By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A 28-YEAR-OLD man from Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo has been dragged to court after he allegedly sodomised a colleague who had demanded his money back. Sipho Ndlovu appeared before Bulawayo Regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing a sexual abuse charge. He pleaded not guilty. It is the State’s case that on December…
GOODNESS and Mercy Ministries founder, Prophet Tawanda Freddy, popularly known as T Freddy, has withdrawn extortion charges that he filed against ZBC radio presenter Rutendo Makuti. Makuti was jointly charged with fellow ZBC employee Maushe Mutetepi, Gibson Jaji and her uncle, Witness Bungu. Freddy had accused Makuti of threatening to leak details of their illicit…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) and Zimbabwe National Road Authority (Zinara) have agreed to work on modalities for disbursements of financial resources to rehabilitate the capital’s deteriorating road network. This comes as HCC has been accusing Zinara of not remitting financial resources to the council to maintain its road network littered with potholes. Speaking to…
GHANA’S ambassador to Zimbabwe, Alexander Grant Ntrakwa, has urged the populace to hold peaceful elections, adding that Zimbabwe, as a democracy, should also implement comprehensive electoral reforms. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ntrakwa said Ghana believes that all political parties in Zimbabwe must campaign freely without any form of violence against opponents. Zimbabwe is…
THE High Court dismissed a farmer’s bid to halt the Zimbabwe Defence Forces’ takeover of his farm, citing the farmer’s failure to justify his position. Wonder Mukwaira had sued Lands minister Anxious Masuka demanding that he withdraw the land offer given to the ZDF. According to court documents, on June 25 2013, Mukwaira was offered…
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a five-member gang that allegedly drugged and raped a 14-year-old girl after luring her to their house. Bulawayo police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube confirmed the development yesterday. “Police can confirm an incident where a Form Two girl was drugged and raped by five men after they convinced…
BUYING a property with West Property is investing into a lifestyle that transcends generations, says property mogul Ken Sharpe. “We are not…
A MANAGER for a Harare-based company, Delatfin Engineering, Jacob Muyambo, who is accused of defrauding the company out of US$3 million, has challenged the allegations. Muyambo, who was the finance and administration manager, was arrested last year after he allegedly edited agreements of sale for land purchases, adding housing stands that had been allocated to…
By Rutendo Ngara THE United Nations (UN) Women has given the thumbs up to efforts by the government in addressing gender disparities in all facets of life. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday ahead of the International Women’s Day Commemorations tomorrow, UN Women’s country representative Fatou Lo said the government’s efforts in addressing gender parities…
A TWENTY-TWO year-old Harare man will spend the next seven years in prison after a Harare court found him guilty of stealing a motor vehicle. It was the State’s case that on December 26 2021, Atipaishe Sibanda and his friend Brandon Gwenzi boarded Richard Chinaira’s vehicle from Mbudzi Roundabout in Harare to Chitungwiza. When they…
