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Former Home Affairs Minister Ignatius Chombo, who is facing a slew of corruption charges, last week got a reprieve when a Harare court acceded to a request for his passport to be returned for him to get medical attention outside the country.
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Regional airliner, fastjet, has been ordered by a labour officer to reinstate an employee it unlawfully dismissed.
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A SOLDIER from Bulawayo died in South Africa last week after he was shot by an unknown assailant when he resisted a robbery attempt, leading to an argument in a supermarket.
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A Chitungwiza man has been jailed for an effective two years after he broke into a house and stole valuables worth $200.
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Three Chimanimani men were arraigned before the courts for fraudulently misrepresenting to three people that they were Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company (ZCDC) human resource managers who could hire them as drivers before fleecing them of $295.
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Police have launched a manhunt for a 35-year-old Gweru man who allegedly stabbed his ex-wife with a knife several times in the chest after reading love messages on her cellphone.
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A bogus estate agent who was arrested last year for defrauding a couple of $8 000 was last week jailed for an effective three years after conning another couple in a botched low-density residential stand deal.
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Police in Zvishavane last week launched a foot patrol unit to intensify the fight against crime, while promoting an interface between the force and the community.
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There was drama in Chipinge recently when an unidentified passenger in a Honda Fit stole the vehicle after the driver had stopped to relieve himself.
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The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has warned the public to be wary of criminals masquerading as agents helping in the processing of certificates or clearance (vetting of fingerprint forms), saying the force does not use third parties. The public is therefore urged to exercise diligence when taking their fingerprints for vetting.
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Daniel Nemukuyu Senior Court Reporter Zimbabwe People First (ZPF)top official Mr Didymus Mutasa has approached the Supreme Court to save his property from being auctioned over $26 900 he owes a Harare law firm. Mr Mutasa had his property attached over unpaid legal fees he owes Nyakutombwa Mugabe Legal Counsel and was taken to LM […]
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The trial of former Energy and Power Development Minister Samuel Undenge, who is accused of prejudicing Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of $12 650, failed to start yesterday after the State sought a postponement. The matter will now be heard on May 15. Undenge appeared before Harare regional magistrate Mr Hoseah Mujaya for commencement of trial.
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A third year student at Midlands State University (MSU), who was on industrial attachment at the institution, was forced to abandon her internship over alleged sexual harassment after an agriculture lecturer reportedly stripped naked in front of her. The student (name withheld) allegedly informed her supervisor about the indecent assault, but she chose to sweep the matter under the carpet.
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A man has been sentenced to two years in jail for assaulting the driver of a Gokwe-bound bus, which left him behind when he disembarked in Chegutu for recess. Frank Chipikiri (29) was a passenger in a Zvishandwa Bus Services coach on his way to Gokwe from Harare.
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A man from Mabvumba Village under Chief Mposi in Mberengwa who stabbed his wife with a spear following a misunderstanding over anti-retroviral treatment (ARV) will spend the next 120 days in jail. The 47-year-old man appeared before Mberengwa magistrate Mrs Evia Matura on attempted murder charges and pleaded guilty.