Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker Joanna Mamombe and fellow party activist Cecilia Chimbiri heaved a sigh after the High Court found them not guilty in a case in which they had been accused of faking their 2020 abduction. The state accused the activists, who include the now exiled Netsai …
Read More »Chaos At Bindura Municipality As Officers Sacked For Corruption Are Reinstated
Bindura Bureau Bindura Municipality Worker’s Committee members have threatened to down their tools following chaos surrounding the reinstatement of two former senior municipal police officers fired early this year for fraud and corruption. The duo, Moline Tandi and Marshal Chireru were fired in April after pleading guilty to the charges. …
Read More »Zimbabwean Nabbed With US$153k Cash At King Mswati III International Airport
A Zimbabwean national was found with E2.8 million cash at King Mswati III International Airport. King Mswati III International Airport is located in Sikhuphe, 50 kilometres from Manzini. Masiyakurima Agrippa Bopela (Masiya), entered the kingdom last Monday with the equivalent of E2 897 183 in US Dollars and attempted to …
Read More »Top ZTA Executives Suspended Over Allowance Scandal
An investigation initiated by Tourism minister Mangaliso Ndlovu in January has led to the suspension of Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief operating officer Givemore Chidzidzi, executive director finance and administration Alexio Munyoro and head human resources James Chidzekete, The NewsHawks has established. Ndlovu instituted a five-member special investigation committee through …
Read More »31 Unregistered Lawyers Flagged
The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has named 31 unregistered lawyers and warned them against appearing in court, prisons and police stations purporting to be representing their clients. In a notice last week, LSZ said some of the listed lawyers had their practising certificates withdrawn for various offences, with two …
Read More »Land Barons Profiteer As The Duped Scream In Harare’s Hopley
‘As a staunch Zanu PF supporter my eviction has become one of the most embarrassing moments in my life’ At a time President Emmerson Mnangagwa is touting his administration’s commitment to flush out land barons, in Lot 4 Hopley, Harare, 215 residents are battling displacements and demolitions that have sucked …
Read More »Tapiwa Makore Snr Convicted Of Murdering Nephew In Murewa
High Court Judge, Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has found Tapiwa Makore (senior) guilty of murdering his seven-year-old nephew, Tapiwa Makore (Junior) on the night of September 17, 2020 in Murewa. The boy was gruesomely killed and his body dismembered for suspected ritual purposes. Justice Mutevedzi said prosecutors proved beyond reasonable doubt that …
Read More »Zim Corruption Watchdog Recovers 36 Vehicles From Ring Abusing Civil Service Rebate Facility
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority have joined forces to curb the abuse of tax rebates extended to civil servants by the Government so they could import vehicles duty free, and the two agencies have seized 36 vehicles since the start of the operation. The corruption and …
Read More »DJ Levels Sex Tape Trial Date Set
Zimdancehall producer Rodger Tafadzwa Kadzimwe, better known as DJ Levels in the entertainment industry, is set to stand trial starting September 11 this year in a case he is accused of circulating his musician ex-girlfriend, Ashleigh Moyo’s nudes and a sex tape involving the two. Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi will …
Read More »Jailed Property Mogul Buyanga Fighting Extradition To Zimbabwe
Jailed property mogul Frank Buyanga has filed a South African High Court application seeking an order to stop his extradition for trial in Zimbabwe. Buyanga has been in jail since November 10 last year following his arrest by the South African police at the behest of the Zimbabwean authorities. His …
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