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High Court slashes harsh 15-year jail term for cannabis dealer

The High Court has sharply criticised and overturned a 15-year prison sentence imposed on a Beitbridge man convicted of dealing in cannabis, citing gross misapplication of the law and failure to consider mitigating factors and sentencing g…

Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 18:07hrs | 666 | by Staff reporter

Fuel dealer in US$45,000 theft storm

A Harare-based fuel dealer, Michael Dzimiri (36), has appeared in court on charges of stealing fuel valued at US$45,000 from a fellow trader, Precious Mahosho (48), who operates under Smart Petroleum Private Limited.Dzimiri was granted US$…

Published: 21 Jan 2025 at 13:42hrs | 291 | by Staff reporter

Highway robbers arrested along Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge road

Three suspected robbers targeting motorists along the Harare-Masvingo-Beitbridge Highway have been arrested. The trio - Vision Bvudzijena (27), Gladman Zhou (26), and Crispen Komboni (35) - would pounce on motorists whose vehicles develope…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 14:20hrs | 1547 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo dealer allegedly shoots self dead

Bulawayo businessman John Tafara Madzikatire allegedly fatally shot himself near his girlfriend's house in Cowdray Park on Saturday night.According to sources, Mr. Madzikatire had been posting disturbing messages about death and suicide on…

Published: 20 Jan 2025 at 14:20hrs | 1457 | by Staff reporter

US, UK sanction Gold Mafia linked dealer

The United States and Britain imposed sanctions on several individuals and businesses linked to global gold smuggling and money laundering networks, with Zimbabwean businessman Kamlesh Pattni at the center of the operation.The sanctions, a…

Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 07:08hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo car dealer faces additional car theft charges

Bulawayo socialite and car dealer Brighton Chipunza has been hit with fresh charges in connection with a high-profile car theft case involving a Toyota Hilux GD6 owned by prominent businessman and former deputy mayor Gift Banda. The vehicl…

Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 06:42hrs | 758 | by Staff reporter

NetOne duped US$133,000 by auction dealer

Jeffery Mubaiwa, the director of JEFFM Auctions, appeared before Harare magistrate Apollonia Marutya on Thursday, facing charges of fraud after allegedly defrauding mobile network operator NetOne Private Limited of US$133,000.Mubaiwa (47) …

Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:03hrs | 78 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo car dealer to appear in court

Prominent Bulawayo car dealer and socialite Brighton Chipunza, known as "Dash," is set to appear in court today for a bail ruling following allegations of stealing a luxury vehicle from a car wash.Chipunza, who was initially scheduled for …

Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 06:46hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo drug dealer arrested

A 49-YEAR-OLD drug dealer from Entumbane high-density suburb in Bulawayo was arrested last week after he was caught in possession of sachets of mbanje.Bulawayo deputy provincial police spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele con…

Published: 27 Dec 2023 at 07:31hrs | 36 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF linked 'drug dealer' wins Harare council seat

SUSPECTED drug lord Simbarashe (Dhama) Chanachimwe who had a brush with the law during the COVID-19 lockdown has won the right to represent Mbare in the Harare City Council.Dhama shocked the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change in the …

Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Car dealer conned US$80k in another Ponzi scheme

A BORROWDALE-BASED car dealer reportedly lost US$80 000 to a con-artist operating a Ponzi scheme disguised as Homelife Furniture and Electrical Appliances Company.Emmanuel Chikweza, who is being charged together with his company, appeared …

Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Car dealer imports vehicle using forged papers

A 27-year-old car dealer has appeared in court on allegations of forging papers to import a motor vehicle.Timukudzei Nhongo was facing fraud charges when he appeared before Harare Magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi.The matter was remanded to Sep…

Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 16:18hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Dealer loses gold, cash to robbers

A Chegutu man lost 16 grammes of gold and US$940 cash to four armed robbers who attacked him while he was walking last Friday night.The robbers were travelling in a Honda Fit when they attacked the man.In a statement, national police spoke…

Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

Man loses US$457 000 to bitcoin dealer

A Harare man who specialises in cryptocurrency (bitcoin) business has appeared in court for allegedly duping an eye specialist of US$457 000 in a bitcoin deal by stealing the money from his accounts.Lloyd Chiyangwa (30) appeared before Har…

Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 16:28hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwean gold dealer calls Chiwenga a dunderhead

In snippets that have been shown to journalists and Anti-Corruption experts by Al-Jazeera, Zimbabwean Gold dealer Ewan Macmillan talks about how they smuggle Gold using private planes with the connivance of politicians, and how they have R…

Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 09:31hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Illegal diamond dealer robbed of US$10,000

ARMED robbers raided an illegal diamond buyer at Marange diamond fields last Friday and robbed him of US$10 000 and a vehicle at gunpoint after dangling pieces of diamonds to the unsuspecting diamond dealer.Manicaland assistant police spok…

Published: 22 Nov 2022 at 04:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Dealer's body dumped at suspected killer's house

The body of a Beatrice fuel dealer who recently died a few hours after he was involved in a fierce fight with his business partner over fuel dealings, was dumped at the same partner's house by his aggrieved relatives.It is alleged that on …

Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Dealer told to refund Chiyangwa's daughter Â£18 000

A 28-year-old man who duped businessman Philip Chiyangwa's daughter, Cherish Natasha Chiyangwa of Â£18 000 in a botched mining investment deal, was spared jail after the court ordered him to pay back the money.Willard Munyaradzi Kachere wa…

