HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga have each been fined $100 000 for failing to pay a US$60 000 settlement to a Zimbabwe Republic Police officer who was fired in 2010. The two, together with the director of the salary service bureau, were found to be in contempt of court…
THE government says it has increased its efforts to combat cervical cancer by launching screening programmes for HIV-positive women. This comes after…
MAJOR players in the railway construction sector are rubbing their hands in anticipation of the prospects presented by the Manhize iron and steel project in Mvuma, Midlands Province. This comes as a conglomerate of railway investors, Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway (BBR), which incorporates local and regional investors, including the National Railways of Zimbabwe, recently visited the…
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a gang of four men who allegedly sodomised a 30-year-old male after offering him a lift in their vehicle. “As the Zimbabwe Republic Police in Bulawayo, we are appealing for information that may lead to the arrest of four suspects who are wanted for sexually attacking a…
A COMMERCIAL sex worker who was arrested after being accused of helping her client in a spate of armed robberies was granted bail on Wednesday by the Harare magistrate’s court. Rutendo Hwata, 31, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Wednesday, facing charges of contravening section 4(1) of the Firearms Act. According to court documents,…
THE government has lifted the suspension imposed on public transport operator Tashllyt Investments, trading as Zebra Kiss, following last week’s Harare-Nyamapanda road accident. In a statement yesterday, Transport minister Felix Mhona said the transport company had submitted measures it had put in place to ensure such incidents do not recur. “The lifting of the suspension…
A BULAWAYO man has been arrested for allegedly fatally attacking two men with a machete and knobkerrie on different occasions on the same day. Mkhonzeni Nkomo, 31, from Mzilikazi suburb appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa facing two counts of attempted murder. The court heard that on January 23 at Mzilikazi suburb, the accused left…
A 59-year-old man from Kingsdale suburb in Bulawayo has been arraigned before the courts facing allegations of raping his nine-year-old step-granddaughter about four years ago. Lovemore Moyo was not asked to plead when he appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Collet Ncube. He was remanded in custody to February 7. State allegations are that sometime in…
THE High Court in Harare has directed a private architect firm, Vengesayi Architects, to provide evidence showing it was owed $30 million by the Tourism ministry. This comes after the firm approached the courts in 2016, arguing that it was owed $30 million for the architectural services rendered to the ministry. According to court documents,…
By Ketty Nyoni RIMBI Tours, one of the two bus operators suspended from operating by Transport minister Felix Mhona after one of its buses Nwas involved in a fatal accident last week in Mutoko, has taken the minister to court, challenging the suspension. Mhona told journalists on the sidelines of the Road Safety Indaba in…
