MANICALAND Provincial Affairs minister Mandiitawepi Chimene has admitted that the $15 billion diamond loot in Chiadzwa exposed the Zanu PF leadership in the province, as the alleged scam was conducted under their noses.   The outspoken minister made the remarks last Friday at the Zimpapers’ Diamond FM launch in Mutare, where she said all Zanu PF politicians in the provin

A BULAWAYO tout who fondled a police officer’s breast after she refused to board a bus at Renkini bus terminus was yesterday ordered to perform 410 hours of community service for indecent assault.Godfrey Chagwiza, 34, had pleaded not guilty but was convicted.On May 8 at around 8AM, the police officer was accompanying her sister to board a bus to Zvishavane at Renkini bus terminus when Chagwiza a

A SUPPLIER of luxury coaches is suing Foundation College for more than $1,1 million for allegedly breaching the terms of contract in a botched bus deal.The failed deal also resulted in the Harare based company losing its contract with Xiamen Kinglong United Automobile Industry, a Chinese vehicle manufacturer which was supplying it with luxury buses.Frontcomm Investments (Pvt) Ltd procured two buse

A WOMAN from Pelandaba suburb in Bulawayo allegedly ignored her 17-year-old niece’s pleas for help when she was being raped by her husband.The woman, whose name was not disclosed in court, allegedly turned a blind eye as her husband Jacob Nkomo, 30, raped the girl.Nkomo yesterday appeared before Western Commonage court facing three counts of rape.He was not asked to plead and was remanded in cus

FOUR villagers from Mwenezi allegedly fatally assaulted a man they accused of being a rapist with logs and switches before dumping his body on a mountain, police confirmed yesterday.Armstrong Munamo, 27, Prudence Kamazwa, 25, and two boys aged 17 and 15 whose names cannot be disclosed for ethical reasons, allegedly killed Alloy Chishiri, 40, after accusing him of raping a fellow villager in an are

 TWO war veterans died on the spot, while 13 others escaped with serious injuries when a bus they were travelling in hit a beast and veered off the road before overturning in Filabusi.The two deceased former freedom fighters – Saziso Sibanda and Betty Madhochi – were on their way from a meeting organised by the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs, Obedingwa Mguni, in Gwanda on Saturday.Matabe

One person was killed while 28 others were injured, eight of them seriously, when a Mutare-bound Mercedes-Benz Sprinter rammed into a Sabot staff bus at Mabvuku turn-off yesterday morning.According to eyewitnesses, the Sabot staff bus from Mabvuku heading for the city, failed to give way to the speeding minibus which crashed onto the articulated bus’ trailer.National police spokesperson Senior A

Energy and Power Development Minister Dr Samuel Undenge has come out guns blazing at the Zimbabwe Power Company demanding that they justify reasons for paying controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s Intratek $5 million for the 100 megawatt Gwanda solar project in the absence of a performance guarantee to safeguard public funds.Dr Undenge, who was last week quoted as saying ZPC tenders were

Government has written to the government of Kuwait seeking an immediate ban on the issuance of Article 20 visas to Zimbabweans to prevent more people from being trafficked to the Middle East country.Under Kuwaiti immigration laws, an Article 20 visa restricts one to being a domestic worker.Government also wants the Kuwait government to arrange compensation for the period Zimbabwean human trafficki

THE new National Appeals and Review Committee of the ZANU-PF Central Committee tasked with considering appeals from party members aggrieved by either their suspension or expulsion by the National Disciplinary Committee (NDC) is set to deal with 36 cases, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday.VP Mnangagwa told mourners at the burial of former Zanu-PF Women’s League secretary for admini

Harare has halted demolitions of church structures erected on undesignated sites and will introduce temporary permits or leases for illegal church buildings in a bid to regulate their activities as well ensure compliance with the city’s by-laws.In an interview, Environment Management Committee chairperson Councillor Herbert Gomba said the city would also send technical teams to visit cooperative

Former Cabinet Minister Webster Shamu was yesterday named in Parliament as the proprietor of a downtown strip tease joint that was allegedly used as a recruitment point in the trafficking of 150 women to Kuwait and other countries in the Middle East.Several legislators called for the closure of the joint, accusing it of promoting debauchery and demanded that Kuwait embassy officials be held respon

Former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Governor Dr Kombo Moyana has had his eight-hectare prime land in Mt Pleasant Heights attached over a $251 000 debt, a sign that the banker might have fallen on hard times.Dr Moyana’s company, Playgreen Farming (Private) Limited, borrowed $251 800 from Agatec Enterprises but failed to pay back within the agreed time-frame.Agatec, through its lawyer, Mr Vusani Bangi

Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's son Collins Takunda is embroiled in a company ownership wrangle with a Chinese businessman, Mingel Cheng, who accuses him of fraudulently grabbing his Timesite Enterprises using political muscle. In an April 25 letter to Mashonaland Central Provincial Affairs minister Martin Dinha, Cheng alleged through his attorneys Gumbo and Associates that Collins and his par

A 67-YEAR-OLD Honde Valley man was recently slapped with a 15-year jail term for raping and impregnating his 15-year-old mentally-challenged grandchild.He will, however, serve a 10-year effective jail term after five years were suspended on condition of good behaviour.The man, whose personal and residential details have been withheld to protect the identity of the victim, has since approached the