Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO POLICE have arrested three suspected robbers implicated in a spate of criminal activities in and around Bulawayo and Gwanda following a shootout. This comes as cases of armed robberies in the country are worryingly on the rise with several individuals and businesses having lost millions of US dollars to the culprits…
THREE Harare robbers, who robbed and killed a motorist who had offered them transport before stealing his vehicle and using it as a getaway car, have been handed life sentences by a High Court judge. David Chimbambo offered a lift to Godfrey Marowa, Trymore Tirivatyi and David Mupandawana from Highfield in Harare into the central…
Rutendo Ngara HIGH COURT judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi last week sentenced Wellington Gweshure to 20 years imprisonment for killing his wife while heavily intoxicated. In his ruling, Justice Mutevedzi regretted that efforts to stem murders resulting from domestic violence were not successful as the cases continued to rise. He dismissed Gweshure’s defence that he killed…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A PROMINENT Bulawayo businesswoman and award-winning fashion designer Pamela Mwapaura has been spared trial after her husband, Kwame Mwemba, withdrew charges of domestic abuse against her. Mwapaura had been facing allegations of physical abuse and malicious damage to property following two incidents which took place last March and this month. She…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HARARE businessman Shingirai Munyeza was allegedly defrauded US$5 000 by Simbarashe Kariwo after he misrepresented that he was selling chrome on behalf of ZimAlloys, one of Zimbabwe’s largest ferrochrome producers. Kariwo appeared before Harare magistrate Apolonia Marutya yesterday facing fraud charges and he was remanded in custody to November 29…
HARARE magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa on Friday granted US$100 bail to Prince Tete who is facing charges of allegedly raping his former girlfriend after she turned down his marriage proposal. According to State prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti on October 13, 2024 at around 2100 hours, Tete in the company of his brother went to the complainant’s workplace….
By Rutendo Ngara A DOMBOSHAVA man last Friday appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court facing charges of fatally slapping a fellow beer drinker in a bar. Tinashe Mbambe, who is now facing murder charges, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi who advised him to apply for bail at the High Court. It is the State case…
By Rutendo Ngara A SUSPECTED poacher, who is also a clearing agent at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport, allegedly stashed rhino horns worth US$360 000 in an owl sculptor intending to ship them to China. Cuthebet Maoko last Friday appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing charges of contravening the Parks and Wildlife Act…
HEALTH experts have called for more diabetes awareness campaigns amid concerns that some children with the condition are receiving wrong diagnosis. Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. Insulin is an essential hormone, which helps…
ZAMBIA ambassador to Zimbabwe Derrick Livune says his nation is working on replicating the Geo-Pomona Waste Management concept and generating more energy in the country. The Pomona-based Geo-Pomona Waste Management is implementing effective waste management solutions designed to minimise harmful emissions, promote a cleaner environment and generate electricity. Speaking to the media after touring the…
