Zimbabwean police sources say the Criminal Investigations Department believes the woman who was likely the last person to see corporate executive Doug Munatsi alive at his Northfields penthouse, Coletta, has the smoking gun - incontrovertible evidence - to what happened to him.
A smoking gun is a piece of incontrovertible incriminating evidence.
The CID says the security guard said he last saw Munatsi on 28 November 2021 at about 1820 hours when he (deceased) told him that he was expecting a guest at the flat and he asked the informant to escort the guest to his flat when she arrived.
"The guard further mentioned that the said guest who was recorded on the security check point book as Coleta NFPK arrived at about 1905 and he escorted her to the now deceased’s flat. The said guest left the flat at about 2118 hours on foot," an internal CID memo says.
The fact that Coletta left the apartment on foot after 9pm suggests that she lives close by.
Police believe she will provide useful information about what was happening on the fateful day, Munatsi's state of mind, his behaviour, the situation at the penthouse, electricity issue and source of fire (was there a candle lit for instance) and their cellphone communication.
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As more details surrounding the mysterious death of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s key ally Doug Munatsi surface, it has emerged that his body was found without nails.
Denailing is the extraction of the nails from the fingers and toes as a method of torture using pliers or heat.
Mnangagwa said yesterday that Munatsi, who was Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency chief executive, died in "unclear circumstances".
Commonly referred to as denailing, the removal of tore and fingernails using pliers, heat, or even a wire or shard of wood inserted under the nail has been a simple but effective method of torture throughout history.
A new version of Neria, a Zimbabwean film made in 1991, written by award-winning playwright Tsitsi Dangarembga, has been premiered.
It's about the struggles of a local widow after the death of her husband as she battles her late husband brother's predatory cultural practices.
This comes as the world commemorates 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence.
To mark that a group of young film producers premiered a new version of the film Neria.
The original Neria version, with a classic soundtrack by the late Zimbabwean music legend Oliver Mtukudzi, looked at how African tradition and customs are often used to harass, oppress and even perpetrate violence against women.
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The mystery surrounding the death of Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency CEO Doug Munatsi is deepening amid new revelations that he was not burnt the whole body after the fire that gutted his bedroom. His red T-shirt and black short were intact.
An internal police memo seen by The NewsHawks contains some critical details that may shed new light into events leading to the fire and Munatsi's mysterious death, possibly after he was immobilised, drugged and had his bedroom set on fire that destroyed everything in there.
Circumstances: "The informant (Charles Gardner, 32, Chairman of the Northfields Owners Association) occupies the same flat as deceased, residing at the apartment on the 10th floor, while the deceased (Doug Munatsi, 59, occupied the apartment on the 9th floor.
Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency CEO Douglas Tawanda Munatsi, generally known as Doug Munatsi, a business executive and entrepreneur who was the country's investment face, has died.
He died early this morning in a fire incident at his Northfields apartment in Harare.
The NewsHawks, which is busy investigating the incident that raises suspicions of foul play, has established Munatsi died in his bedroom in the fire incident.
There was a fire at the flat, and residents were evacuated, but he remained locked in and was burnt to death inside.
Residents interviewed by The NewsHawks say the apartment had no electricity for the past three days, and when power was restored there was fire outbreak.
They were evacuated before returning to their units, but later Munatsi was found dead in his bedroom.
South Africa is unhappy with the new travel restrictions imposed on it and other southern African nations, including Zimbabwe, by Britain and other other countries due to the discovery of a new Covid-19 variant by its scientists who lead in that field, which is irony writ large.
"The South African government has noted the announcements by several countries to institute temporary travel restrictions on South Africa and other countries in our region. This follows the detection of the new Omicron variant.
"South Africa aligns itself with the World Health Organisation’s position on the latest travel bans.
"The World Health Organisation has pleaded with world leaders not to engage in knee-jerk reactions and has cautioned against the imposition of travel restrictions.
Zimbabwean-born scientist Dr Sikhulile Moyo, now based in Botswana, is credited with detecting the new Covid-19 variant that has caused anxiety across the globe. Ironically, this has caused a negative reaction by way of banning travel among Botswana, Zimbabwe and other nations.
A native of Zimbabwe, Moyo moved to Botswana after completing his undergraduate degree at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare in 1996.
He started working at the Botswana Harvard Partnership as a Lab Assistant in 2003 and was promoted to Laboratory Coordinator, then Deputy Lab Manager, then to his current position as Lab Manager.