FORMER State security minister Didymus Mutasa’s company, Muungwe Investments, has lost 110 hecatres of its land to minority shareholder, Mabel Dete, after using the firm’s assets to secure a US$1million personal loan. Dete approached the High Court seeking compensation for her shares in the company in the form of 110 hectares of land as agreed…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A HARARE woman appeared in court yesterday on charges of human trafficking after she allegedly lured several Zimbabwean women to Oman on the pretext that she would facilitate their employment there as house maids. Tendai Muswe, 29, who allegedly promised the women lucrative salaries, was reported to the police by one of the victims…
THE 39 war veterans, accused of holding an illegal gathering in Harare last year as they demonstrated against poor pensions, want the charges dropped. The former freedom fighters, who were accused of singing Chimurenga songs, said the charges must be withdrawn because there was nothing criminal about the tunes which are usually played at national…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE Women’s University in Africa (WUA) is set to benefit from its partnership with Mayin Waters (MW) in creating a framework for carrying out research in agriculture and health sectors. On Monday, the two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which would see them cooperating in clinical trials of products in the…
ELYON Lubricants (Elyon), a lubricant manufacturing and distribution company operating from Zimbabwe and South Africa will soon be launching a new initiative…
Rumbidzai ngwenya THE Zimbabwe Humans Rights Commission (ZHRC) has condemned all forms of political violence in the country ahead of the March 26 by-elections and the 2023 harmonised polls. With the political temperatures in the country rising, the commission said intolerance and violent behaviour was unacceptable in a democratic and free society that Zimbabwe is….
Hazel Marimbiza MORE than 100 children suffering from hernia will next week undergo free surgeries at Mpilo Central Hospital during a five-day exercise aimed at reducing the backlog of hernia operations in the city. This comes as the hospital’s paediatric surgery department partnered with Celebration Health, a medical organisation, to offer patient screening on March…
AN Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) faction led by Cossam Chiangwa has been ordered to vacate the church’s Mount Pleasant, Harare, building after they had blocked the main group from using it by putting new locks. Justice Webster Chinamora ordered Chriswell Muponda, Tiri and Sheila Mugovera together with their son Munashe to remove the locks they…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A GLEN VIEW, Harare, woman Margaret Chalamanda, who allegedly doused to death her neighbour’s three-year-old child with boiled water, appeared in court yesterday charged with culpable homicide. The 34-year-old was remanded out of custody until April 10 when she appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda and was not asked to plead. The court heard…
THE investigating officer in a case in which former Public Service minister Petronella Kagonye is accused of defrauding home seekers of over US$38 000 has said the police have little evidence to sustain a case against her. She is alleged to have defrauded Shingiriro Housing Cooperative of US$38 500 after misrepresenting that she owned land…
