BY TAPIWA CHIRUME MAKONI Rural District Council (RDC) in Manicaland has warned villagers that it will impose a US$50 penalty with effect from November 1 if their homes have no toilets. The council said the decision was part of its efforts to curb open defecation. This comes as most villagers in Makoni RDC lack access…
A BOGUS police officer has been jailed five years for extorting a bereaved family after convincing them he could investigate the mysterious death of their relative. Shepherd Mangoma was on Thursday convicted by Harare provincial magistrate Tapiwa Banda of impersonating a police officer and extortion. The court heard that Mangoma convinced the family that their…
Takudzwa Dhambu STAFF WRITER dhambut@dailynews.co.zw POLICE in Seke are investigating a suspected case of murder and suicide following the death of a mother and her two children this week. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the death of Ruth Ruvarashe Chidume, 35, and her two children, Tatenda Precious Blessings, 4, and Ira Makanakaishe Gumbo,…
Takudzwa Dhambu STAFF WRITER dhambut@dailynews.co.zw A TOTAL of ZiG62 million has been set aside for today’s parliamentary and council by-elections for Gutu East, Insiza North, and in Chipinge and Binga rural district councils. Addressing a press conference in Harare yesterday, the deputy chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), Rodney Kiwa, said all the logistics…
BY TAPIWA CHIRUME HARARE City Council (HCC) has warned it will clamp down on lawlessness and illegal business operations in and around the capital as part of its revenue collection. To enforce the clampdown, the council’s acting town clerk, Phakamile Mabhena Moyo, yesterday said the council would disconnect water supplies from business properties with rate…
By Brandon Josphat and Memory Nyakarenga in CHINA CHINA says developing countries, including Zimbabwe, can eradicate poverty by implementing tailored policies and mobilising social forces against impoverishment. Speaking at a lecture organised by the Hunan International Business Vocational College (HIBVC) in China on Wednesday, Song Xiaoping, a professor at the institution, said his country managed…
Deep in the bowels of Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium, a note is taped to the door of Shakira’s production office. “Please come…
Pope Leo XIV has appointed the first Chinese bishop of his papacy, signalling that he will continue a historic agreement that sought…
A British man has walked away from the wreckage of the Air India crash that killed 241 people in an extraordinary tale…
An Air India passenger plane bound for London’s Gatwick airport crashed shortly after taking off in Ahmedabad, western India, on Thursday, killing…
