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Czech tourist arrested over video on Zimbabwe power outages freed on bail
Lukas Slavia, a Czechoslovakian tourist, was granted US$500 bail by the High Court on Wednesday after spending 20 days in pretrial detention. Slavia was arrested in Masvingo on August 1 for al...Published: 22 Aug 2024 at 07:25hrs | 427 | by Staff reporter
Czech Ambassador to Zimbabwe gives surety for arrested tourist
Czech Republic Deputy Ambassador Michael Novak has assured the High Court that Lucas Slavik, a Czech tourist currently in remand prison in Zimbabwe, will not flee if granted bail. ...Published: 17 Aug 2024 at 21:10hrs | 1207 | by Sgtaff reporter
Zimbabwean man wins US$1m loan court challenge
A HARARE man has won a US$1 million Supreme Court loan challenge after a local company that he loaned US$900 000 tried to repay the loan in local currency.The applicant Brian Rodney Baron had ...Published: 19 Mar 2024 at 12:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Joice Mujuru's farm property saved from sale by the sheriff of the High Court
Former state Vice President Joice Mujuru's farm property has been saved from sale by the sheriff of the High Court.The sale of various farming implements was supposed to take place on Friday J...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 19:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
US$226 000 debt chokes Joice Mujuru
FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru and her company, Ruzirun Investments, are swimming in a US$226 000 debt incurred in 2015 and efforts to evade paying the debt have hit a brickwall at the Supreme Cou...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mai TT nabbed for fraud, theft of trust property
POPULAR comedienne Felistas "Mai Titi" Murata appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday facing fraud and theft of trust property charges after she borrowed US$10 000 from a local businesswoma...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Another challenge to July Moyo, Ken Sharpe's deed of shame
A company that was subcontracted by Augur Investments on the incomplete Airport Road has joined several companies challenging a deed of settlement that ga...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 13:33hrs | 1 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Court escalates property seizure order against Wadyajena
THE High Court has taken the seizure of 22 trucks owned by Gokwe-Nembudziya legislator Justice Mayor Wadyajena to a higher level after issuing a 30-day order for taking over the fleet pending investig...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean accused of forging UZ degrees to work as a clinical psychologist
A Zimbabwe-born Drogheda man has been accused of using "forged" university degrees and professional qualifications to work as a clinical psychologist, helping vulnerable children and adults.Ni...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 06:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Harare men nailed for robbery and kidnapping
TWO Harare men appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda facing robbery and kidnaping charges.Feelmore Ngwarungwaru (36) and Valentine Teerahumba (26) were refused bail, and they were bot...Published: 24 May 2022 at 07:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
US$250 000 debt chokes Zanu-PF bigwig
FORMER State Security minister and Zanu-PF bigwig Sydney Sekeramayi has been dragged to court over a US$250 000 debt he owes a friend.Sekeramayi, who is also a Mashonaland East senator, was su...Published: 17 May 2022 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sekeramayi falls on hard times, fails to repay US$250,000 debt
ZANU PF politburo member, Sydney Sekeramayi has fallen on hard times and is failing to repay a US$250 000 debt to a friend.This has emerged after the friend, Exevia Maoneke, dragged him to cou...Published: 16 May 2022 at 20:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
CCC should now ride on resounding by-elections success to ensure overwhelming victory in 2023 harmonized elections!
When I woke up this morning, before checking results of yesterday's by-election on social media, I deliberately waited for state-controlled ZBC to see whether there was excitement in their newsroom or...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 12:06hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Gold dealer up for car theft
A Man from Nketa 9 Suburb, Bulawayo has appeared in court charged with car theft after he allegedly hired a vehicle to take him to New Parklands where he was purportedly to meet his gold clients and l...Published: 23 Mar 2022 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Sydney Gata slams Guvamatanga for stalling solar power plants
ZIMBABWE Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) executive chairperson Sydney Gata has strongly castigated Finance Ministry secretary George Guvamatanga for refusing to guarantee Independent Power Produce...Published: 19 Oct 2021 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff writer
State makes U-turn in Mnangagwa name-dropping con-artist
THE State yesterday made a U-turn and filed an application for the revocation of its consent after it allowed bail to a 33-year-old Harare con-artist who dropped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name in...Published: 27 Jul 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Con-artist drops Mnangagwa's name in US$488 000 fraud case
A 33-YEAR-OLD Harare con-artist dropped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's name in a fraud case involving close to half a million United States dollars.The woman, Eustine Charambira (33), duped a ...Published: 24 Jul 2021 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo wants passport released
FORMER Cabinet Minister Ignatius Chombo, on bail over a slew of corruption-related charges wants his passport back temporarily to travel to South Africa for medical attention. Chombo, through ...Published: 15 Jul 2021 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman jailed for theft
A 52-YEAR-OLD woman from Bulawayo has been jailed for eight months for stealing a cellphone and cash.Lindiwe Ncube of Makokoba suburb and her accomplice, who is still on the run, hatched a pla...Published: 11 May 2021 at 16:41hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Zimdef no longer a vehicle for looting'
More employers are now beginning to trust the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) because it is no longer a vehicle for self-enrichment but for skills creation, the Minister of Higher and Tert...Published: 11 May 2021 at 09:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Loan guarantee beneficiary denies Zanu-PF crony links
LUXAFLOR Roses, the company which got a US$750 000 bank loan guarantee from government that has raised eyebrows, says it does not have any link with Zanu-PF, despite its manager having previously expr...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutumwa Mawere hits hard times in South Africa?
