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Rogue lawyers connive with bogus estate agents
SOME rogue lawyers in Bulawayo are reportedly conniving with bogus estate agents to defraud homeseekers as demand for housing surges.Police in Bulawayo recorded 32 fraud cases involving the sa...Published: 03 Aug 2022 at 06:42hrs | 506 | by Staff reporter
Land officers in court
Two suspected fraudsters have appeared in court on allegations of defrauding desperate home seekers of US$4 200 after misrepresenting to them that they had been tasked to sell land in Banket by Presid...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:36hrs | 393 | by Staff reporter
Aaron Motsoaledi threatens suit against Zimbabwean lawyer
SOUTH Africa's Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has demanded an apology, R200 000 and the deletion of all tweets posted by Advocate Simba Chitando in which he claims to have been defamed....Published: 13 Jul 2022 at 07:27hrs | 4192 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga orders investigation on errant nurses, doctors
VICE-President Constantino Chiwenga has ordered a thorough investigation into cases of alleged corruption and theft of drugs by nurses and doctors at public hospitals.This follows a NewsDay re...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:10hrs | 1070 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Cottco bosses arrested
Cotton Company of Zimbabwe Limited bosses Pius Manamike and Maxiwell Njanji have been arrested on graft allegations. The two...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 15:38hrs | 4880 | by Simbarashe Sithole
R Kelly gets 30 years in jail
Fallen R&B superstar R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday for using his fame to subject young fans - some just children - to systematic sexual abuse.Through tears and ang...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Top spook boss up for extortion
A senior Central Intelligence Organisation officer Leonard Mutandwa appeared in court on Friday charged with fraud and extortion.Mutandwa (48), the Divisional Intelligence Officer, was arreste...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:50hrs | 868 | by Staff reporter
NetOne cashier in $150m scam
A NETONE cashier was nabbed by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) after swindling the parastatal of $150 million in an airtime voucher scam.Daniel Kalira (39) splashed the money on...Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:50hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
MSU's skewed retrenchment scheme backfires
Midlands State University (MSU) faces a massive staff exodus after implementing a skewed and controversial employee voluntary retrenchment scheme, which was unexpectedly oversubscribed leaving the ins...Published: 31 May 2022 at 12:38hrs | 1828 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's accountant up for fraud
An accountant at former First Lady Grace Mugabe's Foundation has appeared in court on allegations of defrauding her of US$42 636.Jabulani Cornerstone Dumbura (37), who also manages Mugabe's Hi...Published: 27 May 2022 at 06:38hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger wins major battle
A Harare magistrate on Friday said former Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi was eligible for a ruling party membership in what his lawyers said was confirmation that he was facing baseless charges to ...Published: 22 May 2022 at 08:35hrs | 1476 | by Staff reporter
Fraudsters registering fake domains including for Zimbabwe passports
A fraudster has registered http://zimpassports.online to defraud Zimbabweans who are desperate for the elusive Zimbabwean passport.According to the website https://who.is, whoever registered t...Published: 21 May 2022 at 18:28hrs | 374 | by Jacob Mutisi
Witness pins Katsimberis
THE trial of property developer George Katsimberis continued on Thursday, with witnesses insisting that he committed fraud in a case where he faces charges of building a showroom without approved buil...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:57hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa legitimacy challenger granted bail after more than week in custody
Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi who challenged president Emmerson Mnangagwa's legitimacy in court was granted Z$30,000 bail on Friday after more than a week in custody.Musengezi was arrested...Published: 21 May 2022 at 17:51hrs | 52 | by Staff reporter
Fake prophet's goblin plan backfires
A fake prophet from Hopely, Harare's plan to plant a monitor lizard in Glendale Mashonaland Central province purporting it to be a goblin hit the brick wall after residents denounced his motive....Published: 10 May 2022 at 16:53hrs | 1339 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Biti regurgitates application
CCC official Tendai Biti, who is facing charges of manhandling Russian investor Ms Tatiana Aleshina outside Harare Magistrates Court, is yet again seeking the recusal of Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai G...Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:40hrs | 227 | by Fungi Kwaramba
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1081 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa defrauds client US$6 000 in murky car deal
