Rutendo Ngara Senior Staff Writer REGIONAL magistrate Sandra Mupindu sentenced Gregory Graham Hall of Kariba to eight years in prison for fraud and forging his mother’s will to name himself as the sole beneficiary of a US$181 000 estate. Hall pleaded with the court for a lighter sentence, citing illness, but Mupindu rejected the plea,…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s State of the Nation Address (Sona) on Tuesday painted an optimistic picture of Zimbabwe’s economy, citing accelerating growth, the relative stability of the new local currency, ZiG, and substantial increases in foreign currency reserves. The figures mentioned — US$10,4 billion in inflows and a jump in foreign reserves to US$900 million —…
RUTENDO NGARA THE High Court has dismissed businessman Luka Ignatius Fabris’s attempt to overturn a US$500 000 default judgment granted in favour of Tendai Mashamhanda. Justice Jacob Manzunzu rejected Fabris’s application for rescission of judgment, finding his explanation for failing to defend the lawsuit unreasonable and his purported defence “devoid of bona fides” (lacking good…
RUTENDO NGARA THREE police officers who allegedly broke into the Police Ordinance Stores and stole uniforms appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Artwell Sanyatwe yesterday facing theft charges. The accused, Thabane Hugh Bajilia, Makomborero Dziva, and Sadat Cader, were all granted US$100 bail and will return to court on November 27. It is alleged that on…
THE scenes witnessed at two different music shows this past weekend — the chaos at the Enzo Ishall and Chillmaster gig in Shurugwi and the assault on Master H in Kariba — are not just isolated incidents of bad behaviour, they are a cancer threatening to destroy the country’s vibrant music industry. Hooliganism has no…
Tinashe Nekati NEWLY- INSTALLED Chief Richard Jeyi, the 16th Chief Chinamhora of Domboshava, has urged students to resist the growing menace of drug and substance abuse, warning that it threatens to derail the future of the nation’s youth. Speaking during a recent prize-giving ceremony at Makumbe Hilltop College in Domboshava, Chief Chinamhora applauded the school’s…
ZIMBABWE has recorded another bumper winter wheat harvest, with production rising to 578 059 metric tonnes this year, up from 562 091 metric tonnes in 2024. Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka confirmed the development yesterday, noting Zimbabwe is one of two countries in the region to achieve wheat self-sufficiency. “Zimbabwe is poised to register another record…
Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER FORMER Tottenham Hotspur coach Harry Redknapp, 78, is among the over 200 coaches who have applied for the vacant Warriors coaching job. The post became vacant after Michael Nees was shown the exit last week following a string of poor results, managing just two wins from 14 games during his…
Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER CHEVRONS skipper Sikandar Raza is confident that Zimbabwe will do well in the three-match T20I series against Afghanistan scheduled for today, Friday and November 2 at Harare Sports Club. Raza is confident that Zimbabwe will build on the landmark innings-and-73-run win over Afghanistan in a recent Test match. “Right now, the…
Tapiwa Chirume and Hazel Marimbiza OPPOSITION figures who had planned two press conferences in Harare and Bulawayo yesterday, failed to hold the meetings as had been expected. This was after law enforcement agents blocked the two meetings. It was not clear if the meetings had been cleared by the police, who normally require official notifications…
