By Rutendo Ngara A WHITECLIFF, Harare, woman who allegedly had sexual encounters several times with a nine-year-old boy was yesterday remanded in custody by magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa. Belinda Kanosava, who is facing charges of aggravated indecent assault, was advised to apply for bail at the High Court. It is the State case that on dates…
A HARARE man who allegedly operated a tuckshop supplying fake Seed co inputs appeared in court yesterday. Tirivashoma Chidhau appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai facing charges of contravening the Seed Act. He was granted US$100 bail. It is alleged that on October 12 2025, the accused supplied nine 25-kilogramme bags of purported Seedco…
THE Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) says it is working to expand its charitable efforts within the justice system to support inmates who lack access to proper uniforms. This development comes amid reports that inmates at the country’s correctional service institutions were living in degrading and inhumane conditions. Speaking at the Harare Charity Dinner recently,…
THE Venezuela government on Monday said it will close its embassies in Norway and Australia and open new ones in Zimbabwe and…
Thabiso Mutirwara THE government has announced significant progress in its summer agricultural preparedness, with over six million plots already prepared by farmers under the Presidential Input Scheme. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Agricultural and Rural Development Advisory Services chief director Medelinah Magwenzi said the Pfumvudza/Intwasa conservation farming programme was not a mere input-supported initiative,…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says the city’s water supply is experiencing additional disruptions following delays in the upgrade work at the Umzingwane Pump Station. This comes after the pump station was shut down two weeks ago to allow installation of two new 500-kilovolt (kV) transformers in a move meant to improve water distribution across…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A POLICE officer who went viral in early August after claiming he was the new police boss and demanded the expulsion of all Chinese nationals has been indefinitely committed to the Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison Psychiatric Unit. Medical reports tendered in court yesterday before magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai proved that Simbarashe…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO ward 1 councillor Josiah Mutangi and his co-accused, Janet Zhou, will proceed to trial after Bulawayo magistrate Richard Ramaboea dismissed their attempt to have some fraud charges thrown out. The pair, represented by Constance Mathaba of Makiye and Partners, faces 14 counts of fraud. They allegedly swindled vendors of US$200…
RUTENDO NGARA A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean was allegedly duped of US$8 000 in a botched Crowhill residential stand deal by Yauma Property Management company. Simon Maguraushe, a representative of the company accused of fraud, appeared before Harare magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai, who granted him US$100 bail. It is the State’s case that in August 2025, an…
RUTENDO NGARA THE Bulawayo High Court has jailed a man for 23 years for fatally stabbing a colleague with an Okapi knife following a misunderstanding. Thembelenkosi Mlothswa was convicted of murder with actual intent by Justice Ngoni Nduna. Justice Nduna noted the severe degree of force and depth of the wound, and the fact that…