Zimbabwean businessman Mutumwa Mawere has hit hard times with his R2 million luxury apartment in Sandton set to go under the hammer over his failure to service his bond with a local bank.Mawer...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 12:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Crocodile farmer' harasses wife's lover
A BULAWAYO man who claimed to be a crocodile farmer, has been fined $200 for threatening to feed a 42-year-old Nkulumane man to reptiles after accusing him of impregnating his wife.Mkhululi Du...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube guarantees over US$15 million loans
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has once again ignored parliament's advice against mortgaging state resources to support non-essential projects after extending over US$15 million guarantees on loans tak...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Ali Mohammad gets passport back
PAKISTANI business tycoon, Ali Mohammad, accused of attempting to smuggle gold out of the country along with Henrietta Rushwaya and three others, today temporarily got his passport back to allow him t...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
What Zimbabweans must know about Retail Forex Trading
The forex market is the largest financial market in the world surpassing even the global stock markets. The BIS triennial survey of 2019 states that the global forex market generates nearly 6.6 trilli...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 05:21hrs | 2 | by Staff writer
Mnangagwa's govt issues ZW$750m fresh guarantees
GOVERNMENT has undertaken to guarantee public and private financial institutions including the Infrastructural Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) for debts accrued through the floatation of a series ...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bribe-taking cop arrested at roadblock
A HARARE traffic police officer was arrested by members of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) last week after he allegedly received a bribe from an unlicensed driver to pass through a road...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Policeman in court for bribery
A Harare police officer appeared in court today on allegations of soliciting US$45 bribe from a motorist he had arrested.Broadway Jongwe was facing bribery charges when he appeared before Hara...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo remanded in custody
Former Local Government Minister Ignatius Chombo, arrested on Tuesday on charges of illegally parcelling out land in Harare and Zvimba, will hear today whether his application for bail is successful a...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dangarembga gets passport back
THE court yesterday granted permission for the temporary release of renowned Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga's passport so that she could travel for a fellowship event in Germany.Dangarem...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dangarembga wants her passport back
AUTHOR Tsitsi Dangarembga has approached the court seeking the release of her passport which is being held as part of her bail conditions after she was arrested for participating in a July 31 demonstr...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 18:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 killed in Ghana election violence - pray not slipping backwards to join likes of Zimbabwe
For many years now, Ghana has successfully held free, fair and credible elections, a successful and stable democracy. And the country has benefited greatly for with stable and functioning democracy th...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 08:44hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Lawyer up for theft of motor vehicle
A GURUVE-BASED lawyer Nancy Mabhoyi (37) of Mabhoyi and Associates has been summoned to Bindura magistrates' courts to answer a case of motor vehicle theft.Mabhoyi is set to appear in court on...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono granted bail
JOURNALIST Hopewell Chin'ono has been granted bail at the High Court after languishing at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison for 17 days.High Court judge, Justice Tawanda Chitapi ruled that his...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya co-defendant disputes CCTV footage
The long court hearings over the bail applications by Henrietta Rushwaya and her four co-defendants held on charges of attempting to smuggle 6kg of gold continued in their second week yesterday. ...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
4 more arrested in Rushwaya 'catch and release'
Four more people were yesterday arrested in connection with the 6kg of gold seized while allegedly being smuggled to Dubai by Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya. Rushwaya ...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya spends one more night in custody
Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, who is facing charges of attempting to smuggle 6kg of gold worth US$333 000 out of the country, was yesterday remanded in custody with a Harare...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Israel talks Zimbabwe up over diamonds
THE Israeli government is in talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to directly buy Zimbabwean diamonds as relations between the two countries continue to warm up after several years...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Buyanga wins property battle with man who defaulted on loan
A court has ordered the estate of an indebted dead man to transfer ownership of a Harare house to a company owned by business tycoon Frank Buyanga – ending a 10-year legal battle.Cyprian Mus...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere set free
The High Court halted former local government minister Saviour Kasukuwere's trial on Wednesday after ruling that charges filed by prosecutors did not disclose an offence.A magistrate's refusal...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 16:20hrs | | by ZimLive
Zimbabwe and the crisis of one-sided democracy narrative
THE co-existence of political dissent is healthy for any political set-up. However, it is risky to reduce the density of political dissent to the narrowest of extremes of allowing certain political ac...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by Richard R Mahomva
SB Moyo implicated in NSSA looting?
A company linked to Zimbabwe's military establishment was involved in the looting of funds belonging to the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) the forensic audit report by BDO Zimbabwe Chartere...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 15:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zacc boss faces integrity test
NEW Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chair Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo faces her first big test over allegations of wrongdoing involving her husband, Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo....Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'ZPC bosses evaded procedures in Intratrek deal'
Senior Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) managers have been accused of evading laid-down procedures when payments were done to Intratrek Investment fronted by flamboyant businessman Wicknell Chivayo for th...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's effort to save luxury home hits a brick wall?
EXILED former cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere's plush Vumba home could yet go under the hammer after his efforts to save it hit a brick wall.Kasukuwere is facing a litany of charges relat...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 19:09hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Mujuru swims in US$450 000 debt
Former Vice President Joice Mujuru has been forced to settle her debt amounting to US$452 000 with Peppy Motors that supplied tractors to her company, Ruzirun Investments, five years ago. Muju...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
SA sets tough terms on US$1.2bn Zimbabwe loan request
Zimbabwe's debt-ridden government is in a dilemma after South Africa asked her northern neighbour to securitise mineral proceeds in exchange for a US$1,2 billion (R17billion) bailout package, it...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Prophet Magaya fails to repay $23 million loan
PROPHETIC Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries leader Walter Magaya and his wife, Tendai, have been taken to the High Court for failure to repay a US$23 million loan to Homelink Finance (Private) ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Freebie-hunting teens raped after binge
TWO teenagers believed they could get drunk without spending their money but feeding off grown men until tragedy struck.The two (names withheld) from Pumula suburb one day found their target a...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
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