COMEDIAN and social media personality, Felistas Murata, was arraigned before the Harare Magistrates Courts yesterday facing separate charges of fraud and theft of trust property after she allegedly put up a hired motor vehicle as collateral for a loan. She appeared before two magistrates and was granted free bail on both charges. She was then…
A HARARE-BASED company, Vevhu Resources, has filed an appeal at the Supreme Court challenging a High Court order which stalls the eviction of over 4 000 families from Spitzkop Farm in Zvimba, Mashonaland West Province. This comes after High Court judge, Justice Neville Wamambo, granted an interim interdict barring the company from evicting the families…
By Brandon Josphat A VISITING United States of America (US) diplomat says the ongoing dialogue between the two countries is positive, as government officials have pledged that the upcoming elections scheduled between July and August would be peaceful and democratic. Addressing the media after a closed-door meeting with Foreign Affairs minister Frederick Shava in Harare…
FIDELITY gold refineries have recorded a decline in gold deliveries when compared to the same period last year in January mainly due to rising water tables owing to heavy rainfall activity this season. Addressing delegates at the 2023 gold mobilisation strategy conference in Harare yesterday, Fidelity Refineries general manager Peter Magaramombe said in a bid…
By Brandon Josphat A DIPLOMAT from the United States (US) expects that this year’s elections will be held in a peaceful and transparent manner. Speaking after landing at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport yesterday, US deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of African Affairs, Ambassador Robert Scott said the purpose of his trip was…
By Yvonne Ncube A POLICEMAN has appeared in court on charges of raping his friend’s niece after being invited to a birthday party. Farai Mzengeza, 34, was not asked to plead before Bulawayo regional magistrate Collet Ncube facing two counts of rape. State allegations are that sometime in 2020 at around 10pm during a party…
BUSINESSMAN and presidential aspirant Joseph Makamba Busha says value addition should be the main component of business activities for African countries. Africa has about 12 percent of the world’s oil reserves, 42 percent of its gold, 80 to 90 percent of chromium and platinum group metals, and 60 percent of arable land in addition to…
By Ketty Nyoni LOCAL districts in Harare will each get US$1 000 per week for the “Chenesa Harare” community-based waste management programme that the local authority has embarked on in an effort to restore the city’s Sunshine City status. Speaking at the launch of the programme yesterday, Harare mayor Jacob Mafume said he was hopeful…
THE National University of Science and Technology (NUST) was forced to back down on its new tuition fees yesterday after students boycotted lectures in response to a directive from the Students Representative Council (SRC). The Daily News understands that the institution hiked its fees to US$720 from $360 000 per semester last week, a move…
A HIGH Court judge has sentenced an Epworth man, Takudzwa Timothy Hazvirambwi, to six years in prison after he was convicted of killing his friend, Tineyi Mamvura, following an altercation. Hazvirambwi, 41, was arrested last year, initially facing a charge of murder, but was later convicted of the offence of culpable homicide. During the trial,…
