Crime Reporter TWENTY-EIGHT people were arrested last Friday in Harare on allegations of dealing in or consuming illicit drugs. A police crackdown on drug peddlers and syndicates started last year, with several peddlers arrested and their bases destroyed in raids focusing on Harare and Chitungwiza. Those raids concentrated on Mbare, Chitungwiza, Mabvuku, Epworth, Dzivarasekwa, Glen […]
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Mupfumira, Masoka trial date set
File Pic: Prisca Mupfumira at the Harare Magistrate Courts. — Picture: Lee Maidza Senior Court Reporter The Harare Magistrates Court yesterday set September 15 as the trial date for former Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira and ex-Ministry of Public Service and Social Welfare permanent secretary Ngoni Masoka, on criminal abuse of office as public officers and […]
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Zimra flags Beitbridge as corruption hotspot
One of the houses belonging to a Zimra employee identified by the revenue collection agency for forfeiture following a lifestyle audit of its workers Mashudu Netsianda Senior Reporter BEITBRIDGE Border Post, the country’s busiest inland port of entry, has been identified as the country’s major corruption hot spot, with some Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) officials […]
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186 000 arrested for bribery, smuggling
Crime Reporter MORE than 186 600 people have been arrested countrywide on the three targeted crackdowns against cross-border crimes, bribing police and operating in machete gangs. The suspects have been arrested in separate incidents and most of them have either been fined or are appearing in court facing various charges. In a statement, national police […]
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Sulphur spillage along Harare-Chirundu poses danger
Source: Sulphur spillage along Harare-Chirundu poses danger – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY NHAU MANGIRAZI THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) says there has been a sulfur spillage along the Harare–Chirundu highway, close to Tsetse check point In a statement Ema provincial education and advocacy officer, Munyaradzi Nhariswa said no fatalities related to the spillage have been recorded. […]
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Bogus real estate agent in the dock
Source: Bogus real estate agent in the dock – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE BOGUS real estate agent Jacqueline Gijima (34) has been arraigned before the courts for duping a desperate land seeker of US$28 000. Gijima was yesterday remanded out of custody to June 30 on free bail by Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda. The […]
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‘It’s too late for diaspora voters’
Source: ‘It’s too late for diaspora voters’ – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY SHARON BUWERIMWE CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have decried the discrimination of diasporans who will not vote in the 2023 general elections because the country has not reformed its electoral laws. There have been loud calls from different sections of society demanding amendments to the […]
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Leave late VP Nkomo alone: Zapu
Source: Leave late VP Nkomo alone: Zapu – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY SILAS NKALA THE opposition Zapu party has ordered the secessionist Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) to let the late former Vice-President Joshua Nkomo’s spirit rest in peace and stop soiling his name. This follows MRP leader Mqondisi Moyo’s attacks on Nkomo accusing him of turning […]
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Zanu PF to dissolve Marondera cell structures
Source: Zanu PF to dissolve Marondera cell structures – NewsDay Zimbabwe BY JAIROS SAUNYAMA THE Zanu PF leadership in Mashonaland East province is considering to dissolve its cell structures ahead of next year’s elections claiming they were not representative enough. Addressing a provincial co-ordinating committee meeting in Marondera on Sunday, provincial chairperson Daniel Garwe said […]
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Acting PG Mutsonziwa in soup
BY DESMOND CHINGARANDE POLICE on Wednesday last week opened a criminal docket against acting Prosecutor-General Nelson Mutsonziwa for reportedly destroying a court docket in 2014. The docket was opened at the Harare Central Police Station under case number IR 061520 following a complaint by businessman Chemist Siziba. In a statement issued to the police by […]
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