Published: 20 Dec 2021 at 05:37hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Rural District Council demands refund from vehicle dealer

CHIREDZI Rural District Council (RDC) was left counting its losses and is now seeking to recover over $6 158 120 from embattled Solution Motors, a vehicle dealer that was recently blacklisted by the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimb…

Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Car spares dealer duped of R50,000

A CAR spares dealer lost R50 000 to an unknown man who claimed to be a Mpilo Central Hospital employee and lured him to the hospital so that they could engage in a business deal. Mr Reuben Malunda (30) of West Nicholson in Gwanda District …

Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo gold dealer missing for 3 months turns up in Tanzanian jail

Just after 6.30AM on October 27 last year, Lyle Smith's rented BMW, with the driver's door open, was found idling in the driveway of his Khumalo home in Bulawayo.There was no trace of the 26-year-old father of two. His frantic family calle…

Published: 02 Feb 2021 at 19:23hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Fuel dealer 'killers' in court

THREE suspects, who allegedly killed an illegal fuel dealer from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo for intervening in a street fight, have appeared in court. Clifford Sibanda (24) of New Lobengula suburb, Fisani Ncube (27) and Bizwelihle Ncu…

Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Drug dealer arrested

POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 33-year-old man for selling mbanje and Broncleer with a street value of more than $3 000 from his car in the Central Business District. Elliot Ndlovu was arrested while selling dagga and the addictive Blo…

Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Forex dealer nabbed, appears in court

A 24-YEAR-OLD Marondera man, who was nabbed by police while selling foreign currency on the black market, has been arraigned before the courts.James Mukaro of Cherutombo suburb pleaded not guilty to charges of illegally dealing in foreign …

Published: 12 Jan 2019 at 17:24hrs | | by Staff reporter

Cop, sheriff, dealer up for looting gold ore

A BULAWAYO Sheriff, police officer and a gold dealer have been taken to court by a local miner over allegations of looting gold ore valued at $252 000.Apollo Mhlophe, owner of Peace Mine, filed summons at the Bulawayo High Court last week,…

Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 09:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Forex dealer loses R15 000 to armed robbers

A Masvingo-based money changer lost R15 000, while his colleague lost his Funcargo pirate taxi after the pair was allegedly lured by two armed robbers who pretended to be clients seeking to buy cash recently.Herikanos Kani (30) lost R15 00…

Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 06:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Fuel dealer arrested

A SUSPECTED black market fuel dealer who turned violent upon being arrested by police officers while trying to pump hundreds of litres of diesel into a dilapidated, engineless truck at a filling station in Mutare is now facing charges of u…

Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mbanje, bronco dealer jailed 2 years

TEN bottles of Broncleer (Bronco) and a kilogramme of cannabis earned a prominent Guruve drug dealer two years in prison yesterday.Munyaradzi Muzhona pleaded guilty to possessing the drugs before Guruve magistrate Shingirai Mutiro who inca…

Published: 15 Oct 2018 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Car dealer swindles over 50 people of cash

MORE than 50 people in and around Harare have lost thousands of dollars to a car dealer who allegedly made them believe that he could facilitate the importation of vehicles from Japan and other countries. Shaun Muteswa, who operates a comp…

Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'Drug dealer' seeks bail

A SOUTH African woman suspected to be the mastermind of a cocaine peddling ring and who allegedly sent a Bulawayo woman to collect 3,14kg of cocaine from the Main Post Office has approached a court seeking bail pending her trial.Kwanele Si…

Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff reporter

5-yr-old girl dies as fuel dealer's house catches fire

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD girl died while two other people were severely burnt when their house, which was allegedly used to store petrol for resale, caught fire in Beitbridge on Monday.The toddler, who sustained severe burns following the fire inci…

Published: 19 Oct 2017 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fuel dealer's house catches fire

A five year old girl died while two other people were severely burnt when their house, alleged to have been used as an illegal filling station, caught fire on Monday afternoon. The minor reportedly succumbed to the wounds and died this aft…

Published: 17 Oct 2017 at 17:23hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fuel dealer found dead, killers at large

AN illegal fuel dealer at Cross Dete in Matabeleland North province was on Sunday morning found dead with injuries on the head and legs, police confirmed.Residents at the business centre said they suspect Clever Sibanda (35) was murdered b…

Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fake currency dealer's death, 5 appears in court

FIVE Harare men appeared in court yesterday charged with murder after they allegedly fatally assaulted a man who had supplied them with fake South African rand.The accused - Clement Radzokota (62), Taona Leonard Chiwanga (30), Hopewell Nya…

Published: 06 Jun 2017 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Grace Mugabe 'diamond ring dealer' in trouble

Lebanese national Jamal Joseph Hamed, who is embroiled in a $1,4 million diamond ring row with First Lady Grace Mugabe, has been dragged to court by local businessman Ahmed Abass Ahmed over $1,475 million allegedly advanced to him as a per…

Published: 12 May 2017 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Vacancy - Junior Forex Dealer

GroCapital Financial Services a division of AFRGI is looking for the services of a Junior Forex Dealer in their Centurion offices with strong client relationship skills.This position requires the following skill levels: EDUCATION Rele…

Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 13:55hrs | | by GroCapital Financial Services

Controversy haunts dead dealer

EVEN in his death, the late controversial dealer, Josiah â€˜Jarzinâ€™ Mutopera has continued courting controversy.His legal marriages to two wives have opened a can of worms, with some people calling for investigations on those who solemni…

Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 13:40hrs | 5 | by Liberty Dube

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