A HARARE Institute of Technology (HIT) software developer has been charged of stealing $24 million from the university after substituting the institution’s banking account with his own. Arnold Chifamba, 26, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Nyaradzo Manokore who granted him US$100 bail. Chifamba will return to court on April 16. The court heard that the…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE country`s economic development is transformed using local resources, local ideas and innovations, a mantra that President…
By Brandon Josphat THE African Union (UA) and Sadc have endorsed the construction of the multimillion Museum of African Liberation in Warren…
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has confirmed that a bogus lawyer and two fake police officers were jailed recently in Mt Darwin and Mutare respectively. Joseph Chigwedegwere, 49, was sentenced to nine months imprisonment by a Mt Darwin magistrate on a charge of pretending to be a legal practitioner. The State told the court that…
A SUSPECTED robber, accused of raping a 13-year-old girl during a break-in, was arrested while chasing his second victim, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday. Freddy Kachirundu, 23, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei who remanded him in custody to February 15. He is also facing charges of unlawful entry and rape, and was advised…
A SUSPECTED serial fraudster, who allegedly duped numerous people by pretending to sell farms in Zvimba, Mashonaland West Province, was rearrested this week at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts where he had appeared for routine hearing on similar charges. John Chakahwanda, 51, who was arrested on similar charges last year, was rearrested on Tuesday accused of…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two suspects who were caught illegally transporting a herd of 19 cattle from Insiza in Matabeleland South Province. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube confirmed the arrests adding that the suspected cattle rustlers were intercepted by the police after they were tipped off by a…
A SUSPECTED armed robber, who is believed to have been part of a four-man gang that broke into a boarding house in Avondale last year, has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Irvine Meki, 28, charged with armed robbery, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei who remanded him in custody to February 23 and…
A ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Collaborators Association secretary for women Perpetual Chimuti has been charged with fraud after she allegedly defrauded US$66 000 from a number of land seekers. Chimuti, 57, and her accomplice, Pedzisai Chikari, 46, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday who remanded them in custody.The duo will return to court…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO AN ATTENDANT at a fuel station in Richmond, Bulawayo, has been taken to court after he allegedly disconnected the station’s CCTV cameras before stealing US$1 000 from sales which he had made. Fulton Moyo, 29, from Nkulumane suburb, yesterday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube facing a theft charge.He was not…
