POLICE last night published a list of 290 vehicles captured on camera violating traffic light offences in Harare’s central business district (CBD) and have advised the owners to report to them within seven days. This comes as the Police Commissioner General, Stephen Mutamba, last week directed his officers to modify their checkpoint procedures in a…
HARARE regional magistrate Clever Tsikwa yesterday sentenced a foreign currency dealer to three years in prison after convicting him of defrauding a businessman, Zvataurwa Makoto, of R1 million in a botched deal. Allen Thindwa Mzamu was convicted of two counts of fraud and on the first count, he was slapped with a seven-year jail term…
HARARE provincial magistrate Ruth Moyo has sentenced Tendai Florence Muroiwa to 210 hours of community service after convicting her of forging Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) certificates. Muroiwa forged the certificates to enrol for nursing training at the Chitungwiza General Hospital. After convicting her, Moyo then sentenced Muroiwa to 12 months in prison before suspending…
POLICE in the Midlands Province have arrested a man from Cheziya Red Roof in Gokwe in connection with the suspected murder of his fourmonth-old stepdaughter. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the Midlands police spokesperson, Emmanuel Mahoko, identified the accused as Last Maphosa. “The accused was staying with his 18-year-old wife, Princess Muchenje, and her…
Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITER A NATIONAL livestock digital card has been launched to track domestic animal health, monitor vaccinations, and disease outbreaks in real-time. The initiative aims to modernise the livestock sector from production to market level. Addressing farmers at the launch in Bindura at the weekend, the ministry of Agriculture permanent secretary, Obert Jiri, said…
RUTENDO NGARA A HARARE man accused of issuing fake Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) yellow card compliance certificates to cross-border transporters appeared in court recently. Mugove Simbirai Nidza was granted $200 bail by magistrate Ruth Moyo. It is the State case that last month, the Insurance Council of Zimbabwe (ICZ) and the…
By Rutendo Ngara A LECTURER at the Midlands State University (MSU) Nhamo Mhiripiri is suing the university for US$200 000 for defamation of character. This was after Mhiripiri’s former student, Patience Mashuku, had claimed that she was sexually abused by Mhiripiri. In his application at the High Court, Mhiripiri claims that the MSU allegedly facilitated…
POLICE will increase patrols across the country to reduce armed robberies. This comes amid a surge in armed robberies targeting cash and valuables, prompting the police to raise concerns over illegal firearms. Speaking in the Senate last week, the minister of Home Affairs, Kazembe Kazembe, said the government was worried over the increase in armed…
ONE person died on Friday, while several police officers and civilians were injured as land invaders resisted eviction by the deputy sheriff at a farm in Ruwa owned by former cabinet minister Petronella Kagonye. This came as there were running battles between the police, who had accompanied the deputy sheriff, and invaders at Cloverdale Farm….
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has expressed concern over Terracotta Trading Private Limited’s failure to adhere to contractual obligations as the completion of the Egodini bus rank stalls. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting on Friday, BCC acting director of works Methusi Dibidi said the developer abandoned the project in February 2024 at 11 percent complete. “The…
