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HARARE City Council acting town clerk Phakamile Mabhena Moyo has appeared before a local magistrate’s court after he allegedly illegally allocated himself and other senior council officials’ residential and commercial stands. Moyo, 54, and Mount Pleasant ward 17 councillor Happymore Gotora, 47 appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai MuchuchutiGuwuriro facing three counts of criminal abuse of…

COMEDIAN and social media personality, Felistas Murata, was arraigned before the Harare Magistrates Courts yesterday facing separate charges of fraud and theft of trust property after she allegedly put up a hired motor vehicle as collateral for a loan. She appeared before two magistrates and was granted free bail on both charges. She was then…

By Rumbidzai Ngwenya SEVEN people were killed while six were seriously injured in two road traffic accidents that happened at the weekend. Police spokesperson assistant commissioner Paul Nyathi said the fatal accidents happened on Saturday along Harare-Masvingo and HarareChirundu roads. In the Harare–Masvingo road accident, a Mitsubishi Canter vehicle, which was driving towards Masvingo with…

CITIZENS Coalition for Change legislator Job Sikhala is stepping up his efforts to have Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti recuse himself from his trial. Sikhala and his co-accused Chitungwiza North MP, Godfrey Sithole, appeared before Miti yesterday facing allegations of inciting violence. Sikhala, through his lawyer Jeremiah Bamu, made an application for postponement of the commencement…

TRADITIONAL leaders in Zvishavane and Mberengwa, both in Midlands Province, have called for a multi-stakeholder approach in dealing with drug and substance abuse which is on the rise in the two mining districts. Speaking to the Daily News on Wednesday, the chiefs lamented the rise in drug and substance abuse, saying there is a need…