009, Harare and several other cities still face serious water problems. The Mayor of Harare, Muchadeyi Masunda, joins Lance Guma on Question Time...Published: 02 Mar 2012 at 17:43hrs | | by Lance Guma
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