A KADOMA-based car dealer, Aleck Chamisa (34), was Thursday dragged to court by his estranged lover for defrauding her of over US$6 000 in inflated vehicle price and customs fees.Kadoma Magist...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:12hrs | 1761 | by Staff reporter
Chombo's trial deferred
THE fraud trial involving former Minister, Ignatius Chombo, in which he is being accused of duping the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe of $14 billion, has been deferred to June pending the finalisation of a ...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 10:13hrs | 265 | by Staff reporter
CIO imposters to appear in court for fraud
UNDERFIRE Kadoma Show Society (KSS) chairman, Patson Madera (pictured) has been subpoenaed to appear in court this Thursday facing allegations of conniving with two police detectives who masqueraded a...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 08:56hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
Biti launches fresh bid to halt trial
Citizens for Coalition Change (CCC) vice president Tendai Biti on Tuesday asked a court to delay his criminal trial pending an appeal to the Supreme Court in a matter in which he is accused of insulti...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 11:44hrs | 121 | by Staff reporter
'Biti attempts to permanently stop trial'
The State has accused CCC vice president Tendai Biti of trying to permanently stop trial in his assault case through making consecutive applications.Biti is facing allegations of manhandling a...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:15hrs | 43 | by Staff reporter
Biti's delaying tactics laid bare
CCC vice president Mr Tendai Biti continues with tactics to evade trial by making successive applications, the State claimed yesterday.Senior prosecutor Mr Micheal Reza yesterday accused Biti ...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:13hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Bogus nurse defrauds money changer
A 39-YEAR-OLD Borrowdale woman who masqueraded as a nurse at Mvurwi hospital and defrauded a money changer of RTGS $205 000 has been arrested....Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 08:02hrs | 3812 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bogus RG's Office employee arrested
A BOGUS Registrar-General's Office employee appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday charged with defrauding a passport applicant of US$230.Nyasha Chihombori (23) appeared before mag...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:21hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
Govt opens Bulawayoyo e-passport facility
A state-of-the-art e-passport bio-enrolment centre was officially opened yesterday at the Bulawayo Provincial Civil Registry offices as Government moves to decentralise access to travel documents in l...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:20hrs | 662 | by Staff reporter
Senior cop, bogus ZACC commissioners arrested
The corrupt in their search for new openings are now impersonating officers of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), as many doors close, with a syndicate of criminals that includes a servin...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:22hrs | 218 | by Staff reporter
Smuggling crackdown nets 15 buses
The National Security Taskforce has intensified the crackdown on smuggling between Zimbabwe and South Africa and intercepted 15 buses carrying contraband worth thousands of dollars.The buses w...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:29hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Manager in court over US$3m scam
A MANAGER of a local company, Delatfin Engineering was arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda yesterday on allegations of defrauding his employer of US$3 million.Jacob Muyambo (47) wa...Published: 15 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | 915 | by Staff reporter
Crackdown on unregistered cars continues
Police this week arrested more than 640 drivers of unregistered, plate-less and unlicensed vehicles, and impounded 784 vehicles, as the ongoing operation continues to round up criminal elements and ma...Published: 12 Mar 2022 at 07:30hrs | 86 | by Staff reporter
Kamambo refuses to represent ZIFA in fraud case
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president Felton Kamambo yesterday refused to represent the country''s football mother governing board in a trial on fraud charges involving US$35 000 sa...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Employee defrauds Econet of $4 million
An Econet Zimbabwe sales consultant, who was stationed at Joina City in Harare's city centre, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court on allegations of duping his employer of nearly $4 mill...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Air Zimbabwe loses US$127 000 to property fraudster
A 44-YEAR-OLD Harare resident yesterday appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda charged with defrauding Air Zimbabwe of US$127 000.Dzuda remanded Washington Hamunakwadi to today for trial date...Published: 05 Mar 2022 at 08:17hrs | 337 | by Staff reporter
$9,8million tollgate fraud syndicate busted
