By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO TAURAI Prosper Vanhuvaone, who is on trial for allegedly masquerading as a doctor and defrauding patients, has withdrawn his guilty plea, claiming he was misled into admitting to the charges. This comes after he was last week convicted on two counts of fraud. However, when he was now appearing for…
By Yvonne Ncube A TWENTY-ONE year-old man from Nkulumane suburb, Bulawayo, has been convicted of armed robbery after he robbed at gunpoint a Honda Fit driver whom they had hired in the company of his two accomplices who are still at large. Prosper Khumalo appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing a charge of…
STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe (Stanbic) has managed to facilitate the importation of products worth over US$3 million from China in the past three years for its clients marking a significant milestone to its strategic focus on the Asian economic giant. The bank launched the Africa-China Trade Solutions (ACTS) facility in 2021. In its financial results for…
THE latest crime statistics paint a grim picture of a country grappling with an alarming rise in criminal activity. As economic challenges continue to bite, it’s no surprise that desperate measures are being taken by desperate individuals. However, it’s imperative that authorities take immediate action to stem the tide of this rising crime wave. According…
LEADING financial institution, First Capital Bank (FCB), senior executives will hold an eight-day nationwide roadshow covering 10 towns and cities to bring banking and financial solutions to clients and communities across the country. In a statement yesterday, FCB said the roadshow was designed to reinforce the bank’s commitment to customer-centricity, innovation, and financial inclusion. “We…
A HIGH number of mental health cases among information technology (IT) professionals are being reported in the country, local health specialists have said. In separate interviews with the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, the mental health specialists attributed the cause of the rise of mental health in IT specialists to anxiety and limitations in their…
BY RUTENDO NGARA FORMER Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs Amos Chibaya and Costa Machingauta, together with three other party activists, were on Friday convicted of participating in an unlawful gathering in 2023 by Harare magistrate Sharon Rakafa. The other 20 accused persons were acquitted on the basis that they were arrested in a dragnet…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT & BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI UNITY, not confrontation, is the tonic that Zimbabwe needs to move the country forward and to end its decades-long political and economic challenges. So said representatives of business and labour yesterday, while also discouraging ordinary Zimbabweans and workers from participating in Monday’s mooted mass protests around the country. Speaking…
BY TAKUDZWA DHAMBU AUTHORITIES have implored private companies to build their own power-generating plants and alleviate pressure on the national grid. This comes as Zesa recently said the country’s electricity supply situation would worsen in the coming weeks, after two key units at the Hwange Thermal Power Station were removed off the grid for maintenance….
BY THABISO MUTIRWARA THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is in the process of removing 25 527 deceased voters across the country from the voters roll in terms of the Electoral Act if no objections are made. This was confirmed in a notice on Friday by the acting chief elections officer, Simbarashe Tongayi, in the latest…
