JAILED socialite Felistas Murata, commonly known as Mai TT, will be back before the courts on September 29, when her new fraud trial is expected to commence. Murata, who was recently convicted on theft of trust property charges, now stands accused of defrauding her friend, Rachael Mhuka, out of US$10 000.The matter was meant to…
A MARONDERA man has appeared in court facing charges of storming the Supreme Court building in Harare armed with an axe before threatening to kill his former wife over the custody of the estranged couple’s child. Tendai Gambiza, 33, of Nyameni suburb, is accused of violating the Domestic Violence Act and another separate charge of…
GLOBAL Renaissance Investments (GRI), a company that brings together local and international investments, has described the recent re-election of President Emmerson Mnangagwa…
FORMER Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo is now a free man after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) yesterday withdrew at the Harare Magistrates Court two fraud charges against him. The former top government official was facing graft charges after he allegedly fraudulently acquired a piece of land in the upmarket Glen Lorne suburb, Harare before…
SEVEN people died while four others were injured when a Honda Fit was involved in a head on collision with a VW Touareg along Harare-Mutare Road yesterday. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the accident saying they were going to release more details in due course. “The ZRP reports a road traffic accident which occurred…
By Brandon Josphats josphatsb@dailynews.co.zw ONLY 23 female parliamentary candidates managed to be directly elected as National Assembly members out of 209 contested seats in last week’s elections. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in an extraordinary Government Gazette published the list showing only a few women from the candidates that managed to be directly elected as…
A MAN from Mabvuku in Harare, who was detained in connection with an alleged stabbing incident in the same suburb on Sunday, appeared before a court heavily covered in bruises from injuries sustained during a street brawl. Norbert Chiyangwa, 47, of New Mabvuku did not plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa charged…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it has started paying allowances to all officials who were engaged to run the just-ended harmonised elections. This comes as Zec deployed approximately 150 000 election officers to the country’s 12 370 polling stations which were used in last week’s elections where President Emmerson Mnangagwa won…
ZIMBABWE’S President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa has been urged to build on the gains realised during his first term in office. Mnangagwa was recently…
A MAN from Hatcliffe, Harare, has appeared in court facing charges of allegedly breaking into his mother-in-law’s bedroom and raping her. Harry Lyton Chidhakwa, 33, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday, before he was released on a US$50 bail. He was remanded to October 13. Prosecuting, Pardon Dziva told the court that the accused…
