A man from Magunje area was hurled before the courts after killing his uncle who had taken him to a prophet for alleged deliverance from evil spirits. Cover Warasi of Plot No. 40, Village 4 Lazy 5, Kasimure in Hurungwe, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Karoi magistrate Mr Obedience Matare last Friday.Warasi, who was charged with murdering his father's young brother Goodluck Manyepa

Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has come out guns blazing, blasting the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) on its ill tendency of demanding tax for services that doctors render to patients free of charge.VP Mphoko made the remarks while donating 3 000 day-old chicks to residents of Mpopoma suburb at Bango Shopping Centre in Bulawayo on Sunday.He said it was not fair for Zimra to demand tax from

Construction of the new 650-seater Parliament building in Mt Hampden is set to start after the Chinese government released an initial tranche of $46 million for the project.The new Parliament is being built to replace the current one which is short of space resulting in some legislators being forced to conduct business in the August House while standing.Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda

TAJAMUKA/SESIJIKILE has released a damning statement accusing the State-owned but Zanu PF controlled press of paddling falsehoods about the country's demonstrations against president Robert Mugabe. The Herald has in the past months been the State's leading voice in downplaying and at times lying about the causes of the anti-Mugabe protests that have been trending in the country since July

A MIDLANDS State University (MSU) student was hurled before the courts for selling daga, which he claimed was meant to raise his school fees.Bruce Jeremiah of Kilwinning Road in Hatfield, Harare, pleaded guilty to unlawful possession or use of dangerous drugs when he appeared before Magistrate Tavengwa Chibanda.The magistrate fined him $100 or 90 days imprisonment.The dagga weighing 0.099kg was fo

THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) will this week reward companies and businesses that religiously paid taxes last year.The categories include large scale remitters, small to medium enterprises remitters and top remitters in the customs and excise category, which are sub-categorised into Value Added Tax remitters, Pay As You Earn and Income Tax remitters.In a statement inviting shortlisted com

A primary school headmaster in Nkayi allegedly embezzled close to $17 000 from the school's fees payments.Ceaser Nkomo, the headmaster of Sagonda Primary School, allegedly siphoned the funds between 2011 and 2016 when an audit report exposed him.Nkomo is out on bail and is set to appear before Nkayi magistrate Themba Chimiso facing five counts of theft and fraud on Wednesday.The State alleges that

BARELY six months after its launch, Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) led by Dr Joice Mujuru is failing to pay $15 000 to a company that printed T-shirts for the political outfit, the State press says. According to the Herald, Adlyn Printers (Pvt) Limited printed 5 000 T-Shirts worth $15 000 for ZimPF in June this year but no payment was made, in violation of the agreement.The company, through it

Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko has castigated the Anti-Corruption Commission as being corrupt and made up of sinister officials who are wanted for crimes they committed in foreign countries. Speaking in Bulawayo yesterday, the Vice President said it was sad that some officials in the Anti-Corruption Commission were corrupt people who did not deserve to be part of that commission."There are

Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) has found itself in a sticky situation after the party's administration received court summons over alleged failure to pay for t-shirts used on its launch.The Joice Mujuru led opposition party is failing to pay $15 000 to Adlyn Printers (Pvt) Limited who printed 5 000 T-Shirts in June this year but no payment was made, in violation of the agreement.The company, throug

The Zimbabwe Republic police have finally broken the silence and claimed that they did not use live bullets to disperse protestors.This comes amid claims that police had been armed with live bullets on Saturday as fear of violent mass protests escalates.Police spokesperson Chief Superintendent Paul Nyathi claimed that no firearm or live bullets have been used during protests that have been held in

Home Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo and Police Commissioner- General Augustine Chihuri have found themselves in murky waters after they have been taken to court for unlawful arrest.Solomon Madzore, and MDC-T activist, Zwelibanzi Dube are demanding $189 400 compensation for unlawful arrest, detention and prosecution over the death of Police Inspector Petros Mutedza, in Glen View, Harare, five yea

Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor, Dr John Mangudya announced that bond notes are set to start circulation at the end of October amid gross misunderstanding of the RBZ strategy.The first batch of bond notes will be circulating with an initial equivalent value of about $75 million which will be injected into the market by the end of the year.Presenting his Mid-Term Monetary Policy Statement yesterd

Tajamuka/Sesijikile activist, Silvanos Mudzvova who was abducted on Tuesday night by suspected State Security agents was found left for dead after being brutally tortured. Mudzvova was abducted from his Crowborough home in full view of his wife and children. He is currently hospitalized, suffering from heavy injuries.Mudzvova was tortured using sharp objects and an electric gadget which they place

Government has announced that war veterans benefits will not be scraped off, amid an attempt to cut civil servant salaries and annual bonuses.Recently Finance Minister Chinamasa has been lambasted by the President Mugabe administration for "suggesting" to trim civil servants salaries and freeze annual bonuses in a bid to cut treasury expenditure.War Veterans’ minister Tshinga Dube yesterday said