POLICE are fretting over rising murder cases, as well as crimes of passion in Bulawayo this year. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Inspector Abednico Ncube described the situation in the country’s second largest city as “unfortunate given that we started the year on a bloody note” “On New Year’s Day alone, we…
TRANSPORT blues have once again resurfaced in the second largest city after police intensified their clampdown on unregistered vehicles. According to police, over 2 000 drivers have already been nabbed in an ongoing operation that is set to weed out criminal elements while also forcing all drivers to comply with vehicle registration requirements. A survey…
Hazel Marimbiza A BULAWAYO man appeared in court for unlawfully unlocking three cars on separate occasions at a mechanical repair workshop before stealing several possessions. Paston Masocha pleaded guilty to three counts of theft and was remanded in custody when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa yesterday. It is the State’s case that Masocha’s…
JUDGMENT in the matter in which police commissioner, Erasmus Makodza, pictured, is accused of corruptly facilitating the leasing of a police farm in Marondera to his girlfriend at a time he was an officer commanding Mashonaland East Province, has been set for February 9. The top cop is facing accusations of criminal abuse of duty…
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has implored the lotteries and gaming industry to embrace new inventions in betting to increase revenue in…
THE trial of Vice president Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife, Marry, continued yesterday with her challenging the State’s intention to use a statement…
A BOGUS police officer, who went on a carjacking spree last year while using a fake police identity card, was slapped with…
A UNITED Nations diplomat Daniel Fussum was allegedly stabbed to death by his son, Niyata, 23, at their Mount Pleasant home, Harare,…
AMALGAMATED Rural Teachers Association of Zimbabwe (Artuz) president Obert Masaraure and 15 other teachers were yesterday released on $5 000 bail each…
A FORMER employee at the Registrar General’s office recently appeared in court for allegedly creating fake identity documents and a death certificate for a non-existent person in a bid to claim a life insurance payout from a local insurance company. The alleged fraudster, Caleb Ndedzu, 29, appeared before magistrate Yeukai Dzuda and was remanded out…
