AUTHORITIES have announced the establishment of 67 rehabilitation centres across the country as part of an intensified effort to combat drug and substance abuse. This development follows recent pledges totalling US$3 million to fund national anti-drug initiatives. “As the government we have identified 67 facilities to be renovated to drug rehabilitation centres, most of the…
RUTENDO NGARA A FINANCIAL Intelligence Unit (FIU) analyst, Tonderayi Herbet Makoni, who allegedly extorted a Bulawayo businessman of US$3 000, has been granted US$200 bail at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Makoni appeared before Harare regional magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka facing fraud charges. He was remanded to August 29, pending the finalisation of investigations. It is alleged…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 19-YEAR-OLD man from Entumbane suburb in Bulawayo has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found in possession of stolen copper cables belonging to the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC). Zithelo Moyo appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Taurai Manuwere facing a charge of contravening the Electricity Act,…
BY RUTENDO NGARA A BUSINESSMAN who was facing US$260 000 fraud charges for allegedly defrauding Zimbabwe Consolidated Diamond Company was removed from remand yesterday. John Burnett was charged with fraud with the State alleging that he through a company, Burnett Motors failed to supply eight vehicles to ZCDC which lost the money in the process….
YVONNE NCUBE A 19-year-old man from Bulawayo was yesterday granted US$30 bail after he appeared in court facing an attempted murder charge for allegedly stabbing a bystander who tried to break up a fight. Khumbulani Nkomo, 19, of Upper Rangemore appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Archie Wochiwunga. He pleaded not guilty and was remanded out of…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO POLICE have arrested two male suspects in Bulawayo in connection with stock theft in Jotsholo, and the other for the rape of a minor in Norton. Bulawayo police spokesperson, Nomalanga Msebele said in the first case, Kondwane Jele, 33 of Village 48 under Chief Gumede in Jotsholo, Lupane District, was arrested…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO BULAWAYO residents have welcomed the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s crackdown on stray dogs, hailing it as necessary to restore safety in communities. In an interview with the Daily News, Portia Ncube, a representative of the Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA), said recent reports of people being bitten and in some cases killed…
STANBIC Bank Zimbabwe has donated an autoclave machine worth US$20 000 to Ingutsheni Hospital in Bulawayo in line with its quest to contribute towards top level healthcare standards for key health institutions in the country. The Standard Bank Group subsidiary also constructed a room for the autoclave to be housed at a cost of US$15…
Beaven Dhliwayo, Group Features Editor A MAJOR facelift is underway at the Mbuya Nehanda Maternity Ward and Adlum House, the student nurses’…
POLICE have arrested 11 suspects in connection with several armed robbery and murder cases across the country. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrest, stating that in one of the robberies over the weekend, the suspects were armed with pistols while covering their faces with balaclavas. They attacked security guards at a financial service…
