Beaven Dhliwayo, Group Features Editor A COLOUR blend of African and Chinese art, music, and dialogue lit up Shanghai’s Noble Center on…
ZIMBABWE has recorded 4 809 cases of common diarrhoea and 58 deaths since the beginning of the year, according to the Ministry of Health’s latest disease surveillance report. The report revealed that 1 916 cases were from under-five years of age, with Manicaland and Mashonaland West provinces reporting the highest number of cases. “Weekly disease…
POLICE in Midlands Province have launched a manhunt for a 26-year-old man who allegedly fatally stabbed a fellow villager during a braai at Hove Business Centre in Zhombe on Saturday evening. Midlands police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko identified the suspect as Tinashe Mazanhi, who is now on the run after fatally stabbing Paul Herbert. “The altercation…
TWO men, who abducted and brutally murdered a businessman from Lower Gweru before attempting to flee using a donkey-drawn cart, have each been sentenced to 27 years in prison each. Trust Khoza and Hloniphani Nyoni were convicted of the murder of Choice Ncube, a well-known entrepreneur and community figure in Masa, Lower Gweru, on June…
Tapiwa Chirume chirumet@dailynews.co.zw KAROI Town Council is recruiting 56 managers following mass dismissals and suspensions of critical staff over incompetence and corruption charges. This move comes as the Mashonaland West Province council has been short of substantive personnel, including a town secretary, since 2017. The council has already filled 35 positions, excluding the town secretary…
muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw CHINESE companies have invested US$100 million in youth empowerment and poverty reduction to improve rural communities in the country. Speaking in Harare during the Africa Youth Congress over the weekend, said the initiatives were meant to equip young Zimbabweans in marginalised rural communities with critical skills training. “Our programmes focus on equipping young Zimbabweans,…
SOUTHERN EDITOR PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has brought an end to a bitter family feud over the Mvuthu chieftainship in Hwange District with the formal appointment of 29-year-old Silibaziso Mlotshwa. Her installation puts an end to a bitter family feud that had spanned over a decade since the death of her father. According to a notice…
RUTENDO NGARA A HARARE man appeared before the magistrates court last Friday facing charges of raping his 16-year-old house helper and was remanded in custody. Terrence Mukonyora, who is employed by a mining company, allegedly raped the complainant while his wife was away. He later tried to buy her silence by offering her money, but…
Yvonne Ncube in Bulawayo A BULAWAYO businessman has appeared before the magistrates court facing fraud charges after he allegedly swindled unsuspecting buyers of nearly US$40 000 in a botched maize and agricultural inputs deal. Mitchel Ndebele from Daily Harvest last week stood before Bulawayo magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing multiple counts of fraud committed between September…
RUTENDO NGARA TWO suspected diamond dealers, who were found in possession of three stones, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday facing charges of contravening the Precious Stones Act. Stanley Zhanda and Wellington Mukandiwa appeared before provincial magistrate Ethel Chichera who remanded them in custody to today for their bail application. It is the State…
