Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 68-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo landlord has been fined US$140 for brutally assaulting a tenant over a security deposit dispute. Nyangirai Nyanyiwa of Emganwini suburb appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Jeconia Prince Ncube last week, where he was convicted of assault following an altercation involving his tenant, Everjoy Ndlovu, 41. He pleaded not guilty…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER HARARE City Council housing manager Edgar Dzehonye and retired acting town clerk Pakamile Mabhena-Moyo have written to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) dismissing allegations that they are on the run following a US$150 000 land fraud case. The allegations surfaced in court last week when Desmond Rutsito and Leeroy Manyange…
TAPIWA CHIRUME A 20-MAN gang raided a National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) feeder station near Harare, overpowering guards to steal US$10 000 in transformer parts. The brazen night-time assault occurred on June 23 at the Marova Feeder Station, located between Norton and Lochinvar. The suspects arrived in a truck, scaled the perimeter fence, and stormed…
Tapiwa Chirume A FOUR-MEMBER armed robbery gang that terrorised Harare by raiding schools, wholesalers, and businesses at gunpoint has been jailed for decades. The regional court convicted Simbarashe Chambati, 23, Thomas Marange, 25, Tinashe Makara, 31, and Amos Makara, 43, on six counts of armed robbery. The court sentenced Chambati, Marange, and Tinashe Makara to…
YVONNE NCUBE A 25-YEAR-OLD man from Emganwini has been convicted of theft of a motor vehicle and is awaiting sentencing after he was found guilty of stealing a car and two mobile phones from outside a city centre nightclub. Melvin Ncube appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mark Dzira, who convicted him of one count of…
THE police’s establishment of a 24-hour dedicated Cyber Laboratory within the CID Forensic Science Directorate is a commendable and long-overdue intervention. For too long, our rapidly expanding digital marketplace has resembled the Wild West. Law enforcement’s decisive step to create a specialised crack unit acknowledges a harsh reality: cybercrime is no longer a peripheral nuisance….
BRANDON JOSPHAT LEADING opposition voices have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa to withhold his assent on Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 (CAB3).Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, they reiterated that the electorate must approve the draft legislation through a mandatory national referendum.At the same time, CAB3 opponents say they are considering their next steps…
THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe chief executive officer, Lucy Marowa, says the organisation is pioneering innovative community and corporate partnerships to stabilise the country’s blood stocks to address sharp seasonal shortages and a heavy historic reliance on school-aged donors. Speaking to The Financial Gazette Deputy Editor, Tendai Kamhungira, one widely followed news and current affairs…
KUDZANAI GEREDE ZIMBABWE’s National Quality Policy is in its final stages and will be tabled before Cabinet in the coming weeks as the government moves to strengthen product standards and industrial competitiveness, Industry minister Mangaliso Ndlovu has said. Speaking at the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC) annual congress in Victoria Falls this week, Ndhlovu…
ANESU MIRISAWU SOMETIMES, it takes watching someone else chase their dream to remember your own. For newly crowned Miss Universe Zimbabwe Roseanna Hall, serving as a judge at last year’s Miss Universe Zimbabwe pageant reignited a dream she had long convinced herself was over. “I did serve as a judge last year and that experience…
