HARARE – A Harare man has been arrested and charged with committing public violence in protests that erupted in the capital city on August 1 over delays in announcing the results of harmonised elections. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers arrested Wellington Mariga on Tuesday in central Harare and charged him with public violence as defined…
MUTARE – A commuter omnibus driver who hit and killed a student has been caged 10 months for culpable homicide. Revai Mutimba, 38, of Mutare was convicted on his own plea of guilt by magistrate Perseverance Makala. He was initially slapped with a 14-month jail term but four months were suspended for five years on…
MUTARE – A 22 year old man’s inappropriate sexual relationship with a minor was exposed when he cheated on her and she poured it out to her mother. Brandon Chimhete, 22, of Sakubva will now have to perform 350 hours of community service at Sakubva Police Station for bedding a 14-year-old. He was convicted after…
HARARE – St Luke’s Hospital in Lupane has hit hard times, with officials asking for assistance in a bid to contain the desperate situation. “Hospital faced with financial difficulties, please donate things like blankets, maternity delivery packs, medicines, theatre equipment, medical books and food. “We are all invited to pool resources to help our lovely…
HARARE – Students living with hearing impairments are seeking a public education more tailored to their needs. The Deaf Zimbabwe Trust (DZT) said public schools must offer deaf students a special educational programme sufficiently ambitious to ensure they make progress. DZT is advocating for the operationalisation of the language rights in the Constitution, noting with…
HARARE – Combined Mvurwi Residents Association (Comra) has engaged the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) over water disconnections. A statement by the residents’ pressure group chairperson Emmanuel Nkambala, noted that water disconnections were not advisable in a period when the country is battling a serious cholera epidemic that has already claimed at least 31 lives…
HARARE – Harare City Council (HCC) said they will deploy water bowsers and tanks to parts of the city which are facing water cuts this weekend. Harare mayor Herbert Gomba said they are doing this to avert the spread of cholera. “I have directed that they must make sure that water should be available this…
HARARE – Nelson Chamisa’s MDC is strengthening measures to enforce gender parity in the party’s leadership rings, as evidenced recently in Victoria Falls where the elected mayor stepped down to pave way for a female contestant. Chamisa ordered Victoria Falls mayor Somvelo Dlamini to step down and make way for Margaret Varley, whose nomination had…
HARARE – Opposition parties have slammed government for deploying disproportionate force to drive out vendors from the streets of Harare. In the wake of the declaration of a state of emergency after a cholera outbreak in the capital that has so far killed over 30 people, government invoked the Public Health Act, banning all public…
HARARE – Harare City Council’s new town clerk Hosea Chisango must push the service delivery agenda ahead of trivial issues, residents said yesterday. Chisango who has been the acting town clerk since December last year, replaces Tendai Mahachi, who left town house in 2014. Before Chisango took over the post on an acting basis, chamber…
