HARARE – Former president Robert Mugabe’s son-in law Simba Chikore will be tried together with his co-accused Simbarashe Mutimbe after the State successfully applied that their dockets be married. Chikore and Mutimbe allegedly unlawfully detained Zimbabwe Airways employee Bertha Zakeyo for four hours when they denied her exit from her workplace. The State, represented by…
RUSAPE – More than 40 people died after two buses — Smart Express and Bolt Cutter — collided along the Harare-Mutare highway last night. The accident took place near the Rusape tollgate. Police details were, until late last night, still attending to the accident scene amid fears the number of casualties might increase. Names of…
HARARE – A habitual house breaker has been slapped with a combined 230 months jail term over eight cases in which he stole an assortment of goods worth $3 000. Tinashe Panashe Mutingwende, 37, who is of no fixed abode, was convicted on all eight charges after a full trial by magistrate Lazarus Murendo. He…
HARARE – Police are concerned over a three-member gang of armed robbers that made off with goods worth over $1 500 in two separate incidents in Makoni last week. Manicaland police provincial spokesperson Tavhiringwa Kakohwa said the robberies that happened on the same night on October 26 at Charenzva Business Centre and Bamba Clinic in…
HARARE – The new Indian Embassy to be built in Borrowdale, Harare — will entirely be designed and constructed by Zimbabweans. Indian Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, who toured the country recently and returned to India on Monday, laid the foundation stone for the building of the embassy. According to the giant South Asian country’s ambassador…
HARARE – Despite the sensational accusations by flip-flopping activist Gerald Mutumanje — also known as Acie Lumumba — that seemed to suggest some wrongdoing on the part of businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission this week said it has nothing against the two. “We have…
HARARE – The Health Professions Authority of Zimbabwe (HPAZ) will hold its annual congress on November 23 at a time when the health sector is faced with many challenges. HPAZ’s public relations officer Linda Nkala said the free-to-attend annual congress to be held at a Harare hotel will discuss the difficulties confronting the health sector….
HARARE – Teachers are divided over whether or not to engage in collective bargaining with their employer under the Apex Council — the umbrella body for all civil servants. Zimbabwe has five main unions representing the interests of educators. These are the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta), the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), the Amalgamated…
HARARE – The Grain Marketing Board (GMB) and the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) face an uncertain future due to heavy losses, the Daily News can report. An audit of State-owned enterprises by the Auditor-General (AG) revealed that the State granary risks bankruptcy if it continues to operate in the red. The same…
HARARE – More and more people continue to lose their lives and some remain at risk as critical medicines remain out of reach, forcing many to either default doctors’ prescriptions or change prescribed drug regimens. This comes as pharmacies persist in demanding consumers to purchase medication using either US dollars for selected medicine, or swipe/mobile…
