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HARARE – Former first lady Grace Mugabe’s sister, Shuvai Gumbochuma, who is facing allegations of fraudulently selling State land before paying for it, was yesterday remanded to January 8. Gumbochuma, who has been on remand since September, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa without her lawyer Lovemore Madhuku. Prosecutor Shepherd Makonde advised the court Madhuku…

HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner-General Gershem Pasi who stands accused of criminal abuse of office appeared in court yesterday for routine remand where his case was postponed to January 11, by Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa. Pasi is accused of inflating prices for the acquisition of Information Management Systems (IMS) from $11 819…

HARARE – Zimbabwe is one of the seven African countries where clinical trials for a long-lasting injectable antiretroviral drug developed in Uganda would be conducted. Uganda, which has already started recruiting women for trials for the injectable drug for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, is taking the lead with Zimbabwe joining Kenya, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and…

HARARE – Former City of Harare town clerk Tendai Mahachi was yesterday denied bail and remanded in custody to December 6. He faces allegations of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly corruptly contracted Augur Investments to undertake the $80 million Airport Road rehabilitation project. Michael Mahachi was then Commission for the City of Harare…

BULAWAYO – Popular songbird Sandra Ndebele has finally dragged to court her former “business partner” Lindiwe Ndlovu who allegedly defrauded her of $100 000. Ndlovu appeared before magistrate Adelaide Mbeure yesterday and was not asked to plead. She was remanded out of custody to December 14 on $300 bail. It is the State’s case that…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) rarely admits to wrongdoing, officials from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) told a Commission of Inquiry probing the August 1 post-election violence that claimed six lives. The commission yesterday heard testimonies from journalist Maynard Manyowa, an ‘‘A’’ Level student Simeon Chipukaso who was shot in the…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF reacted angrily to its former members’ testimonies before the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 killings, calling for the police to investigate the “violent thugs.” Former ruling party officials who included former Harare province youth chairperson Jim Kunaka and legislator Shadreck Mashayamombe spilled ruling party beans…

HARARE – ZANU PF is gearing for a potentially explosive conference in Matabeleland South, with various factions within the ruling party trying to outwit each other ahead of the December conclave. The conference will run from December 10 to December 16 — a period during which government business literally comes to a halt as ministers…

HARARE – Legal experts have dismissed assertions by Attorney-General (AG) Prince Machaya that Parliament has no right to pry into the affairs of Hwange Colliery Company Limited (HCCL), which was recently placed under reconstruction. Appearing before the parliamentary portfolio committee on Mines on Monday, Machaya said government does not have a controlling shareholding in the…

HARARE – The trial of a former Midlands State University student accused of retweeting a derogatory message about Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba failed to kick off on Tuesday after she did not appear in court. Night Tawona Shadaya stands accused of criminal insult relating to the tweet. Initially, the trial was supposed…