Shamaine Chirimujiri A SUSPECTED fraudster Grace Mandisodza was on Friday hauled before a Harare court on allegations of using a fake identity card to defraud a home seeker of US$19 000. The 42-year-old is facing charges of fraud and was remanded out of custody until March 1 when she appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda. The…
Andile Tshuma A GRADE four pupil died while three others were hospitalised in a case of suspected food poisoning at a Bulawayo school, authorities have confirmed. The incident happened last Thursday afternoon at Emakhandeni Primary School. The learners allegedly consumed a poisonous food. The girl died in an ambulance on her way to Mpilo hospital. The…
A ZIMBABWEAN who was jailed for nine years in the United Kingdom in 2014 for cheque fraud, Charles Nyongo, is facing deportation…
Tamary Chikiwa MAJOR commercial players are flocking to Masvingo to purchase land in the city’s new central business district (CBD) that has a total of 91 commercial stands with an estimated value of US$4,5 million, a council report shows. This comes after the city council recently got approval from the government to extend across Mucheke River on a…
RETAILERS have bemoaned the new shop licence fees in the city which they said was pushing them out of businesses after Bulawayo City Council recently announced fees increases of between 150 and 626 percent for its various services. Last year, a shop licence was pegged at $ 11 000 but with the new fees structure…
Tamary Chikiwa A LOCAL magistrate has ordered congregants from one of the Johane Masowe weChishanu sects to stop advocating for a doctrine that advances various forms of human rights abuse within the sect. This was after the leader of an apostolic sect church, Tawanda Chidyanavarungu popularly, known as Madzibaba Serbanage, had approached the court seeking…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A MINISTRY of Health director Robert Fungai Mudyirandima, was hauled before the Harare Magistrates` Court after he allegedly facilitated the issuing of a verification letter to a nurse to apply for a job abroad when he was acting as permanent secretary. Mudyirandima allegedly connived with one Winnie Kanyedze to illegally facilitate Tiny Ruramai…
THE Hwange Local Board (HLB) says it is in the process of reviewing and crafting new policies as part of its latest initiative to improve efficiency and effectiveness of its operations. This comes after the local authority’s management and councillors recently reviewed at least 21 policies to be sent to the ministry of Local Government…
Andile Tshuma TWO Tsholotsho boys are lucky to be alive after a bomb they picked exploded on them as they were playing with it. The boys, a three year- old toddler and his 12 year -old brother, from Magotsha line under Chief Ngqoya in Tsholotsho District, Matabeleland North province, were playing in the bush when…
POLICE have expressed concern over the rate at which children, as young as five years old, were being raped by their older relatives. This comes after the police said they had received four case of rape involving minors between February 10 and 15.“The Zimbabwe Republic Police is concerned with cases of rape received by the…
