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TIMB rakes in $13m, US$10k in fines

THE Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB) raked in more than $13 million and US$10 000 from side marketing fines since the start of this year’s marketing season. This development comes at a time when at least one contractor Vision Leaf Tobacco was suspended for misconduct involving failing to avail the number of their contracted…

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Stockbroker allegedly defrauds employer of $50 million

A FORMER employee at a Harare-based stock broking firm, Kudakwashe Saimon Vukomba, yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate’s court after he allegedly defrauded the company of over $50 million. Vukomba, 30, who resigned in January this year at Morgan and Co where he was employed as a finance manager, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on…

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Teacher accused of raping pupil on four different occasions

A BULAWAYO teacher from Sobukazi High School has been arrested for allegedly raping a 15- year -old pupil. Bulawayo police spokesperson, inspector Abednico Ncube told the Daily News yesterday that Jefter Chenjerai, 35, of Nguboyenja suburb allegedly raped the minor on four different occasions. “Chenjerai, who is an Advanced Level teacher, would ask the complaint…

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Zambia Airways resumes flights to Harare

By Ketty Nyoni ZAMBIA Airways yesterday resumed flights between Lusaka and Harare after a 27-year break. The Zambia national flag carrier, with a capacity to fly 78 passengers, would ply the two capitals three times a week on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays with the hope of making daily flights this year. A flight between Harare…

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Real estate agency owner in court for US$8 000 fraud

THE founder of a Harare based real estate agency, Hukuru Housing and Development Trust, Lawrence Taurai Jena appeared in court yesterday on allegations of duping a home seeker out of US$8 800 in a botched residential stand sale deal. Jena appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure facing charges of fraud before being released on free…

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Let us assist the Malawi cyclone victims — ED

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans from all walks of life to unite in mobilising resources for the victims of cyclone Freddy in neighbouring Malawi. This comes as the weather phenomenon left a trail of destruction in some Southern African countries including Madagascar and Malawi, where scores of people died, while in Zimbabwe’s Manicaland…

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Guard, employee in US$160 000 heist

A SECURITY guard and an employee at a leading food processing company, National Foods, have been arraigned before the Harare Magistrate’s Court after they allegedly staged a heist before stealing over US$160 000. Edward David Mudowaya, 34, employed as a guard by Safeguard Security and Charlotte Tarisai Munetsi, 36, who is National Food’s debtors’ clerk…

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FAO supporting Zimbabwe’s plant, animal life

THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it is committed to supporting the government’s biodiversity in agriculture for the country to establish sustainable agri-food systems. Biodiversity refers to all different kinds of life and these include animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms like bacteria that make up the natural world. In its latest report on the…

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