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Shamaine Chirimujiri CHITUNGWIZA Municipality town clerk Evangelista Machona and housing director Munyaradzi Mashiri were yesterday sentenced to 90 days’ imprisonment each for contempt of court. This was after the duo failed to comply with High judge, Justice Webster Chinamhora’s order last year barring the local authority from selling informal sector stands at Chikwanha Shopping Centre…

A HARARE man has appeared in court on allegations of defacing campaign posters for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) politicians Joana Mamombe and Denford Ngadziore who were then candidates for the MDC Alliance ahead of the 2018 elections. Simbarashe Gapa, 44, is alleged to have been caught covering the duo’s campaign posters with Jessie Majome’s….

BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has engaged the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) over low inflows to Umzingwane Dam, one of the city’s main water supply sources. This comes as the local authority has said the dam was set for decommissioning this week if no significant rains are received over the coming days. According to the…

TWO Presidential Guard soldiers were arrested on Tuesday for armed robbery after they allegedly pounced on a farm in Beatrice and made away with over US$5 000. Munyaradzi Munyuki and Busani Moyo who are serving members of the army together with Shadreck Kadira were not asked to plead to armed robbery charges when they appeared…

ZIMBABWE has called for dialogue in the ongoing Russo-Ukraine crisis saying the United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s ongoing invasion of its neighbour only helped to exacerbate the situation. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, acting Foreign Affairs minister Amon Murwira said Zimbabwe, which abstained from the UN General Assembly vote on Wednesday,…

AN Avondale man, who was arrested after a raid by law enforcement agencies at his house on Wednesday and found with four pistols, appeared in court yesterday. Ashraf Kara, 66, was arrested after a blitz which targeted three houses, including a property owned by Harare cleric Walter Magaya, with the police indicating that they were…