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Woman stealing US$24,000 after armed robbery at workplace
A 35-year-old Bulawayo woman, Nothando Banana, has been sentenced to an effective six years in prison after she took advantage of an armed robbery at her workplace to steal US$24,400 in company funds....Published: 16 Jul 2025 at 13:10hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo woman remanded over US$24 000 theft during armed robbery incident
Nothando Banana (35), a resident of Bahram Green suburb in Bulawayo, has been further remanded in custody after appearing in court for her alleged role in a theft during an armed robbery incident that...Published: 13 Mar 2025 at 09:52hrs | 1913 | by Staff reporter
Bard Santner growing in leaps and bounds
Fast-growing asset management firm Bard Santner Investors (Private) Limited has been appointed as the new fund manager for three unit trusts: Tetrad Gold Fund, Gross Income Fund, and Net Income Fund, ...Published: 06 Feb 2025 at 14:39hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Woman steals US$24 000 from employer
A 35-year-old woman from Barham Green, Bulawayo, appeared in court yesterday facing charges of stealing US$24,000 from a steel manufacturing company where she worked. The accused, Nothando Banana, all...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:47hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Community share ownership trust CEO faces arrest
TRADITIONAL leaders, villagers and other stakeholders have called for the arrest Chiadzwa Community Share Ownership Trust (CCSOT) Chief executive officer Hardwork Mukwada over charges of abuse of fund...Published: 04 Apr 2024 at 13:42hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer calls out corruption in Zimbabwe legal profession
SEASONED legal practitioner, Lloyd Mhishi, has condemned corruption in the legal profession in his latest book titled Being the Best Lawyer.The book was officially launched by Justice minister...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC-T lays off workers
The MDC-T has begun finalising administrative modalities on the retrenchment of some of its workforce, with some workers expected to get their gratuities.The process is also set to address wha...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:46hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Biti under probe in a case of misrepresentation
The prolonged legal dispute involving a residence in Ridgeway North, situated in Harare's Highlands suburb, continues to unfold, encompassing both a civil dispute regarding ownership and an ongoing cr...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 20:19hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
David Coltart Mayoral chances hang in balance amidst US$13 000 theft of Trust Funds allegations
Ward 4 Councilor-Elect David Coltart's ambitions to become Mayor of Bulawayo seem to be hanging by a thread after allegations have arisen and widely reported that he is personally fingered together wi...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 10:43hrs | 4 | by Nkululeko Ndlovu
Mphoko vs Welshman Ncube in trust funds theft case
THE case between former Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim vice president, Professor Welshman Ncube, where the former is accusing the latter of the...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Shiri estate in fresh storm
THE late Agriculture minister Air Marshal Perrance Shiri's children have dragged the family's executor, former Attorney General Sobuza Gula-Ndebele, to court to force him to release money held in the ...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans among four winners of 2022 Mandela social impact awards
THE Mandela Rhodes Foundation (MRF) has announced four of its award winners for its social impact award the Äänit Prize.The four winners – all of them young leaders – are focused on soci...Published: 25 Sep 2022 at 16:45hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mtetwa ordered to stop disposing of controversial US$57k cash
MTETWA and Nyambirai Legal Practitioners have been ordered by the High Court to stop disbursing US$57 000 cash that was found in one of their strong rooms during an investigations into a trust funds t...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Beatrice Mtetwa's law firm in wrangle over US$57 000 stash
MTETWA and Nyambirai Legal Practitioners have been ordered to stop disbursing US$57 000 cash that was found in one of their strongrooms during investigations into theft of over US$32 million in trust ...Published: 13 May 2022 at 19:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Judge berated for 'incompetent order'
IN an unprecedented move, Supreme Court judges have berated High Court Justice Tawanda Chitapi (pictured) for alleged incompetence and passing an irregular default judgement in a long-standing land ow...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer arrested for theft
A lawyer in Chinhoyi has been arrested on allegations of stealing more than $100 000 from a client after being given an ATM card to settle legal fees.Burukai Muchadzireva (42) is still assisti...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fugitive R10m fraudster nabbed, faces extradition
