Bulawayo businessman, director (59) jailed four years for fraudulent sale of same house to two different people

  A PROMINENT Bulawayo businessman who masqueraded as a lawyer and sold his house worth $60 000 to two people who paid for the property in full, has been sentenced to four years in jail. Nesbert Chikaka (59), director of Nisma Engineering in Thorngrove industrial area and resides in Hillside suburb, was convicted of fraud by Bulawayo magistrate Ms Charity Maphosa. The magistrate suspended one year for five years on condition that Chikaka does not…

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Bulawayo and Harare dancers to face off in dance clash at Club 263 in Bulawayo with Bev, heading the Harare team

DANCER Beverly Sibanda will tomorrow headline the Bulawayo vs Harare dance clash that will pit over 20 groups from both cities. The first of its kind, the dance clash at Club 263 in Bulawayo is being organised by Divine Assignments and Dancers Association of Zimbabwe (DAZ). Bev and Apama will head the Harare contingent comprising Fearless, Unique, Expandables and the Bulawayo groups includes Digital Queens, New Age Dance Crew, Ezimnyama, Shosholoza Girlz, Sungura Masters, Khaya…

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Japan International Co-operation Agency (Jica) has started a preparatory survey of the Karoi-Chirundu highway

Japan International Co-operation Agency (Jica)  has started a preparatory survey of the Karoi-Chirundu highway

  THE Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) says it has started a preparatory survey of the Karoi-Chirundu highway with a view to provide a grant for the construction of climbing lanes and improvement of the busy road. The Japanese Embassy, in a statement last Thursday, said the project is being done in line with the bilateral agreements signed between Japan and Zimbabwe during President Robert Mugabe’s State visit, where he met Premier Shinzo Abe in…

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‘The new currency of Bond notes has ran out at most commercial banks’- Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

‘The new currency of Bond notes has ran out at most commercial banks’- Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe

  Barely a week after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe introduced bond notes, the new currency has ran out at most commercial banks.Barely a week after the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe introduced bond notes, the new currency has ran out at most commercial banks. Last week, the central bank released about $12 million of new cash. “The banks have run out of bonds notes in their vaults. We will be having a meeting with the…

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‘Multi-award winning South African gospel singer, S’fiso Ncwane has died’.

‘Multi-award winning  South African gospel singer, S’fiso Ncwane has died’.

‘Multi-award winning  South African gospel singer, S’fiso Ncwane has died’. Although details around of the singer’s death are still sketchy at this stage, the Kulungile Baba hit-maker died today after falling ill, South African media reported. South African media said  the singer was coughing up blood last night. The singer made headlines last year after he bought his pastor a R1.9 Mercedes. The Kulungile Baba hitmaker said  Pastor Anosike “saved his life through prayer” and…

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WHATSAPP REPORT,’Intercity bus head on collision with small truck, kills bus driver 70 kms from Polokwane in South Africa’.

There are unverified reports of head-on collision between an Intercity Bus and a small truck that happen on Sunday morning about 70kms from Polokwane in South Africa. Apparently, the bus was traveling from Bulawayo. The accident is believed to have happened around 4am.It is alleged that the bus driver died on the stop. by Thobekile Zhou, source-Bulawayo24

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Rape accused Prophet Walter Magaya named best religious tourism personality for 2016 by Zanu PF

Rape accused Prophet Walter Magaya  named best religious tourism personality for 2016 by Zanu PF

Zanu PF has showered praise on Prophet Walter Magaya honouring him for tirelessly marketing Zimbabwe international. Through its handpicked Harare Metropolitan province minister, Miriam Chikukwa on Friday named rape accused Magaya as the best religious tourism personality for 2016. His crusades draw thousands of foreigners. Said Chikukwa “The nominations for this award were done by ordinary people and the adjudication was done by an independent organisation. “Through your works, you have placed the image of…

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Bulawayo High Court judge acquits Nkayi Man (43) who brutally axed a mentally ill woman (31) he suspected to be a goblin, ‘because he fell victim to a belief in witchcraft

Bulawayo High Court judge acquits Nkayi Man (43) who brutally axed a mentally ill woman (31) he suspected to be a goblin, ‘because he fell victim to a belief in witchcraft

A MAN from Nkayi who brutally axed a mentally ill woman he suspected to be a goblin, has been acquitted. Bulawayo High Court judge, Justice Francis Bere, who is on circuit in Hwange, acquitted Sibangilizwe Moyo (43) of Tunke Village of a murder charge in connection with the death of Sithembiso Tshuma who was aged 31 when the incident happened in 2012. Moyo axed Tshuma to death after she emerged from the darkness and blocked…

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Police block demo over council bosses’ mega salaries

Riot police yesterday broke up a demonstration at Town House in Harare organised by several residents’ groups which were protesting against astronomical salaries that the city’s top managers continue to award themselves.After successive years of milking local authorities, Cabinet issued a directive in 2014 putting a cap on salaries for local authorities’ bosses.   Top council executives also received unbudgeted allowances that saw the city losing hundreds of thousands of dollars that could have been…

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Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has fired four directors for alleged incompetence.

Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has fired four directors for alleged incompetence.

THE Zimbabwe National Water Authority (ZINWA) has fired four directors for alleged incompetence.   Engineer Israel Rwodzi, Water Supply Operations, Mr Honest Murindagomo, Finance, Eng Bongile Ndiweni, Projects and Planning and Eng Samuel Sunguro, Groundwater and Drilling Services were relieved of their duties after a Zinwa board meeting last week. The directors, sources alleged, failed to put in place mechanisms to ensure that the cash strapped water authority, which has not paid its workers in…

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