THE business community in the Midlands Province has called upon the government to speed-up the Zvishavane-Rutenga road rehabilitation exercise, saying it is a key route to some business destinations. The place is strategically linked by road and rail to major towns such as Zvishavane, Mberengwa, Harare via Masvingo and Bulawayo as well as South Africa…
A SUSPECTED bogus cop, who allegedly beat a commuter omnibus conductor to death, has appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Court. Watson Mutondo, 23, is facing murder charges after an alleged attack on Luke Zuze. Mutondo will be back in court on October 18 and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court. It…
HARARE City Council chief security officer Collen Tongowona is under fire for allegedly ordering the arrests and impounding of motor vehicles into…
ONE of the country’s leading funeral parlours, Moonlight Funeral Services (MFS), has hailed the government for facilitating the easy processing of burial papers in Covid-19-related deaths, especially at the height of the pandemic’s third wave. Under the third wave, the country battled plus or minus 100 coronavirus-related deaths daily, but the swift processing of papers…
TWO cattle buyers in the Midlands province have lost over US$12 000 and mobile phones to an armed robber who posed as a cattle seller, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has said. ZRP said the robbery took place after the cattle buyers were called by the suspect, who has not yet been identified, claiming he…
A POLICE officer Tirivangani Isdor Tapfuya has filed a High Court application challenging a 14-day jail term at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison, following his conviction for stealing an unspecified amount of money from a security firm. In the application filed last week, Tapfuya cited commissioner general of police Godwin Matanga and chief superintendent Smart Matongo…
Shamaine Chirimujiri HIGH Court judge Slyvia Chirawu-Mugomba has filed a criminal complaint against Frank Hwenhira, a Harare lawyer, who attempted to represent a client without a practicing certificate. Hwenhira, who is facing charges of unlawful use of title, was on Saturday freed on $5 000 bail by Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi. He will be back…
MINES minister Winston Chitando has been dragged to the High Court following a mine wrangle between two local firms — Anesu Gold…
A SEVENTH Day Adventist (SDA) pastor, who allegedly attempted to rape his 17-year-old step daughter, has appeared before the Zvishavane Magistrates’ Court. The pastor, whose identity cannot be revealed to protect the minor, appeared before Zvishavane magistrate Charity Tonongera last week on attempted rape charges. “The accused took advantage of the absence of the mother…
THE government says it has registered a 25 percent drop in Covid-19 vaccine uptake in the Zvishavane District, as several people have…
