Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 36-YEAR-OLD man from Emganwini suburb has been convicted of malicious damage to property after he admitted to burning down his family home following a misunderstanding with his wife. Tinashe Moyo appeared before magistrate Eva Mature facing charges of malicious damage to property. He pleaded guilty to the charge and was…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court Judge Justice Rodgers Manyangadze has deemed unconstitutional provisions of a law that criminalised citizens who injure “the sovereignty and national interest of Zimbabwe’’ and promote “calls for economic sanctions” against the country. In a recent ruling, Justice Manyangadze said sections of the law, Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, infringed…
GOVERNMENT says it will ban the export of lithium concentrate by January 2027. Addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing in Harare yesterday, the minister of Information, Jenfan Muswere, said the country’s lithium ore bodies were multi-element containing a number of minerals. “Pertaining to the lithium sub-sector, Zimbabwe produces mainly mostly spodumene ores which are critical in…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A MILTON Boys High School teacher accused of sexually abusing learners at the institution yesterday appeared in court facing aggravated indecent assault charges. Tyson Lunga was remanded in custody to June 13 by magistrate Eva Mature after pleading not guilty to the allegations. The State, represented by Josephine Gurazhira, told the…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw FIREBRAND former war veterans leader, and now Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson, Jabulani Sibanda, has laid into bigwigs who stand accused of fomenting divisions within the ruling party. Addressing members of Zanu PF’s Bulawayo District Coordinating Committee (DCC) this past weekend, JB — as Sibanda is popularly known as — also charged that some…
Takudzwa Dhambu dhambut@dailynews.co.zw THE National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) is calling on the government, corporate sector, and institutions to encourage their employees to donate blood and help save lives. With a target to collect 97 500 units of blood this year, up from 88 450 units last year, the NBSZ is facing a challenge…
Staff writer in BULAWAYO A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy in Binga, Matabeleland North Province, died after falling into a metal dish containing 40 litres of boiling porridge, the police have confirmed. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said the tragic incident happened after the child was left in the care of his grandmother who was brewing traditional…
RUTENDO NGARA HARARE provincial magistrate Winfilda Tiatara has cancelled a warrant of arrest which was issued against former Zanu PF youth leader Lewis Matutu for defaulting court last week. According to Matutu’s lawyer Moffat Makuvatsine, the warrant was issued due to errors in the court record. Matutu is Zanu PF Midlands deputy provincial chairperson. Makuvatsine…
Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw OVER 300 Kariba residents, who are beneficiaries of a housing scheme, Kasese, are threatening to occupy un-serviced stands owing to the prolonged development timeline. The scheme was planned in 2003, but work on the project did not resume until 2021 leaving some home seekers who had purchased stands in 2010 enraged amid…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS IT IS important that Zanu PF followers tell President Emmerson Mnangagwa the truth about what is happening in the country and in the party to help him to move the nation forward. So said plain-spoken Zanu PF politburo member, Tino Machakaire — who is also the country’s Youth…
