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Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw TWO Bulawayo-based truck drivers, who allegedly sodomised a passenger, were yesterday remanded in custody following their arrest and appearance at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Richard Ncube, the truck driver and Alex Moyo, his assistant, and both from Cowdray Park, allegedly sodomised a man in Waterfalls, Harare, while en-route to Chitungwiza….

Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for three offences of violence, threats with a firearm and car vehicle thefts.Alex Cabangani Moyo was initially sentenced to 10 years in prison, before three years were suspended. In her ruling, magistrate Dambudzo Malunga said Moyo was a specialised robber of…

Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has implored the Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) to expedite the approval of service delivery proposals to avoid short-changing residents on crucial services.Speaking during a council meeting on Tuesday, Coltart said the city could not continue with some works due to procurement challenges.“I had a meeting with…

Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A MAN from Mahatshula North in Bulawayo, who was early this year released from prison, was yesterday back before the magistrates court facing charges of sodomising his nephew.Rhabani Wellington Mutandwa went on to threaten to kill the complainant if he disclosed the offence.He appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing two…

Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE has been selected in the first batch of 17 African countries that will receive Mpox vaccines from the World Health Organisation, in partnership with the Africa Centre for Diseases Control (Africa CDC). This comes after the country recently recorded two cases of Mpox in Mberengwa and Harare — with the…

Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge, Justice Munamato Mutevedzi, has convicted a Hwedza man for fatally striking his girlfriend with a brick on the head in 2022 after he saw her having bush sex with another man.In his judgment last Friday, Justice Mutevedzi said that Tichaona Tarwirei’s evidence that he saw the now deceased having…

Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO THE government has called for the prioritisation of disaster risk management strategies to ensure communities remain safe during adverse weather conditions.Speaking at a strategic workshop in Bulawayo yesterday, minister of Local Government Daniel Garwe said efforts were being made to minimise disasters being caused by climate change.“We live in a world where…

GOVERNMENT has ordered Harare City Council (HCC) to stop, with immediate effect, the ongoing demolition of illegally-constructed houses in the capital. This comes as the council last week destroyed illegally constructed houses in Belvedere, adjacent to the National Heroes Acre, and some shops at Mbare Musika. Addressing the media during an inspection of a Pinnacle…

By Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw THREE armed robbers, Ladma Mutesa Tapiwa Nyakudya, and Sande Saini, have been sentenced to 38 years in prison each after their conviction for using iron bars and robbing people’s homes. They appeared before a Bindura magistrate. The three, with Mike Mapona, also known as Murefu or Shoti and one…

Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw TWO siblings, a brother and sister, are at loggerheads over the inheritance of a house in Highfield, Harare, left by their late father in 1996. Simon and Angela Chigumbura have different mothers and their father, Wise Kambaurayi Guti, left the house in Simon’s name. However, Angela has been staying at the house…