CORDIAL relations between Zimbabwe and South Africa have led to the arrest of a fugitive who swindled a South African company of over R10 million, jumped bail and later sneaked into Zimbabwe where he ...Published: 30 Oct 2021 at 12:51hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Trust gets US$5million, collapses in 3 years
THE Marange-Zimunya Community Share Ownership Trust (MZCSOT) has collapsed only three years after the Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamonds Corporation (ZCDC) injected US$5 million to prop it, a Zimbabwe Ind...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 18:58hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that Zimbabwean economy is in fast lane
Zimbabwe's economy is arguably the fastest growing on the African continent this year due to sound policies being implemented by the Second Republic, President Mnangagwa has said.Economic grow...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZACC guns for US$7bn assets illicitly siphoned out of the country
An estimated US$7 billion worth of assets were illicitly siphoned out of the country through corruption and money laundering and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) is now ratcheting up mea...Published: 25 Jul 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare lawyer deregistered over US$100 000 scandal
A HARARE lawyer, Lawman Chimuriwo has been deregistered after he was found guilty of misappropriating trust funds amounting to over US$100 000.Chimuriwo was found guilty of unethical conduct b...Published: 07 Jul 2021 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Who are the actual NGO beneficiaries?
A reflection on Nkirote, a woman from a small village in Kenya, and James, a country director of an NGO.The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than $1.90 a day. I have often ...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 18:50hrs | 1 | by @NGOsceptic
Mwonzora skeletons tumble
ASPIRING MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora was yesterday exposed by one of his top allies who described him as "a deceitful and crooked trickster" as the fight for the presidency reaches a chaotic climax ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Law Society of Zimbabwe de-registers three lawyers
THREE Harare lawyers have been struck off the roll of legal practitioners for failure to disclose their past criminal convictions involving corruption and fraud, the Law Society of Zimbabwe has said....Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 08:01hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer accused of embezzling US$200 000
A Harare lawyer yesterday appeared in court for allegedly misappropriating trust funds amounting to US$200 000. Ryan Baglow (35) of Matizanadzo and Warhurts Legal Practitioners allegedly used two name...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 06:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reorter
Mzembi accuses state media of too much fixation with G40
EXILED former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has accused state media of too much fixation with the G40 narrative in a desperate attempts to hype up its readership and increase sales.He was com...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mzembi's extradition request delayed by SA govt?
Government is awaiting response from South Africa following a request to have another former Cabinet Minister, Walter Mzembi, extradited for trial on theft and fraud charges. Mzembi skipped ba...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere, Mzembi to be extradited
FORMER Government and ZANU-PF officials who fled the country while facing criminal charges are set to be extradited to face justice back home, Government has resolved.Addressing the ZANU-PF Mi...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare law firm in soup over trust funds
Top Harare lawyer Jacqueline Sande has landed in trouble for failing to repay trust funds after her firm failed to purchase a house on behalf of client.The client, Simbarashe Kwenda (41), who ...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:44hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Tongai Matutu, 6 lawyers de-registered, misconduct cited
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has struck off the roll, seven lawyers with a contemptible disciplinary history of misconduct during the first four months of the year, as the society scales up its f...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
10 lawyers barred from practising
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has barred 10 lawyers from practicing this year for misconduct and a litany of other reasons.The reasons which LSZ cites for de-registration of these lawyers ...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 17:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Community trust funds looted'
MEMBERS of the Thematic Committee on Indigenisation and Empowerment have accused the Mhondoro-Ngezi and Shurugwi Community Share Ownership Trust (CSOT) board of trustees of mismanaging funds released ...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hwange Power Station funding under threat
Zimbabwe might face challenges accessing the US$1 billion loan facility from China Eximbank for Hwange Power Station expansion following the change of functional currency that resulted in funds that w...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:28hrs | | by Staff reporer
