A TRAFFIC cop attached to Southerton Police Station in Harare appeared in court this week after she was entrapped while receiving a US$150 bribe. Definate Mutonya, 27, was charged with criminal abuse of duty and was released on $500 bail. As part of the bail conditions, she was ordered to continue residing at her current…
VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry, pictured, has filed an application seeking to implement a High Court order allowing her access to her children, matrimonial home and cars pending the hearing of an appeal filed by her husband. Marry and Chiwenga are embroiled in an acrimonious divorce that has seen the two trading accusations…
A GLEN Norah man is battling for his life at Harare Central Hospital after he was struck with an axe by a suspected mentally-disturbed man in their neighbourhood on Saturday. When the suspect, Shawn Bwanali, 25, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa yesterday the T-shirt which he wore when he allegedly committed the offence was…
THREE suspected armed robbers allegedly targeted hitch-hikers and robbed them of their valuables, a court heard yesterday. Handsome Ncube, Innocent Ncube and Joshua Maseko would reportedly dump their victims in the middle of nowhere following the robberies. Handsome, Innocent and Maseko appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Lizwe Jamela charged with four counts of armed robbery. Prosecutor…
THE thriving black market where basic commodities are readily affordable to consumers at cheaper prices is threatening the viability of retailers, Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers president Denford Mutashu has said. Mutashu said the retail sector is reeling from the effects of Statutory Instrument 142 which outlawed use of foreign currency for domestic transactions. Last year,…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has given the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) the green light to collect rail charges in foreign currency for goods exported under the Cost, Insurance and Freight (CIF) conditions. This comes after the ailing parastatal wrote to the central bank and to the Finance ministry seeking permission to charge…
A 65-YEAR-OLD man died on the spot and four others were injured when a suspected unlicensed pirate taxi driver knocked down pedestrians while fleeing an accident scene. The accident happened in the Central Business District (CBD) during peak hour. Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube confirmed Neverson Siyapeyo of New Lobengula who was driving a Honda…
THE absence of an alleged fugitive, a top Defence ministry official, Davison Muvandi, who is at the centre of a cleaning services scam involving $300 000, has resulted in delays in completing investigations into the matter. Muvandi, who is the director finance and human resource at the ministry, is the owner and signatory of Maid…
Agriculture minister Perrance Shiri has admitted his ministry’s shortcomings in delivering its key mandates which include ensuring food and nutrition security as well as foreign currency generation. Shiri made the remarks at a time when more than half of the country’s population is food insecure and reeling from the El Nino-induced drought. Speaking at the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangangwa’s former top aide, Douglas Tapfuma, who is accused of corruptly acquiring duty-free certificates for car imports, said the chief accounting officer in the President’s Office Ray Ndhlukula should have been treated as an accomplice since he authorised the documentation. Tapfuma is being accused of evading car import duty using the State Residences…
