THE State has withdrawn charges against Consolidated Farming Investments (CFI) directors who were arrested on allegations of selling products at an inflated exchange rate. Tanaka Hofisi and Chester Noel Mutevhe, who are Farm and City directors, were freed by regional magistrate, Taurai Manuwere, after the State indicated that it needed time to “consider the wording…
Hazel Marimbiza THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) plans to embark on a wetlands restoration project in Matabeleland South in order to help fight effects of climate change. Wetlands are important features in the landscape as they provide numerous beneficial services for people and for fish and wildlife. Wetlands also help combat climate change by regulating,…
Andile Tshuma THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has taken its voter registration campaign to higher learning institutions countrywide.This comes amid concerns that a majority of young adults in the country were shunning electoral processes. It also comes as Zec has come under scrutiny from various stakeholders who accuse the electoral body of attempting to rig…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a Chitungwiza man after intercepting a Mercedes Benz truck he was driving which was carrying 7 850 kilogrammes of stolen presidential inputs fertilisers. It is alleged that the truck which was being driven by Bigboy Muwenga, 32, from Zengeza 4, was coming from Emganwini constituency and the fertiliser was supposed…
COMPANY Law Chambers has filed a complaint against its driver Michael Madani for allegedly stealing US$1 700 from the law firm. Madani, who is facing charges of theft of trust property, was remanded out of custody to February 28 when he was arraigned before magistrate Babra Mateko. Allegations against Madani are that on February 6…
Dionne Kanyowa THREE Harare City Council employees have found themselves in trouble for allegedly conniving and stealing three water valves worth US$10 000. Shelton Chigwaza, Tonny Nhau Tigere and Tawanda Musingadzibwi reportedly saw an opportunity to self-enrich having learnt that the valves were being replaced by new ones. They were not asked to plead to…
Hazel Marimbiza POLICE in Mbembesi have arrested two suspects who allegedly beat up and stabbed to death a local man before dumping his body in the bush. Matabeleland South police spokesperson Loveness Mangena told Daily News yesterday that the deceased, Thembani Moyo, 26, of Spitzkop, Gwanda, had been last seen on January 26, 2022 at around…
Shamaine Chirimujiri AN EASTVIEW, Harare, man Gift Bhile was yesterday sentenced to a three-year effective jail term after Harare regional magistrate Ignatio Mhene convicted him of attempting to murder a man with a stone over car parking. The 33-year–old was initially sentenced to five years imprisonment before two years were suspended on condition of good…
THE Value Creation Challenge (VCC), the nationwide competition powered by Old Mutual Zimbabwe in partnership with the British Council held its 2021…
SOME memories are short-lived and fade over time. And then there are others that become part of history. It is exactly four years after the passing on of Zimbabwe’s icon of democracy, MDC founding father, the indefatigable Morgan Tsvangirai but Zimbabwe is greatly missing a man of unbreakable perseverance. The former prime minister was well-respected…
