By Rutendo Ngara A MARONDERA man, Collet Tavengwa, also known as Madzibaba Lastrodge, allegedly stole a vehicle from a car dealer on the pretences it was a gift from businessman Wicknell Chivayo, a Harare court heard yesterday. Tawengwa is facing a vehicle theft charge. The vehicle, a Toyota Hilux GD6, is valued at US$10 000….
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw SECURITY companies have been urged to collaborate with the police in the training of their guards to enhance their capacities in the fight against armed robbers. This comes as the country is battling armed robberies with the latest being one of the biggest heists where Ecobank’s Bulawayo branch lost US$4 million…
Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) says it is worried over low blood stocks, particularly blood group O, ahead of the festive season. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, NBSZ blood supply executive Menard Mutenherwa said they were left with only one day’s supply for blood group O. “As…
By Masimba Makwembere A STEP-FATHER, Tatenda Masunda, has appeared before the Shurugwi Magistrates Court facing charges of poisoning his three-month-old daughter to death. According to the State, on November 3 2024 at around 5am, the accused stopped the infant’s mother from taking the now deceased baby with her to a nearby borehole where she intended…
THE wait is over. On November 22, fans of South African amapiano will gather in droves at the Hippodrome, as the genre’s…
MARRY Mubaiwa, the former wife of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, yesterday filed for stay of prosecution telling Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka that her health continued to deteriorate. Through her lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, Mubaiwa filed written submissions arguing that it would not be in the interest of justice for her to stand trial, adding that there…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A LOCAL hairdresser has been convicted by a Bulawayo magistrate for defrauding her client of US$950 after falsely promising to secure her admission at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) School of Nursing. Nelly Moyo appeared before magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa facing fraud charges. She pleaded guilty to the charge and was convicted…
By Yvonne Ncube A MAN from Hillside in Bulawayo has appeared in court facing murder allegations following an altercation with a now-deceased colleague over braai meat. Tatenda Chida was not asked to plead when he appeared before magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa who advised him to apply for bail at the High Court before remanding him in…
By Rutendo Ngara FRAUD-ACCUSED Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu yesterday withdrew their application before High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda to have businessman Wicknell Chivayo testify in their trial. The two, who are in remand prison, stand accused of allegedly defrauding the government of US$7 million in a presidential goat scheme. Chivayo, through his lawyer…
By Rutendo Ngara A CHIEF executive officer of a Harare-based financial company, Kuva Cash, has been brought to court facing a US$300 000 theft of trust property after allegedly failing to remit the cash to its beneficiary. Tendai James Saruchera appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi who granted him a US$500 bail before remanding him to…