Senior Harare lawyer removed from the legal practitioners' register
A senior Harare lawyer, Mr Moses Shingiriro Chinyenze, who has been practising law for 34 years, was last week removed from the legal practitioners' register for abuse of trust funds. Mr Chiny...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 07:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe tobacco farmers hold firm to their crop
Tobacco farmers have continued to hold on to their crop amid reports that they have only delivered less than 10% of the golden leaf in the first five days of trading this year, citing poor prices and ...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Share ownership trust funds abused: Mavima
MIDLANDS Provincial Affairs minister Larry Mavima has castigated community share ownership trusts (CSOT) in the province over "improper" use of funds, which he said were not benefiting communities....Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube scraps 2% tax on tobacco floors activities, normalcy returns
Activities at the country's Tobacco Auction Floors are expected to improve this week following the scrapping of the 2 percent electronic transfer tax on all activities being done at the country's toba...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa exercised his rights on Hodzi'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa fully exercised his constitutional prerogative in appointing new Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi without giving in to political pressure, secretary for Justice Virg...Published: 01 Feb 2019 at 14:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top lawyer jailed
A Harare lawyer, Fred Machokoto of Machokoto and Partners Legal Practitioners, was yesterday jailed 60 months for embezzling $57 000 in trust funds. Machokoto was jointly charged with another ...Published: 22 Dec 2018 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
75 land barons arrested
AN inquiry into the illegal sale of State land in urban areas is now 60 percent complete and so far, 75 land barons have been arrested for fraud, theft of trust funds and other corruption-relate...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 14:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
More exemptions on Mthuli Ncube's 2% tax
TREASURY has proposed further exemptions to the Intermediated Money Transfer Tax of two cents per dollar transacted following widespread stakeholder concerns and the need to ease cost of doing busines...Published: 28 Nov 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Natfoods bosses accused of looting trust shares
National Foods Limited (NFL) workers have accused their management of 'looting' their trust shares amounting to 0,15% of the company's entire issued share capital.According to the settlement o...Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Law Society bars 40 lawyers from practising
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has barred 40 lawyers from practising this year for various reasons, with the majority, 27, coming from Harare.Most of the lawyers listed do not have practisi...Published: 25 May 2018 at 07:10hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora under fire
HARARE - MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora - who is also the opposition party's lawyer - is under fire for failing to take necessary steps to protect MDC property from foreclosure and charging th...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mudzuri to Replace Tsvangirai, or Who Else?
The opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDCT), has found itself in an ugly quandary yet again. It is a crisis symptomatic of the post - 2013 general election which splintered the MDC and...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Raphael Gore
Africa could use another peaceful coup this year!
There isn't a better conversation starter than this: "Africa is the wealthiest continent, but the poorest and least developed." Try it, and you'll be overwhelm...Published: 07 Jan 2018 at 10:28hrs | | by Nimi Princewill
Zimbabwe: A failed state caused by greediness and corruption
People's Democratic Party Secretary for Policy Harare Province, Tendai Mazenge has said the challenge Zimbabwe faces is that, unless the political culture is transformed there will be a continuity of ...Published: 29 Oct 2017 at 17:13hrs | | by Tendai Mazenge
'Ian Khama secretive as Mugabe'
DESPITE their ideological differences, Botswana President Ian Khama and his Zimbabwean counterpart Robert Mugabe appear to have been hewn from the same block, in as far as their negative perception of...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer found guilty of trust fund money theft
A SHURUGWI lawyer has been fined $400 and ordered to restitute $2 500 which he squandered after being engaged to facilitate a client's divorce settlement.Mavese Mapfumo of Beacon Kopje suburb ...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mphoko urges villagers to prioritise education
VICE President Phelekezela Mphoko has urged parents in rural areas to prioritise sending their children to school after noting that some schools have low enrolments as some children are not being sent...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
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