A CONVICT, who orchestrated his ex-employer’s robbery at gunpoint, will continue serving his eight-year jail sentence after the High Court dismissed his appeal…
A WOMAN who defrauded an unsuspecting buyer in a swap and top deal by selling a stolen vehicle has been ordered by the High Court to return the car she received as payment or pay damages to the tune of US$30 000. High Court judge Justice Webster Chinamora ordered Nyevero Chibisa to “immediately return the Toyota Fortuner…
THE government is set to reintroduce the infamous National Youth Service (NYS) , dubbed the Border Gezi Youth Militia or Green Bombers starting this year, ahead of next year’s elections. The youth service was established in 2001 but closed after six years due to chronic funding shortages. A decade later, the youth minister and nephew of…
CHIVHU police officers are being investigated for culpable homicide after the death of a woman they allegedly assaulted and tortured while in their custody last year. According to the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), circumstances leading to Sharai Mukaro’s death are that she was detained on allegations of stealing US$1 000, where the police…
DAIRIBORD Zimbabwe Limited, a diversified manufacturer of milk, beverage and food products, has launched a new baobab beverage under its Cascade brand…
THE government says the prevailing harsh economic environment in the country is behind the surge in drug and substance abuse by citizens. Appearing before the parliamentary thematic committee on HIV and Aids yesterday to give oral evidence on the state of drug and substance abuse situation in the country, chairperson of the inter-ministerial committee on…
Dionne Kanyowa STAFF WRITER kanyowad@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE couple was left to count its losses after their Glen Lorne, Harare, property they bought was forfeited by the State because the seller had acquired the stand through ill-gotten means. Justice Benjamin Chikowero ordered the forfeiture despite arguments by Issack and Desiree Manitho that they were innocent buyers…
FOUR detectives who were arrested over the weekend for allegedly stealing a safe with US$70 000 and jewellery worth US$10 000 from a suspect they had arrested have appeared in court. Edward Mateta, Tinashe Matongo, Princes Mavis Matikiti and Costa Davison were not asked to plead to allegations of criminal abuse of duty or alternatively…
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) has granted headline tariff adjustment to telecommunications companies amid rising input costs. The…
A LOCAL company has been nabbed for allegedly trying to swindle the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) of over US$15 million after…
