adminICAZ to host financial reporting indaba
Pauline Mhuka Business ReporterTHE Institute of Chartered Accountants of Zimbabwe will host an update seminar on international financial reporting standards in Harare next week. According to the organisers, the main thrust of the seminar is to boost the international standing and recognition of the chartered accountant qualification in Zimbabwe for the benefit
Your questions answered
We continue to receive a number of similar questions from readers of this column and this week we will answer some of them. The most frequently asked questions relate to the national pension and other benefits scheme. Question: When can I receive my benefits? Answer: You can claim your retirement benefit when you are 60 years of age, if you are unemployed at that age.Zim-Fund project unveils US$35m for power sector
At least US$35 million will be spent on rehabilitation of power stations, transmission and distribution infrastructure under phase one of the Zim-Fund project, an official said last week. The fund, established in 2010, was created to contribute to early recovery of the country’s economy by mobilising donor resources andHomicide section takes over Prince Edward drowning case
Peter Matambanadzo Senior ReporterInvestigations into the mysterious death of Prince Edward schoolboy Munashe Banda have intensified with police from the homicide section taking over the matter.
The 13-year-old boy’s body was found floating in a school swimming pool last month. Initially the case was being investigated by Milton Park Police, but has since
Court bars governor from evicting villagers
Felex Share Herald ReporterThe High Court has provisionally blocked Midlands provincial Governor and Resident Minister Jason Machaya from evicting villagers from the Mabhula Resettlement Scheme in Zvishavane pending the determination of the matter. In an interim relief granted by Justice Nicholas Mathonsi, Governor Machaya was ordered to suspend
Wife-basher jailed despite offer to repent
Court ReporterA convict serving eight months for defaulting on a US$200 fine for domestic violence has vowed to become a Christian if given the chance to pay the money. Arthur Kamutepa (33) of Unit F in Chitungwiza was convicted in June this year and was ordered to pay a US$200 fine. Kamupeta defaulted and was later arrested facing
Man accused of sodomising boy (3)
Beitbridge BureauPolice have arrested a 40-year-old man from Dulibadzimu, here, for allegedly sodomising a three-year-old boy. Marecorder Kwenda of house 477 in Dulibadzimu was not asked to plead when he appeared before Beitbridge resident magistrate Miss Gloria Takundwa yesterday. Kwenda was charged with aggravated sexual assault,
MP loses monthly rentals to caretaker
Court ReporterShurugwi South legislator Cde Anastancia Ndhlovu allegedly lost US$800 meant for her Letombo Park, Harare, home monthly rentals to a caretaker. It is alleged Cde Ndhlovu gave Pernshewince Gumbani (22), US$800 which he was supposed to hand over to an agent, Natso Mbire of Sub-Saharan Real Estate. Gumbani denied the
Waddilove School pupil convicted of sodomy
An 11-year-old pupil at Waddilove Primary School in Marondera was yesterday convicted of sodomising a nine-year-old pupil at the same institution. Marondera magistrate Ms Mavis Kadumba sentenced the boy to three years imprisonment, which was wholly suspended for five years, and three strokes of cane to be‘Prophet’ arraigned for swindling businessman
Court ReporterSELF-STYLED prophet Gathry Chiredzero reportedly swindled a Harare businessman of US$18 000 in a botched car deal. Chiredzero was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Ms Anita Tshuma yesterday. Ms Tshuma remanded Chiredzero to November 16 on US$200 bail. Prosecutor Mr Tungamirai