HIGH Court Judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has nullified a lease agreement between the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Authority (ZimParks) and Suscaden Investments for the latter to run Chewore Safari area along Zambezi River. According to court documents, ZimParks leased the piece of land to Suscaden Investments in 2017. However, the lease documents were supposed to…
By Rutendo Ngara A COMMUTER omnibus driver who allegedly caused an accident in Dzivaresekwa, Harare, last week, killing eight people, has been remanded in custody. Gaylord Hunda appeared before Mbare magistrate Batsirai Madzingira facing culpable homicide charges. According to the State, on March 19, along the Bulawayo Road, Hunda was driving a Toyota Hiace omnibus,…
Yvonne Ncube in Bulawayo A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Inyathi area, Matabeleland North Province, has been sentenced to an effective 15 years in prison after being convicted of attempted rape. Khumbulani Ngulube last week appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga facing two counts of rape and attempted rape. He pleaded not guilty to the charges….
TWO armed brothers, who allegedly robbed the parents of newly-elected International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry, appeared in court over the weekend facing seven charges of armed robbery. Mike Nongwe and his brother John appeared before Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa, who remanded them in custody. According to the State, on March 11 2025, at around…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO FOUR suspects have been arrested in connection with a robbery that occurred at Holy Cross Business Centre in the Midlands Province on March 13. The robbery, which took place in the early hours, involved the suspects threatening five victims with machetes and knives before making off with cash and valuables worth…
THE Warriors are bracing for a last-ditch attempt to save their flailing 2026 Fifa World Cup Qualification campaign after they arrived in Nigeria ahead of the crucial match against the Super Eagles on Tuesday. Michael Nees’ men lost further ground in Group C of the World Cup qualifiers after playing out to a two-all draw…
Emmanuel Marambe, CHIEF SPORTS WRITER NEW International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry is set to step down from her position as Zimbabwe’s Sports minister ahead of her move to Switzerland. This comes after Coventry made history by becoming the first woman and African to head the IOC whose headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. She…
OLD Mutual says it remains optimistic about the readmission of its shares on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange(ZSE) despite protracted discussions with Zimbabwean authorities, almost five years after it was suspended. Old Mutual Zimbabwe — together with PPC and SeedCo International were suspended from the ZSE in 2020 following fears by the authorities that the companies’…
THE scourge of vandalism against electricity supply infrastructure has reached alarming proportions, with Energy minister July Moyo revealing in Parliament last week that a staggering 6 000 transformers have been either stolen or vandalized, resulting in debilitating disruptions to power supply. This senseless destruction not only imperils the economy, but also jeopardises the livelihoods of…
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has deregistered gospel musician Ivy Kombo and her husband Andy Kasi. The two have pending cases before the court where they allegedly bribed officials at the Council for Legal Education (CLE) to obtain practicing certificates after completing their law degrees in the United Kingdom. This development was confirmed by…
