TWO Zimbabweans, who were seeking greener pastures in Dubai, were reportedly duped and later kidnapped and flown to Oman in the Middle East where they were subjected to slavery before they managed to escape and return home. One of the alleged kidnappers, Karen Pamela Teguru, 31, appeared before a Harare court yesterday where she was…
A HARARE property developer has been taken to court after allegedly giving a client a residential stand that was not worth the amount she had paid for. Christine Ziki, 64, the director of Tulphire Properties, was charged with fraud when she appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Tuesday.She was remanded out of custody on free…
THE United Nations has given Zimbabwe and Zambia permission to build a US$5 billion hydroelectric dam downstream from Victoria Falls, a Unesco World Heritage Site, according to the organisation supervising its development. Environmentalists have pro tested the 2 400-megawatt Batoka Gorge project, which is located 47 kilometres from the world’s biggest waterfall and might have…
AN INFORMAL trader who allegedly operated numerous WhatsApp groups where he pretended to have capacity to import various goods from China to Zimbabwe has appeared before a Harare magistrate facing fraud charges. Admire Munyanyi, 48, of Banket, Mashonaland West Province, was charged with 20 counts of fraud when he was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi…
OVER 300 drug peddlers were arrested in Bulawayo between July and September this year, the police have confirmed. According to a report compiled by the Bulawayo Criminal Investigations Department (CID) titled ‘Executive Summary of Accused Persons Arrested for Drug and Sub stance Abuse’, presented to delegates at a drug and substance abuse meeting recently, the…
TWO Harare-based Simrac Enterprises employees, who have been in remand custody for over a month after allegedly robbing their employer of US$128 932, have been granted US$150 bail each. Roy Pedzai Jambaya and Phineas Maravanyika were granted bail by Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday after filing bail applications through their lawyers, Joseph Nemaisa and Kudakwashe…
THIRTEEN daring illegal miners, commonly known as makorokozas, who were arrested at Lowdale Police Farm in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central Province, after allegedly invading a police farm, have appeared in court charged with contravening the Mines and Minerals Act. The 13 accused appeared before Harare magistrate Munashe Chiba nda yesterday and were remanded shovels and iron…
THREE suspected armed robbers, who allegedly broke into several schools and a fuel station in Harare before stealing cash, have appeared before a Harare court. Washington Musindo, 38, Tinashe Tagwirei, 35, and Lameck Magaya, 38, were arraigned before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa and were remanded in custody. The three, who are being charged with four counts…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa ONE of the country‘s biggest referral centres, Sally Mugabe Central Hospital, targets carrying out free tonsillectomy procedures on 150 children aged between two and 12 this week. The tonsillectomy — surgery to remove the tonsils — is being carried out in partnership with the World Health Organisation (WHO). Speaking to the Daily…
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has slammed the decision by the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party to disengage from Parliament and local authorities over the recall of its officials, saying it is anti-people. This comes as CCC leader Nelson Chamisa announced last week that his party’s Citizens National Assembly had resolved that…
