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THE Civil Registry Department says there is a need to improve death registration in rural communities as this affects national mortality data collection. Speaking at the Zimstat data to policy dissemination forum in Harare at the weekend, Civil Registry Department assistant registrar Lettisia Zinengeya highlighted that low death registration in rural areas also impacts governance,…

THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) reports that Bulawayo recorded the highest crime rate in the third quarter of 2024, with the metropolitan province nearly doubling the national crime rate. In a 2024 third-quarter statistics report released on Friday, Zimstat expressed concern over the increase in crime across the country. “The national crime rate was…

BY STELLA MADZIVANYIKA GOVERNMENT is struggling to distribute presidential agriculture inputs across the country due logistical problems and has since advised farmers to source their own transportation. The inputs for the 2024/25 farming season are stocked at the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) depots. In an interview with the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, the ministry…

TWO bogus police officers, John Jaji and Iyeni Njani, have been sentenced to 40 years in prison each for armed robbery after being convicted by the Bindura Magistrates Court.  In a statement yesterday, the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) said the duo impersonated police officers to rob unsuspecting victims of goods and cash.  “The duo, posing…

THE Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe (Mcaz) has issued a warning regarding a fake version of the Abhayrab rabies vaccine being sold through unauthorised sources. This comes after the ministry of Health recorded 635 dog bites across the country in the first two weeks of January this year. In a circular at the weekend addressed…

Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have confirmed the arrest of 10 suspects linked to a recent spree of robberies in Harare using pirate taxis, popularly known as mushikashikas. Police nsational spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrests yesterday, stating that the suspects used illegal public transport vehicles to rob unsuspecting travellers. “The police confirm the arrest of…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO EIGHT men were remanded in custody by a Bulawayo magistrate yesterday for allegedly stealing Zesa copper cables worth US$283 000 at Glenville substation in Richmond, Bulawayo. The accused, Ronald Moyo, Ohubekani Nyathi, Kudakwashe Ndlovu, Eddie Mishiri Dube, Tafadzwa Ncube, Sydney Moyo, Prince Ntonga, and Simon Chamhudze, pleaded not guilty to the…

TWO men yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court for allegedly defrauding Ecobank US$45 000 in an airtime scandal. Junior Joseph Dliwayo and Washington Farai Ziwira appeared before magistrate Isheanesu Matova, who remanded them in custody to today for their bail hearing.Dliwayo is an assistant laboratory technician, while Ziwira is employed as a general hand…

THREE serving inmates have been handed a 20-year jail term each after they were convicted of raping a fellow inmate. Kingswell Ngwerume, Kudakwashe Mazorodze, and Lazarus Chinobhururuka appeared before Harare magistrate Loice Makunyadze yesterday.The three were convicted of indecent assault.In convicting the trio, Makunyedze noted that the courts do not condone such behaviour because it…