THE US$294.2 million rehabilitation project of the Kariba Dam wall is now 80 percent complete, the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has said. Comprising three components — the reshaping of the plunge pool, refurbishment of the spillway upstream control facility and institutional strengthening — the rehabilitation is projected to be completed by the first quarter of…
THE Thabazimbi Regional Court in Limpopo, South Africa, has convicted and sentenced two Zimbabwean nationals — Colin Mlambo, 35, and Andile Alfonso…
POLICE have ranked Bulawayo’s Cowdray Park as the first in the number of unlawful entry and theft cases in the city. Speaking to the media in Harare yesterday, Bulawayo assistant police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele said an average of two to three cases of unlawful entry and theft were recorded daily. “Cowdray Park has the highest…
A HARARE man who was returning from Bulawayo lost US$5 000 after he was lured by robbers who claimed that they wanted to share some money they had picked up with him. Tinotenda Ndoro is said to have met the alleged thief, Tserai Moses, 50, at Market Square Bus Terminus while he was waiting for…
A FORMER employee of Mohammed Mussa, who recently pleaded guilty to stealing US$195 000 from his employer, has been sentenced to 36 months in prison. Chamunorwa Muvhuti, 40, who was a shop merchandiser at the wholesale trading company’s South Avenue store, initially appeared in court on December 27 facing charges of theft. He pleaded guilty…
HARARE magistrate Stanford Mambanje has dismissed a bail application by a woman who allegedly agreed to have her four-month-old baby trafficked from South Africa to Zimbabwe. Pauline Maganga, 23, is currently facing trafficking charges after allegedly working with Janet Marimo to have the baby illegally smuggled to Zimbabwe. In her bail application, Maganga argued that…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is in a fix after it failed to meet the deadline for its crucial sewer and water sanitation project, blaming its contractors and suppliers in the process. As a result, the council has now been forced to contribute a significant amount from its coffers towards a project that was funded…
A HARARE woman allegedly hid US$15 700 which she had stolen from her employer, in a rubbish bin with the plan of retrieving it later, a magistrate’s court heard yesterday. Otilia Mushoriwa, 39, who is employed by a Chinese national, Chen Hong Zhong, as a housemaid, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure after she…
A HARARE man has appeared in court for allegedly trying to set his ex-wife’s house ablaze following the couple’s separation. After being charged before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera yesterday, 26-year-old Gray Nyamhuka of UZ Farm is now facing malicious damage to property charges. Nyamhuka was released on US$50 bail and told to appear for his…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of another man while playing snooker at a nightclub in Filabusi on Christmas Day. Police confirmed the arrest of Takeknowledge Mthombeni for allegedly fatally shooting Wilson Malunga, 21. According to police, a fight between the two men broke…
