THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe yesterday dismissed as “fake news”, social media reports alleging that gold coins are already available ahead of…
NEW revelations have emerged that due diligence and approvals were done between Geogenix BV and Harare City Council (HCC) before signing of…
ZIMBABWE Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) acting general manager Lovemore Chinaka has been cleared of allegations of violating tender procedures in the awarding of a US$1,4 million contract for the supply of cables. He was charged with criminal abuse of office as a public officer and alternatively fraud, allegations he denied when the trial…
A 60-YEAR-OLD Harare man, who allegedly raped his mentally-challenged step daughter, has been denied bail by the High Court over fears he may interfere with witnesses. The man had applied for bail pending trial, but High Court judge, Justice Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa, ruled that he was not a deserving candidate taking into account what was said…
COTTON Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) bosses Pious Manamike and Maxmore Njanji, who were arrested on corruption-related charges, accused of contracting their vehicles to ferry inputs to cotton depots without disclosing it, have been freed on $100 000 bail each. The two are alleged to have supplied 40 trucks which only delivered inputs to depots along…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has started receiving equipment for the completion of the Deka project in Hwange. The project is expected to add 600 Megawatts to the national grid. In a statement yesterday, the power utility company said various components for the project were expected to arrive this week. “To this end,…
Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw FOUR suspected armed robbers were yesterday gunned down in Gwanda following a shoot-out with the police. In a statement last night, the police said the suspects had robbed the complainant of a vehicle in Gwanda central business district at around 1000 hours. “The police confirm a shootout incident which occurred this afternoon…
Tanyaradzwa Marabada ENTERTAINMENT WRITER marabadat@dailynews.co.zww YOUTHFUL model Alicia Thomas, from Harare, was on Saturday crowned Miss Teen Universe Zimbabwe in Bulawayo after shrugging off stiff competition from 19 other girls drawn from the country’s 10 provinces. At the event held at the Art Gallery, the Bulawayo-based Laura Nyathi, 18, was adjudicated the first runner-up while…
TWO suspected bogus anti-corruption commissioners, who were allegedly targeting public figures in attempts to extort money from them on the guise that their employer the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission was investigating them on corruption, have been denied bail. Felix Rimaunga and Brian Nyazamba are facing nine counts of extortion and the court ruled that they were…
Brighton Muronzereyi muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have arrested more than 28 000 machete criminals since January as authorities have intensified the war against violent criminals under the ongoing operation “no to machete gangs”. This comes as violent criminals continue to be a menace in the country with several cases being recorded each passing week. Speaking to the Daily…