A total of 16 Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) employees at Gweru-Shurugwi tollgate working as a syndicate have been arrested for allegedly defrauding the road authority of $9,8million m...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 765 | by Staff reporter
Biti assault trial resumes on March 28
The interrupted trial of lawyer Tendai Biti on assault charges resumes on March 28 after the High Court rejected his application for the trial to start afresh in front of a new magistrate with a new p...Published: 28 Feb 2022 at 05:20hrs | 98 | by Staff reporter
Zinara pair in $6,8m fraud storm
Two Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) senior employees have been arrested at the Shurugwi Tollgate by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc), on allegations of facing about 234 co...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 18:17hrs | 117 | by Staff reporter
Gudyanga to pay back the money
FORMER permanent secretary in the Ministry of Mines Francis Gudyanga, who was convicted of defrauding Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) of US$29 000 after claiming sitting allowances o...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 16:13hrs | 412 | by Staff reporter
Man in court over US$19K housing stand scam
A 50-YEAR-OLD Chitungwiza resident yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with defrauding a desperate homeseeker of US$19 000.Shepherd Munemo appeared before magistrate Yeu...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:48hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Man swindles residents in the name of charity
At least 31 residents of Usarama compound,pote store in Shamva were defrauded of their US$3 by a man who misrepresented them saying he owns a charity comp...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 00:10hrs | 672 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Ex-Mines perm sec convicted of graft
In the latest high-profile corruption conviction, former Mines and Mining Development Permanent Secretary Francis Gudyanga was yesterday convicted of corruptly claiming US$29 000 from the Minerals Mar...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:30hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Businesswoman in R2 million fraud
A South Africa-based Zimbabwean businesswoman has been arrested for allegedly defrauding a local pharmaceutical establishment of more than R2 million.Mellisa Mandirahwe (36) who is based in Jo...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:28hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Former Mines Permanent Secretary convicted of graft
In the latest high-profile corruption conviction, former Mines and Mining Development Permanent Secretary Francis Gudyanga was yesterday convicted of corruptly claiming US$29 000 from the Minerals Mar...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 09:07hrs | 802 | by Staff Reporter
Bogus CIO driver in court
A bogus Central Intelligence Organisation officer who misrepresented to an unknown complainant that he is President Emmerson Mnangagwa's driver while demanding money under the pretext that he would gi...Published: 17 Feb 2022 at 18:30hrs | 872 | by Staff reporter
Chombo trial date set
Harare regional magistrate Mr Stanford Mambanje has set March 7 as the trial date for former Local Government, Public Works and National Housing Minister Ignatius Chombo on charges of fraud and crimin...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 21:24hrs | 494 | by Staff reporter
Dynamos FC ownership wrangle trial date set
HARARE regional magistrate Mrs Barbra Mateko yesterday set February 22 as the trial date for Dynamos board chairman, Bernard Marriott Lusengo, on allegations of defrauding the football club, and the p...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 170 | by Staff reporter
Man loses 5 cars in botched stands deal
A 35-year-old land baron has been arrested on allegations of defrauding a city businessman of five vehicles worth over US$86 000 in exchange for five residential stands in Westlea, Harare.It t...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
Minister 'plotted' Kagonye's arrest
COMPLAINANTS in a case where former Public Service minister Petronella Kagonye was being accused of converting US$18 000 meant for residential stands to her own use, have withdrawn the case saying the...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1291 | by Staff reporter
Vehicle fraudster arrested
A-28 year old Chitungwiza man today appeared before Mbare magistrate Nyasha Vhitorini facing one count of theft of trust property involving US$4 700, and fraud charges involving US$ 2 000 after ...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 298 | by Staff reporter
Female fraudster arrested over US$11 380
A SUSPECTED Harare female fraudster, Memory Mugabe, yesterday appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda charged with defrauding a homeseeker of US$11 380 in a residential stand scam.Mugabe (42) ...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 582 | by Staff reporter
Doves faces two counts of fraud
DOVES Funeral Services faces two counts of fraud following a bizarre case in which the company last year buried two bodies in one coffin to cover a body mix-up.The mix-up in March 2021 saw Dov...Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:22hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
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