A POLICE officer, who stands accused of unlawfully freeing a suspected thief, has appeared in court. Innocent Mazambani, 31, who is stationed at Borrowdale Police Station in Harare, was last Friday charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer when he appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. He was granted $150 000 bail…
A RADICAL political outfit, Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), is on the verge of collapse after some of its founding members raised a red flag over its incumbent and founding president, Mqondisi Moyo, whom they accuse of a plethora of misdeeds. This comes against the backdrop of the party’s poor performance in the just-ended harmonised elections…
SENATOR Chief Fortune Charumbira came out guns blazing yesterday, saying he was still the president of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) and describing a planned election to replace him as illegal. PAP is the legislative body of the African Union (AU) and has its headquarters in South Africa.Charumbira, who is the deputy president of the…
A MAN from Pumula South suburb in Bulawayo has been remanded in custody for duping another man out of US$10 000 after promising him a job in Italy. Manase Manjovha appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa, facing fraud charges.He did not plead to the charges and was remanded in custody to September 18 for trial…
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has appealed to all national stakeholders, including political parties and Chapter 12 institutions, to unite in pursuit of the country’s development and enhancement of peace post-elections. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa defeated the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, in the…
FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa was yesterday awarded an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Law degree by the University of Zimbabwe in recognition…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO TWO BULAWAYO men have been convicted after being found guilty of defrauding a woman of US$500 after disguising themselves as immigration officers. Romeo Mlambo, 29, and Mbonisi Nyathi, 34, appeared yesterday before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa, charged with fraud.The duo pleaded guilty and was remanded out of custody to September 18…
A 38-YEAR-OLD man from Gwabalanda high density suburb who, together with four others, was accused of robbing a local motorist of his…
SUSPECTED serial killer, Thandolwenkosi Ndlovu, who is believed to have been killing before boiling and eating his victims’ body parts, has been remanded in custody. Ndlovu, 20, appeared before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera yesterday, where he was charged with five counts of murder and one of attempted murder. He was also advised to make an…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE Geo Pomona Waste Management has made an application to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority for the construction of a 22-megawatt (MW) waste-to-energy power plant at the Pomona dumpsite in Harare. The energy regulator confirmed the development yesterday and said that upon completion, the power plant will feed electricity into the…
