Civil Service Pensioner wage bill consumed about $500 million of last years government budget,Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa has revealed in responce to a question on Wednesday in Parliament by MDC-T MP for Bulawayo South, Eddie Cross. Cross sought to know the number of civil service pensioners on the Government system in 2015 and the amount of money they were paid.Chi

Harare City Council has launched a full scale investigation into its accounts system after revelations emerged that two ananymous computers were being used to bill customers and create fraudulent invoices for paying customers. According to Auditor-General Mildred Chiri’s report on local authorities for 2015 which exposed corruption in most councils, the city’s IT department failed to detect th

A Harare man allegedly raped his two daughters aged 7 years old and 16 years old, claiming that it was his duty to teach them how to perform in bed.He was charged with three counts of rape. He was remanded in custody to June 28 and advised to apply bail at the High Court.Allegations are that sometime in January 2011, the 44 year old man called his 7-year-old daughter into his bedroom while his wif

The private prosecutor is baying for Bikita West legislator Munyaradzi Kereke to be jailed sighting that there has been overwhelming evidence that he raped his wife’s 11 year old niece in 2010. In his closing submissions, Charles Warara said by refusing to be tried for the past five years, Kereke knew he was guilty of raping the minor and indecently assaulting her sister. The magistrate Noel Mup

THE Zimbabwe National Road Administration Authority (Zinara) will roll out prepaid tolling cards next month meant to enhance efficiency, as it moves to plug leakages in revenue collection.Zinara acting CEO, Moses Juma told a local publication that the roads administrator has roped in a local company, Univern, for the prepaid tolling card system, which he said is one of the innovations the company

WAR veterans’ leaders are reportedly on high alert and have scaled up their security following President Robert Mugabe’s recent threats to crush them for seeking to dictate who should succeed him, NewsDay has learnt.While most have chosen to remain tight-lipped and diplomatic, it has emerged that the former freedom fighters believe that Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa could also be a target

FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) fears the ruling Zanu PF may try to either stop its inaugural rally in Harare or disrupt it, as it was shaken by the crowds they drew at their meeting in Bulawayo last weekend.ZimPF spokesperson, Jealous Mawarire yesterday said, while the party had notified the police as required by law and received communication from authorities

MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday hit back at Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere, describing him as a “small boy”, who neither has the capacity nor mandate to comment on his occupation of the government-owned Highlands mansion.Kasukuwere, at the weekend, told Zanu PF supporters in Mutare that Tsvangirai could not challenge the Zanu PF-led government because he was a lodger i

Information Communication and Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira yesterday said a forensic audit instituted by the parastatal to probe NetOne is almost complete, warning suspended chief executive officer, Reward Kangai against hoodwinking the public by raising “frivolous” allegations to evade investigations against him.Kangai appeared before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on In

A MAN from Cowdray Park suburb in Bulawayo who dragged a Form Four pupil into a sandpit next to graves at Luveve Cemetery before raping her, has been sentenced to 20 years in jail.Dumani Madi (25) pleaded guilty to rape when he appeared before Regional Magistrate Mr Chrispen Mberewere.He told the court that the girl, who was a virgin before her rape ordeal, volunteered to undress herself.Madi said

A THREE-year-old toddler from Gutu was burnt beyond recognition after he accidentally set a broken down vehicle he and his brother were playing in, alight.Blessing Mukombe of Card Location at Mpandawana Growth Point was trapped in the vehicle while his brother escaped unhurt.His brother rushed to inform neighbours who attended the scene but found the boy already dead.Masvingo police spokesperson I

A KENYAN couple suspected to be illegal immigrants is feared to have drowned in the Zambezi River.The couple allegedly jumped off a canoe that is suspected to have been illegally taking them into Zimbabwe from Zambia on June 9.Zambian police say the unnamed couple was frightened when a snake appeared and began swimming alongside the canoe.The two had allegedly approached a Zambian who reportedly a

A 17-YEAR-OLD boy from Mvuma was yesterday handed a two-year wholly suspended sentence for assaulting his mother and her lover.A court heard how the teenager went haywire when his mother started co-habiting with her lover after his father went to prison.He pelted his mother with stones, accusing her of being a “heartless witch” before beating up his mother’s lover when he tried to intervene.

A BULAWAYO man allegedly started shouting profanities during a prayer session, stabbed his wife and sucked her blood before attacking two neighbours with a shovel.Lovemore Khumalo, 42, a security guard reportedly left his neighbours unconscious, after the vicious attack.He appeared before regional magistrate Sibongile Msipa-Marondedze facing two counts of attempted murder.The magistrate remanded K

THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) is seeking to have a Bulawayo law firm, James Mutsauki Attorneys placed under curatorship and its owner’s practising certificate cancelled over alleged trust fund fraud involving more than $30,000.The LSZ has filed an urgent chamber application at the Bulawayo High Court citing James Mutsauki Attorneys and the law firm’s senior partner, James Mutsauki as the r