AN EPWORTH man, Simbarashe Zimhondi, has been jailed for 11 years after being convicted of three counts of vehicle theft, and four counts of unlawful entry into company premises. Zimhondi, who has been on the run for months, was arrested in Bindura where he was arraigned before a local magistrate’s court. In a statement yesterday,…
POLICE say roadblocks will be a permanent feature on the country’s roads to ensure effective law enforcement operations. This comes amid complaints from transporters and commuters about multiple roadblocks causing traffic congestion and chaos as police crack down on illegal pirate taxis and kombis. Addressing the media on Friday, the national police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi,…
POLICE Commissioner General Stephen Mutamba yesterday emphasised the importance of leveraging technology and innovation to enhance national security and service delivery. Speaking at the demonstration of the Automated Fingerprint Identification System for Smart Policing at Zimbabwe Centre for High Performance Computing (ZCPHC) in Harare, Mutamba said there was a need for the police to transform…
AT least 5 000 residential stand owners in the Nyatsime Housing Scheme, who were displaced over 10 years ago by illegal occupants, have been provided with alternative land for resettlement. This comes after the aggrieved home seekers purchased their stands between 2006 and 2010, before waiting for a decade to receive formal allocation from Chitungwiza…
THE minister of Local Government Daniel Garwe has warned that “heads will roll” at the Harare City Council following shocking revelations of senior officials being paid obscene salaries as well as general corruption there. This follows the ongoing Commission of Inquiry’s investigations into the Harare City Council that has uncovered that the executive assistant to…
STAFF WRITER chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw A SENIOR Harare City Council official has described the council as a “festival of illegalities” riddled with mismanagement and…
Shamaine Chirimujiri STAFF WRITER chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw THE minister of Information Communication, Technology, Postal, and Courier Services, Tatenda Mavetera, donated 39 computers to Rural…
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) resumed cargo operations yesterday in areas affected by recent floods that washed away rail tracks in…
ZIMBABWE has entered into a partnership with India that will enable over 70 students from various vocational training centres (VTCs) to undergo a six-month training programme in the latter, focusing on fashion design and motor mechanics. The students benefited from the presidential and national scholarship programme and would travel in two batches, with the first…
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is committed to improving the justice delivery system in the country through the construction of more courts and the recruitment of magistrates. This was said by the chief magistrate, Vongai Guwuriro, yesterday while swearing in 15 magistrates at the Harare Magistrates Court. The new court officials recently completed a six-month…
