A TRAGIC swimming pool drowning accident that claimed the life of 14-year-old student Daniel Mukudzei Moyana last week has prompted Hellenic Academy — an elite Harare school — to suspend all lessons today and tomorrow as the community mourns. “We extend our most sincere condolences to the Moyana family, friends and the entire Hellenic Academy…
A 38-YEAR-OLD Mhangura man was last week sentenced to an effective 50 years in prison after being convicted of three counts of raping his minor daughters. The Chinhoyi regional court sentenced the nomadic gold panner from Arda Endeavour, Mhangura, to 20 years on each count, with 10 years suspended for five years on condition of…
TENSIONS boiled over in Harare’s First Street yesterday as municipal police and defiant street vendors engaged in intense running battles, leaving parts of the capital’s central business district temporarily gridlocked. The violent confrontations, witnessed by the Daily News On Sunday, erupted as enforcement teams swooped on illegal traders occupying pavements and undesignated trading spaces. Stallholders…
THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (MCAZ) is pushing for tighter controls on veterinary medicines amid concerns over the circulation of unregistered products, including prescription preparations (PPs), in the country. Speaking during the Veterinary Medicines Stakeholder Virtual meeting yesterday, MCAZ public relations officer Davison Kaiyo said the authority was engaging the Veterinary Services Department to…
A SUSPECTED fraudster from Norton, Hilton Tapiwa Liwanda, allegedly used the name of Mabvuku-Tafara Member of Parliament Pedzai ‘‘Scott’’ Sakupwanya to defraud a complainant of ZAR60 000 in a mining equipment deal. The 29-year-old, who faces fraud charges, was released on US$300 bail when he appeared before Harare magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai, who remanded him to…
CHIEF Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza has celebrated retiring High Court judge Justice Gladys Mhuri’s contribution to Zimbabwe’s justice system, describing her career as a remarkable journey of public service. Speaking at a farewell dinner for Mhuri in Harare on Friday, Gwaunza said Mhuri had built a career spanning prosecution, labour adjudication and the High Court. “An…
A GROCERIES dispute turned fatal in Kwekwe after a 27-year-old man armed himself with an axe and attacked a customer who had confronted him over missing groceries, resulting in the victim’s death. Collen Ishmael has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by the High Court of Zimbabwe sitting at Gweru after being convicted of…
A POLICE inspector yesterday told the Harare Magistrates Court that Prophetic Healing and Deliverance Ministries director Tendai Magaya hesitated before opening a hotel room where detectives later recovered unregistered medicines. The officer was testifying in a case in which Yadah Hotel, represented by one of its directors, Donald Makuvaza, is accused of possessing unregistered and…
GOVERNMENT has secured funding from a corporate consortium to construct 1 000 new schools nationwide, targeting severely disadvantaged rural communities. The development comes as government officials launched an assessment of disadvantaged satellite schools in Matabeleland North following reports that 550 primary schools recorded Grade Seven pass rates of below 10 percent last year. Giving an…
ZIMBABWE has invited Chinese technology companies to invest in its digital infrastructure, e-commerce, smart logistics, and cross-border payment systems. The deputy minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare, Mercy Dinha, made the call at the weekend in China at the Forum on Digital Trade Developments and DGF Annual Meeting held as part of the…
