Police recovered crystal methamphetamine worth Z$1.7 million (about US$15,000) after a high-speed chase in central Harare which led to the arrest of two women and a man, a court heard on Friday. Kudakwashe Charles Mapara, 25, Gertrude Glenara, 21, and Natasha Gamuchirai Chari, 23, were charged with unlawful dealing in dangerous drugs before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje, who remanded them in custody to Monday for their bail ruling. The court heard that on August 24 this month, detectives from CID Drugs in Harare received information that drug dealers driving in a silver Honda Fit were going to make a delivery of illegal drugs at the NetOne building in central Harare. Police observed the target vehicle parking at Kaguvi Street which is adjacent to the NetOne building. Glenara
The second batch of so-called ‘foreign national offenders’ consisting of seven Zimbabwean deportees from the United Kingdom arrived in the country on Thursday taking the total to 21. The seven, convicted of several crimes including murder, rape, robbery among others, regarded as Foreign National Offenders, arrived at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport aboard a Boeing 767. The returnees were taken to the Zimbabwe Institute of Public Administration and Management (ZIPAM) for quarantine. Last month, UK Home Secretary Priti Patel said the British government was deporting people who have been recognised as Foreign National Offenders and posing a threat to its communities. “My key objective is to protect the public. It is longstanding Government policy t
A SECOND deportation charter flight to Zimbabwe from the UK has been confirmed for next week Wednesday, 25 August, amid indications that some of the Zimbabwean nationals who have been served removal notices are stressed and suicidal. The Zimbabwea government has previously said there is nothing strange about the deportation of Zimbabwean nationals by the United Kingdom government, as the host country had a right to do so if it felt the foreigners were violating its laws. Dozens of Zimbabwean nationals are being held in Brook House Immigration Removal Centre and face removal from the UK. A petition has been launched by Black Activists Rising Against Cuts (BARAC) UK to stop the flight to Harare and currently has over 24,000 signatures. Speaking to The Voice, Zita Holbourne, co-founder
Zimbabwean socialite Lorraine Guyo has opened her braids shop in Harare. Guyo took to social media to announce her good news. Selling has always been a passion of mine. When I started selling braids at my house in Eastlea people would come to me and say ” how can someone like u with all those followers sell braids for $1″ I later on moved into a salon at Eastlea and I tell u the place was not even good looking at all , some would come and they see the situation and go back , others would only come to mock and see what the ‘so called Lorraine Shop” looks like. What I told myself is I know what I want to achieve I know where my vision is going . The best decision that I made that time was not to stop because the inner me was willing to keep going . It
A lovestruck man was recently busted after he dressed up as a woman for four days so that he could write his lover’s exams. 22-year-old Khadim Mboup made headlines in his country following his antics which were motivated by love. Mboup who is a student at the Gaston Berger de Saint-Louis University, in Diourbel, Senegal, decided to take his girlfriend’s Baccalaureate after realising that she would fail. Mboup’s girlfriend, 19-year-old Gangué Dioum, was supposed to be taking her high school graduation exams but is reported to have been hopeless in English. The two young lovers hatched an elaborate scheme to ensure that Gangue would pass her exams by any means necessary. Motivated by his love for his girlfriend, Mboup wore an elaborate female disguise and
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday further extended national lockdown level four by two weeks and warned that Zimbabwe faces the threat of a fourth wave being experienced in other countries. He said this in a televised address yesterday evening as he urged citizens to comply with Covid-19 prevention protocols. The President said the global death toll had reached 4,29 million and the grim figures are largely due to the Delta variant among other virulent variants. The Delta variant has been attributed to 80 percent of Covid-19 cases being recorded in the country which has seen nearly 4 000 people succumbing to the pandemic nationally. The President imposed a national level four national lockdown more than a month ago to contain a spike in Covid-19 infections and deaths. The country
Getting hospitalized for Covid-19 treatment has is causing a financial burden for patients, as most private hospitals in the country are charging fees of up to US$1000 per day. Most patients have been forced to seek treatment and admission at private hospitals as government hospitals are being overwhelmed. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government was forced to institute a level 4 lockdown due to the spike in Covid-19 infections and deaths. According to research carried out by the state-owned weekly publication The Sunday Mail, private hospitals are charging between US$800 and US$1000. This fee is per day in the intensive care unit (ICU). Below are some of the results of the survey: West End Clinic US$800 to US$1 000 per day for ICU Avenues Clinic US$800 to US$1 000
Jesus Generation International Ministries founder and leader, Prophet Edd Branson has officially changed his birth name. On the 28th of July this year, the self-proclaimed man of God changed his birth name Edwin Mutongwizo to Edd Branson Prophet Edd Branson’s ‘Notice of Name Change’ was gazetted in a newspaper column. “NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT,BY NOTARIAL DEED EXECUTED BEFORE ME, ARTHUR MARARA, A LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND NOTARY PUBLIC AT HARARE, ON THE 28TH DAY OF JULY,2021 EDWIN MUTONGWIZO APPEARED IN HIS PERSONAL CAPACITY AND CHANGED HIS NAME AND SURNAME TO EDD BRANSON AND THE APPEARER SHALL HENCEFORTH BE KNOWN ON ALL OCCASSIONS BY THE NAME EDD BRANSON…” reads the notice. Legally adopting a new name, different from your birth n
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa has reached out to thigh vendors and urged them to leave the world’s oldest profession. She called on the women to stop peddling their bodies and to earn money that is clean through various income-generating projects. Amai Mnangagwa made the remarks when she met with women plying the world’s oldest profession in meetings held in Mbare, Hatcliffe and Domboshava on Monday. The First Lady emphasized that the women were putting their bodies in jeopardy. She highlighted that they faced the risk of se_xually-transmitted diseases, cervical cancer and violence. The First Lady was accompanied by several speakers whom she had chosen to help the women. Speaking at one of the meetings, the First Lady said, “I have come so that we map the way
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has reiterated that he still holds the joker card and will surprise his political opponents at the last minute, saying for now he enjoys keeping them “stewing and guessing”. Chamisa added that he had wisdom “from above” and “nothing beats wisdom”. Chamisa has been forced to respond to declarations by rival opposition MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora who warned he would to unleash the full wrath of the law on Chamisa if he ever used the MDC brand for political campaigns and elections. There have been calls from the Chamisa camp to dump the MDC name whilst there was still time to campaign for the 2023 elections, but Chamisa has kept his cards close to his chest and remained adamant that he had plan. This is de
