HOME Affairs minister Ignatius Chombo’s ex-wife, Marian, has accused her former husband of abusing his office to block meetings organised by the opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) in Mashonaland West province, just to frustrate her and settle personal scores.Besides being minister in charge of police, Chombo is Zanu PF national secretary for administration, while Marian is ZimPF Mashonalan

THE Zimbabwe National Students’ Union (Zinasu) has called on government to lower the retirement age for civil servants from 65 to 45 years to tackle youth unemployment.In a statement, Zinasu spokesperson, Zivai Mhetu said given the extremely high level of unemployment prevailing in the country, which is affecting youths more than any other demographic group, government should reduce the retireme

A ZVISHAVANE man allegedly kidnapped his neighbour’s teenage daughter and raped her in an eight-day hostage ordeal. Victor Beta, 36, of Kofi village under Chief Masunda in Zvishavane appeared before Zvishavane magistrate Shepherd Munjanja facing kidnapping and rape charges.He pleaded not guilty, saying he had consensual sex with the 15-year-old girl. “Your worship l didn’t rape her. She agre

A 36–YEAR-OLD Gweru man has appeared in court for stabbing his wife with a knife after suspecting that a new pair of shoes she brought home had been bought by her boyfriend. Samuel Chitopo from Mkoba suburb, Gweru, appeared before Magistrate Tayengwa Chibanda facing attempted murder charges. He was remanded in custody to June 10 after pleading guilty.Chitopo told the court that his wife has a bo

POLICE in Bulawayo are appealing for information on the whereabouts of four missing people. Bulawayo provincial spokesperson, Inspector Precious Simango said Oscar Bango, 50, Brighton Moyo, 30, Minenhle Moyo, 24, and Wesley Chidochashe, 16, went missing in Bulawayo in April and May this year. Insp Simango said Bango, from 4103/23 Kumalo Flats in Kumalo North was last seen on May 2 at about 2PM by

A principal lecturer at Hillside Teachers College in Bulawayo who was fired four years ago for allegedly receiving a $200 bribe from two desperate applicants who sought to secure places to train as teachers, has taken Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo to court challenging his dismissal.Maxwell Kumbirai Jahwi, who is the appellant, has filed an appeal at the Bulawayo La

THE Zimbabwe Council for Tourism has presented results of a research, which concluded that the country could lose $124 million in tourist expenditure if the full cost of the 15 percent value added tax on accommodation sales is passed on to foreign tourists .ZCT chief executive officer Paul Matamisa said the research findings were submitted to Government last month through the Ministry of Tourism a

A woman believed to have facilitated the trafficking of Zimbabwean women to Kuwait where they were turned into slaves has been identified as Norest Maruma.According to the chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Foreign Affairs Kindness Paradza, Maruma is believed to have worked with her Ghanaian boyfriend to dupe the women into believing they had landed well-paying jobs in the Gul

About 60 families, headed by pensioners and widows, occupying St Tropez apartments in Eastlea, Harare have appealed to Government to save them from eviction tomorrow as the National Social Security Authority reclaims its properties.Some of the families have been staying at the premises since the 1980s.NSSA is banking on a judgment delivered by Supreme Court judge Justice Nicholas Mathonsi in March

Police should summon the Dzamara family over the picture of a heavily bandaged man they claimed was that of their relative Itai in alleged detention, legal experts and observers said yesterday.For a family, that purports to be grieving over a missing relative, the analysts said, it was surprising that they would parade the purported photograph instead of taking any information they may have to the

Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo yesterday pleaded for mercy from The Herald after the paper published a number of articles exposing how the Zimbabwe Power Company unprocedurally paid him $5 million for the 100-Megawatt Gwanda solar project.ZPC, reportedly at the instigation of Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Samuel Undenge, paid the money for pre-commencement works on the proje

Commuters who board lifts from undesignated points in towns and cities now risk arrest and paying fines of up to $200 in a move tailored to stop the pirate taxi menace and protect travellers and shoppers.The proposal is contained in Statutory Instrument 41 of 2016 of the Road Traffic (Traffic Signs and Signals) Regulations that was gazetted in April.The Statutory Instrument includes a sign that pr

POLICE yesterday said they were still looking for a commuter omnibus driver who ran over a Form Four pupil Jocelyn Gomba ,17, and Odwell Mabanga ,35, recently.Gomba died on the spot while Mabanga sustained serious spinal injuries and died a day later at Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals. The two were run over by a commuter omnibus from an illegal rank near the entrance of Harare Girls High School, w

A Stanbic Bank chief teller who allegedly stole $164 000 from a cash vault was yesterday freed on $1 000 bail.Aaron Rashama (45) of New Bluffhill in Harare appeared before Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe facing fraud charges.As part of his bail conditions, Mahwe ordered Rashama to surrender his passport, report every Friday to CID Serious Fraud and to reside at his given address.The court heard tha

The High Court has ordered former Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation radio presenter, Alice Masuku, to get her hands off an estate she fraudulently inherited from her half-brother, Mbizo Masuku, after she allegedly purported to be his surviving spouse.Alice is a former presenter of Inhlupho Zanamhla, a Radio Zimbabwe programme which focuses on socio-cultural and economic challenges faced by familie