VICE President Kembo Mohadi’s former wife, Tambudzani Muleya, has lost her US$13 000 monthly maintenance claim against the presidium member after the High Court threw out her application. High Court judge Ester Muremba dismissed the application after ruling that there was no need for Mohadi to continue looking after Muleya following the dissolution of their…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s former top aide Douglas Tapfuma has revealed how the State Residences department funded the Zanu PF 2018 election campaign. Tapfuma, who is accused of evading payment of car import duty using the State Residences department’s name, told a Harare court that his prosecution was triggered by detractors in Mnangagwa’s office. He claimed…
A 23-year-old serial armed robber who masqueraded as a taxi driver around Avondale, Harare, and pounced on 25 women while armed with an okapi and toy gun has been slapped with a 58-year prison term. Bruce Kudzaishe Mutsigwa, 23, committed the crimes since November last year before he was arrested on March 4 while wrestling…
OUSTED Victoria Falls mayor Somveli Dhlamini has approached the High Court challenging his expulsion from the opposition MDC party, arguing that he was wrongly ejected. MDC secretary-general Chalton Hwende wrote to Dhlamini last month terminating his membership and subsequently recalled him as ward nine councillor and mayor on allegations of violating party obligations and instructions….
HOPES of a good harvest have been restored following significant rains received so far in different parts of the country, farmers have said. Zimbabwe National Farmers Union (ZNFU) president Edward Dune told the Daily News yesterday that at least 75 percent of crops have entered the late maturity stage. “We are happy that our hopes…
A HARARE man allegedly attempted to force rat poison into his wife’s mouth because she had declined to reveal her phone password, a court heard yesterday. George Lovell, 39, of Glenara Avenue, Hillside, Harare, was charged with theft, physical abuse, pointing a firearm and attempted murder when he appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa. His…
THE mystery over the US$840 million allegedly paid to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for Command Agriculture deepened yesterday with the company distancing itself from the programme. Appearing before the Tendai Biti-chaired Public Accounts Parliamentary Portfolio Committee, GMB operations manager Clemence Guta told legislators that the parastatal’s role…
BUSINEES came to a halt at Mpilo Central Hospital yesterday morning when nurses staged a demonstration against management for allegedly forcing them to resume duties without addressing their plight. Last year, nurses across the country resorted to work 12-hour shifts, twice a week, citing the biting economic conditions in the country. The nurses said they…
MISSING political activist Itai Dzamara’s wife, Sheffra, has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa asking him to resolve her husband’s five-year abduction case. The letter, written yesterday, came at a time when the European Union also pleaded with Mnangagwa to bring finality to the Dzamara issue. Dzamara was abducted by suspected State security agents on March…
A HARARE man was slapped with a 16-month prison term after pouring sugar into his wife’s car’s engine to fix her for banning him from collecting daily returns at their business enterprise. Robert Pakuzvidya, 43, pleaded guilty to malicious damage to property when he appeared before Mbare magistrate Manase Musiiwa recently. He was sentenced to…
