©️ TWO Penhalonga gold mine employees have appeared before a magistrate charged with robbery and rape. Enwork Semhu, 38, and Ethridge Gombedza, 42, of Guruve and Rusape respectively were not asked to plead when they appeared before magistrate Notebulgar Muchineripi. The two Ngirandi Mine employees were remanded to May 12. The duo is alleged to…
©️ A SAKUBVA man has been brought to court for bashing his wife and destroying family property worth $5 000 after he was asked for money to buy a $5 bundle of vegetables for relish. Boniface Ndamuka had been drinking beer at home with a friend when his wife requested for the money. He was…
In an effort to mitigate the spread of the deadly coronavirus (Covid-19), President Emmerson Mnangagwa further extended the national lockdown by another 14 days. Zimbabwe is now on Level 2, which is a partial lockdown. Citizens are encouraged to wear masks including homemade ones when going out in public, Industries and commerce are set to…
BUSINESSMAN Frank Buyanga Sadiqi’s child saga has taken a new twist after the commissioner-general of police, Godwin Matanga, said they had enlisted the services of international criminal police organisation (Interpol) to locate both the tycoon and the child outside Zimbabwe. This was after Buyanga in March reportedly snatched his five-year-old child from his ex-girlfriend Chantelle…
HIGH Court judge Jacob Manzunzu has freed on $1 000 bail a Chitungwiza man, who is accused of generating a fake press statement in the name of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, announcing a 13-day extension of the current national coronavirus lockdown. Lovemore Zvokusekwa through his lawyer Thomas Machinga, had approached the High Court seeking to be…
THE Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has urged the government to review its decision to reduce coronavirus (Covid-19) mandatory quarantine days as it risks releasing infected persons, the Daily News reports. This comes after the government announced that travellers who enter the country will now be subjected to mandatory quarantine for seven…
NON-GOVERNMENTAL organisation Oxfam Zimbabwe, in partnership with the Swedish International Development Agency (Sida), has launched a project, Climate Adaptation for Rural Livelihoods (CARL), in efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change through promoting market linkages in beef sales in the country’s most vulnerable regions. This comes as the effects of climate change have induced…
A POLICE officer who manned a roadblock at the intersection of Enterprise Road and Samora Machel Avenue on Tuesday allegedly forced a pedestrian to undress before demanding $450 to facilitate his release, a court heard. Morgan Fusire, 34, appeared before Harare magistrate Richard Ramaboa charged with criminal abuse of office or alternatively extortion. He was…
UNITED States (US) health experts are helping Zimbabwe to deal with the deadly coronavirus, US ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols has said. This comes as Zimbabwe recorded eight more cases on Wednesday, bringing to 40 the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases recorded in the country so far. Nichols said experts are training Zimbabweans on how…
Sindiso Mhlophe and Nokuthaba Nkomo STAFF WRITERS ©️ HEALTH experts have escalated their calls for more testing of people for the lethal coronavirus, following a dramatic rise in the number of infections in the country this week, the Daily News reports. This comes as police are expressing growing concerns over the continued lack of lockdown…
