HARARE – The State is relying on a YouTube video in a case in which political activist Paddington Japajapa is accused of inciting the violence that rocked Harare on August 1. Japajapa appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa yesterday and was advised that his trial would commence on November 12. He is being charged with…
HARARE – The Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT-SA) has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and law makers to come up with a law to deal with illegal currency trading and related financial activities in Zimbabwe. This comes after ACT-SA had a meeting with the Police Acting District Commanding Officer, the Dispol, after noting that illegal…
HARARE – A Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) official in Harare was arrested last week for attempting to take a bribe from an African Eyes Opticians accounting officer in return for a tax clearance certificate. Zimra customer liaison officer Betty Masunungure was handed over to the police by her superiors after African Eyes Opticians group finance…
HARARE – Ex-Zimbabwean soldiers who fought in an expensive civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo two decades ago have appealed to Defence and War Veterans minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri to help them to get compensation for trauma as well as the gruesome deaths of their colleagues there. An estimated 11 000 Zimbabwean soldiers were…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Farmers Development Company executives were yesterday hauled before the courts on $9 million theft charges. Edward Raradza, 71, Matthew Raradza, 46, and Thomas Nherera, 68, were released on $300 bail each and ordered to surrender their passports and continue residing at their present addresses as part of bail conditions. They were…
HARARE – The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has set a date for its 19th anniversary celebrations which were last month postponed following a government ban on public gatherings. The ban, which has not yet been lifted, was imposed in a bid to contain the spread of cholera which broke out in Harare’s Budiriro and Glen View…
HARARE – The State yesterday opposed a plan by a former Midlands State University student accused of retweeting a message denigrating the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba, to change his plea. Night Tawona Shadaya, 25, initially pleaded guilty after he was charged with criminal insult charge for retweeting a message besmirching Chigumba in…
HARARE – Vice President Kembo Mohadi has once again been dragged to the High Court by his estranged wife Tambudzani Mohadi (nee Muleya), who is demanding over $13 000 in maintenance every month, pending the finalisation of their divorce case. Muleya is also demanding a further $20 000 from the politician for legal fees. The…
HARARE – A Harare reveller who stirred controversy on social media after posting a liquor bill worth thousands of dollars from Club Sankayi was yesterday dragged to court facing fraud charges relating to the transaction. Thulani Roy Dhlamini, 23, who is unemployed and resides in Emerald Hill, Harare allegedly duped the club, owned by businessman…
HARARE – Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has said resettled farmers will no longer get farm implements from government for free. This comes after the dramatic failure of the Farm Mechanisation Scheme implemented by the government in 2007 targeted at the country’s newly-resettled farmers who were then helped with farm implements on a rent-to-buy basis. The…
