THE government has suspended the operating licence of Urban Connect Bus for six months.This decision follows a devastating road traffic accident involving one of the company’s buses, which claimed the lives of 25 people along the Beitbridge-Masvingo highway last week.The bus was operating without insurance cover.The minister of Transport Felix Mhona, in a statement, stated…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has set April 12 as the date for the Glen View South parliamentary by-election.The by-election follows the death of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Grandmore Hakata last month.In an extraordinary Government Gazette published yesterday, Mnangagwa said the Nomination Courts would sit on March 13 to receive the nomination of…
By Rutendo NgaraSENIOR STAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zwTWO police officers who allegedly stole US$10 000 from a Chinese national after demanding a US$25 bribe appeared in court on Friday and were remanded in custody until Tuesday for a bail application.Jeffer Nkomazanah and Crynot Fabiano appeared on Friday before Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing charges of criminal abuse…
THE minister of Home Affairs, Kazembe Kazembe, says his ministry is engaging with the Treasury to clear over US$6 million in outstanding allowances for civil servants who participated in a mobile national registration exercise prior to the 2023 harmonised elections. This comes as civil servants are irked by the Civil Registry Department’s delay in paying…
Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE heavy rains which pounded most of the country this week killed at least nine people and left a trail of destruction in many areas. The latest fatalities have brought the recorded death toll to 52 since the beginning of the 2024/25 rain season. At the same time, the Civil…
Rutendo Ngara A HARARE woman yesterday appeared at the magistrate’s court, facing allegations of fatally stabbing her husband following a misunderstanding over a gas tank that her drunk husband had allegedly “personalised”. Prisca Takaza appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Isheunesu Matova facing murder charges and was remanded in custody to February 24 for bail consideration….
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A DARING Harare man, Alfonse Muzambi, who allegedly falsified National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) title deeds and sold a piece of land to Midriver Tobacco company for US$1,2 million, appeared in court yesterday. Muzambi, facing fraud charges, appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who remanded him in custody until Monday…
A LOCAL bank employee, accused of forging clients’ identity documents before transferring US$16 000 from old Visa cards to new ones during the bank’s transition, appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday.Nyasha Dean Chigiyegiye, a business intelligence analyst, appeared before provincial magistrate Isheunesu Matova facing fraud charges.He was granted US$300 bail and remanded to March…
Rutendo NgaraSenior Staff Writerngarar@dailynews.co.zwAN employee of a Harare company, Warpack, has been granted a US$300 bail after appearing in court yesterday facing charges of allegedly swindling over US$50 000 from his employer.Innocent Stanley Nyahodza appeared before provincial magistrate Isheunesu Matova, who remanded him to March 14.Warpack specialises in the distribution and production of dry groceries,…
Rutendo NgaraSENIOR STAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zwA HARARE man, Clive Mukofa, who is already in remand prison on armed robbery charges, appeared in a magistrate’s court yesterday facing fresh US$500 robbery charges.He appeared before regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa, who advised him to apply for bail at the High Court.Mukofa will return to court on February 27.On January 15…
