Drax Consult SAGL could be set for a US$11 million payout from the National Pharmaceutical Company (Natpharm) after the Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that a 2019 medical supply contract between the two companies, cancelled by the state-owned company, was still valid. The Supreme Court bench comprising Justices Joseph Musakwa, …
Read More »NPA To Appeal Mamombe, Chimbiri Acquittal At Supreme Court
The National Prosecuting Authority will appeal to the Supreme Court the acquittal of CCC officials Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri by the High Court in the middle of their criminal trial in a lower court on charges of faking an abduction. The two were on trial before Chief Magistrate Faith …
Read More »Teen (19) Stabbed To Death In Brawl Over Girlfriend (15)
A 19-year-old Fort Rixon teenager was Sunday stabbed to death allegedly by a 17-year-old juvenile who was reportedly incensed by the deceased’s attempts to stop a brawl he was having with another youth over a 15-year-old girlfriend. Police confirmed Tuesday they were investing the shock incident. “Police in Fort Rixon …
Read More »Fake Abduction’: Mamombe, Chimbiri Acquitted After Full Trial
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 …
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