The body of Chirombe’s wife was found lying on the bed in the couple’s bedroom, covered in blood while the bodies of the children were found in the hut. …
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Monthly Archives: January 2023
Man faces jail over 700 plants of cannabis on church stand
Cultivating cannabis carries a maximum sentence of 15 years …
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Nando’s, Steers hit by load-shedding woes
As KFC wrestles with chicken shortages that saw it temporarily close some of its outlets, top fast-food chains Famous Brands and Nando’s say they are also battling supply chain crunches courtesy of unrelenting load shedding. Famous Brands, which owns Wimpy and Steers, confirmed on Thursday it had “experienced procurement shortages caused by sustained load shedding” […] …
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Sikhala breached bail conditions before
Job Sikhala Fidelis Munyoro-Chief Court Reporter THE appeal for bail by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim vice-chairman Job Sikhala on the basis of changed circumstances is futile because the opposition legislator was remanded in custody for breaching his bail conditions in a previous case, the High Court ruled this week. That set of circumstances, […] …
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Bail ruling for Zimdef suspects on Monday
Detective Chief Inspector Chironda also revealed that her team was working towards establishing the role played by Gerald Pondai, Pride Hove and a Kenyan, Primrose Nyeri Mwangi, who are appearing in court on allegations of hacking the Zimdef accounts. Senior Court Reporter THE police are yet to identify the actual people who hacked the Zimbabwe […] …
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Statutory Instrument 5 of 2023. [CAP. 21:05 Base Minerals Export Control (Unbeneficiated Base Mineral Ores) Order, 2023
Mines and Mining Development Minister Winston Chitando UNDER the powers conferred upon me by section 3(1)(a) of the Base Minerals Export Control Act [Chapter 21:05], I, Wiston Chitando, MP, Minister of Mines and Mining Development, by this my order direct that with immediate effect as follows: — 1. This order may be cited as the […] …
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Zimdef loses $120m as fraudsters hack bank accounts
Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) fraud suspect Primrose Nyeri Mwangi (second from right) arrives at the Harare Magistrates Courts yesterday flanked by detectives Senior Court Reporter BANK accounts of the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef) were siphoned of $120 million after a syndicate of hackers gained access to the organisation’s computer systems. Using Zimdef authorisation […] …
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Botswana’s ex-president Khama asks court to set aside arrest warrant
‘The warrant of arrest threatens my right to liberty in circumstances where I have committed no crime’ …
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There’s method to the pirate taxi madness. . . Transport cartels in Bulawayo’s underworld
Raymond Jaravaza, Saturday Chronicle Correspondent CLOSE to 20 pirate taxis drivers wait patiently for their turn to board passengers at a busy street corner on the outskirts of the Bulawayo city centre, but under all that calm exists a dark side of the transport business — a well-organised, efficient and ruthless cartel that controls the […] …
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Pictures of vehicles ‘sinking’ in potholes shock the city
Raymond Jaravaza, Saturday Chronicle Correspondent POSITIONED in the middle of a busy road, convenient but totally out of place, is a yellow metal dustbin that a motorist has placed to deter other drivers from plunging into a “deadly” pothole. The pothole, one that can be easily mistaken for a large crater left by construction workers, […] …
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