Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw CYNTHIA Duringo, a friend of Ashley Masendeke (Mai Jeremaya), yesterday testified before a Harare magistrate that Masendeke told her she had consensual sex with one of the individuals she has accused of rape Masendeke, a social media influencer, is accusing Thabo Blessing Dube and Martin Charlie of raping her…
RUTENDO NGARA HARARE regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa has dismissed a bail application by Mike Mapinga whose pitbulls allegedly fatally mauled a passer-by in Bluff Hill early this month. Mapinga is facing culpable homicide charges. He also has a separate rape charge before the same courts. Gofa upheld the State’s submissions that Mapinga had two warrants…
JAPAN has availed nearly US$7 million to four United Nations (UN) agencies operating in Zimbabwe for them to continue with their humanitarian assistance work targeting 86 000 people. This comes after one of the biggest humanitarian funders in Zimbabwe, USAid, withdrew its support early this year leading to the closure of some non-governmental organisations (NGOs)…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe AntiCorruption (Zacc) has red-flagged over 15 organisations purporting to be anti-corruption agencies in a bid to extort money from unsuspecting Zimbabweans. In a statement yesterday, Zacc said while the fight against graft required collaboration, Zimbabweans need to be cautious when engaging organisations that deal with corruption. “The Zacc would like to set…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw AN ARTISANAL miner is appearing before Harare regional magistrate Musaiona Shotgame facing trial of allegedly raping his 10-month-old daughter before infecting her with a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The accused operates as a miner at Jumbo Mine in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central Province, and allegedly raped his daughter last October….
Takudzwa Dhambu dhambut@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has called on voters who may have been erroneously removed from the voters roll to approach its offices and rectify the anomalies. This comes as Zec is in the process of removing over 25 000 deceased voters from the voters roll. “It is hereby notified, in terms…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO TWO Bulawayo men, who were initially facing murder charges following allegations of fatally assaulting a suspected thief after catching him red-handed at a workshop in Kelvin West, have had their case downgraded to culpable homicide. Tawanda Nyazika and Glen Moyo pleaded not guilty when they appeared before Bulawayo magistrate, Progress Murandu,…
chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has recorded 317 malaria-related deaths in the first six months of this year, an increase from the 51 deaths recorded during the same period last year. The most affected areas were Mashonaland Central, Manicaland, and Mashonaland West provinces. The ministry of Health yesterday confirmed the deaths, adding that the surge was due to…
THE government has threatened to invoke laws that prohibit extra lessons amid plans to establish command centres for citizens to report the scourge to the relevant authorities. In his speech during the official opening of the Junior Parliament session and the commemoration of the Day of the African Child at the new Parliament building on…
A TRAGIC incident unfolded in Kensington, Bulawayo, on Thursday when a 55-year-old father accidentally ran over and killed his two-year-old daughter while reversing his vehicle at their home. According to the police, the accident occurred in the morning as the man was reversing his Toyota Hilux double cab to leave his residence in Hendricourt. Bulawayo…
