By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THREE men from Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, have been slapped with a five-year jail term each after they were convicted of stabbing a fellow resident before robbing him of cash and cellphone totalling US$350. Mbuso Ndlovu, 22, Herbert Tshuma, 30, and Silent Tshuma, 34, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza…
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT has expressed alarm that the Harare City Council (HCC) is failing to provide quality service, including refuse collection despite procuring 52 trucks recently. Addressing residents after touring the Morton Jaffray Water Works together with local authority’s officials yesterday, Harare Provincial Affairs minister Charles Tawengwa said residents must pay rates and…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THREE suspected fraudsters, who allegedly attempted to defraud Real Star, a security company, of US$190 000 appeared in court yesterday facing fraud and hacking charges. Gladstone Mthulisi Tshabalala, Dalumuzi Moyo and Manase Manjovha appeared before Harare magistrate Patricia Kamwanda and they were remanded in custody to today for their bail application. Prosecutor…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is renovating all abandoned recreational centres across the city to give the youth an opportunity to take part in various activities and reduce crime rates. This comes as residents of Makokoba and Mzilikazi suburbs have expressed serious concerns about abandoned youth centres in their area at a recent…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THE National Council of Disabled Persons of Zimbabwe (NCDPZ), an organisation representing disabled individuals, has called for urgent action to make sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services accessible to people living with disabilities (PLWDs). Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, a NCDPZ representative, Dudu Tapela, said that disabled people face a…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw A STATE witness, Priscillah Mudzinge, a local Government ministry official, yesterday told a Harare magistrate that no councillor is entitled to get a commercial stand in all the country’s 92 local authorities. A director for urban local authorities, Mudzinge, was testifying in a matter in which seven former Harare City councillors…
AN ARMED security guard in Sanyati, Mashonaland West Province, is on the run after robbing a local bank where he was deployed of US$134 000 and R32 000 on Saturday, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi has confirmed. “The suspect, who was on duty at the bank, attacked two bank tellers and three other bank officials before…
Stella Madzivanyikamadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw A RUSAPE man, Omer Gwasira, 50, was last week sentenced to a mandatory nine years in prison after he was found in possession of a live pangolin, a protected species worth US$5 000. He was convicted before the Rusape Magistrates Court for contravening the Parks and Wildlife Act.“On June 9 2024 at around…
By Stella Madzivanyika FIVE High Court judges deployed to the Midlands Province to clear 150 murder cases last week, have so far handled 50 trials with 37 of them completed. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), 34 cases were heard in Gweru with 26 completed, while in Gokwe, 16 were heard by the…
A CIVIL society organisation, Shamwari YeMwanasikana, has expressed concern over the increase in teenage pregnancies, saying most pregnancies it recorded stem from religion and tradition. This comes as the government recently revealed that over 4 500 learners dropped out of school last year due to pregnancy and 150 of those were in primary school.In a…
