FORMER Bikita West MP and senior Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) official Munyaradzi Kereke was yesterday remanded in custody after he was arrested for allegedly defrauding Harare Municipal Medical Aid Society (HMMAS) of US$137 000. He is jointly charged with suspended HMMAS chief executive Everisto Rukasha who was also remanded in custody. The two were…
THE sentencing of former Finance deputy minister Terence Mukupe, who was on Wednesday convicted at the High Court of smuggling fuel into the country worth over US$55 000, has been set for next Thursday. Prosecutors have asked the High Court to jail Mukupe and his accomplices, Same Kapisoriso, Ngonidzashe Mutsvene and Joseph Taderera, who were…
AFRICAN Business Woman Association (ABWA) chief executive Shamiso Fred yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Court facing 16 counts of fraud after she allegedly duped potential investors in a botched egg and dairy production project worth nearly US$200 000. Fred and her company, ABWA, allegedly convinced 16 individuals to join a Ponzi scheme before defrauding…
HARARE magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday dismissed an application by 35 Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) and Election Resource Centre (ERC) employees who were seeking to be removed from remand. They were arrested in August this year at a hotel in Harare after allegedly attempting to consolidate and announce the results of the 2023 harmonised elections…
WITH climate change having increasingly become a global developmental challenge in the past decade, the ministry of Environment and its partners have moved to reflect on the country’s experiences and initiatives ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference — UNFCCC — (Cop28) which will be held in Dubai this year from November 30 to…
SENIOR authorities say the government is finalising the completion of a gemmology centre to cater for training personnel in cutting, polishing and valuing diamonds. Vice President Kembo Mohadi says the facility, which is located in Mutare, Manicaland Province, would optimise the value of the country’s precious resources upon its launch. He was speaking at the…
POLICE have issued a stern warning to armed robbers, saying their “days are numbered,” as crack teams are on the ground “to flush them out.” This comes as the country has seen a surge of armed robbery cases in the last few months, with the latest being the one that occurred over the weekend in…
TWO Harare car dealers allegedly worked together and sold a vehicle that they had illegally imported into the country without paying duty at the border. Crismus Mabvanya, 41, of Gletwin, and Alexander Takudzwa Takaenda, 26, of Borrowdale, appeared before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera, charged with fraud, yesterday.The pair was granted free bail and will return…
A MAN, suspected to be the leader of a machete-wielding gang, commonly known as ‘Mashurugwi’, that was terrorising residents in Lowdale and Christon Bank areas in Mazowe, was arrested in Shurugwi in Midlands Province after allegedly murdering a man. The suspected murderer, Nkulumo Dube, 33, who is facing murder charges, was arraigned before Harare magistrate…
A SUSPECTED hacker allegedly tried to steal US$25 000 from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Group by hacking into their bank account and transferring the money into a different account. Evidence Tapuwa Dube, 31, of Mt Pleasant, Harare, was brought before magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing a charge of fraud, or alternatively, cybercrime.Dube…
