HARARE – Two NewsDay journalists arrested on Saturday in Chitungwiza will appear in court on Monday, their lawyers said. Blessed Mhlanga and Chengeto Chidi are accused of taking of photos or video within a polling station without authority from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. They deny the charges. The two journalists …
Read More »Mnangagwa Sucked Into Budiriro Land Dispute
The ongoing land dispute in Budiriro between land developer Fifty Angels Company and one Hebert Senda, popularly known as Madzibaba Enock, has reached a boiling point with Senda now accused of dropping President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s name, the Zimbabwe Independent has learnt. The land under dispute is at number 2254, which …
Read More »Registrar’s Official In court Over US$100 Birth Certificate Bribe
An officer at the Registrar General Market Square District Office appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court charged with bribery. Clemence Mbedzi (42) was granted ZW$20 000 bail when he appeared before Harare Magistrate, Yeukai Dzuda. He will be back in court on May 27 2022. According to court papers, sometime in March 2022, Mbedzi …
Read More »Zim’s Second Hand Clothes Smuggling Mastermind Gets US$500k Assets Frozen
A MAN from Mutare suspected to be the mastermind of a syndicate smuggling second-hand clothes into Zimbabwe from Mozambique, Edward Muhamba, has seen his property and trucks worth US$500 000 frozen by the High Court until he explains how he acquired them. The High Court gave him 30 days to …
Read More »Blanket Manufacturers Cry Foul Over Smuggling Cartels
Staff Writer Companies in the business of manufacturing blankets are feeling the heat emanating from the soaring smuggling reportedly run by cartels at the country’s border posts. It has also emerged that those in the business of manufacturing groceries are crying foul as the cartels bring in cheaper goods manufactured …
Read More »Waterfalls Gun Robber, Killer Paid US$10k Lobola With Loot: NPA
HARARE – A lone armed robber who stole US$36,000 from a Harare home used US$10,000 to pay lobola for his wife, a court heard on Monday. For several months, Aaron Franscico Machona, 37, terrorised residents of Waterfalls in Harare – including shooting a woman in the head in front of …
Read More »Mudenda Bemoans Lenient Corruption Punishments
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has described penalties meted out to those found guilty of corruption as too lenient and a major hindrance to the country’s anti-corruption drive. Addressing a capacity-building workshop on corruption organised by the African Parliamentary Network against Corruption (APNAC) in Bulawayo last week, Mudenda …
Read More »Nigeria Blocks 73 Million Mobile Phones In Security Clampdown
Constance Chioma calls her son every morning to check that he is safe while studying in northeast Nigeria, a region plagued by deadly attacks by insurgents and armed kidnappings. Earlier this month, she could not get through. She later realised her SIM card was one of about 73 million – …
Read More »7 Appear In SA Court For Murdering Zimbabwean Elvis Nyathi
JOHANNESBURG: Seven men have appeared in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday afternoon in connection with the murder of Zimbabwean national Elvis Nyathi. “We can confirm, as the National Prosecuting Authority [NPA], that a group of seven men appeared in court in relation to the murder of Elvis Nyathi,” NPA …
Read More »Marry Mubaiwa Jailed
Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged wife Marry Mubaiwa who was convicted on Wednesday for violating the Marriages Act after lying that her former husband had consented to solemnise their wedding while he was receiving medical care in India has been sentenced to one year imprisonment. She however escaped a custodial sentence …
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