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Rutendo Ngara A 22-YEAR-OLD maid in Dzivaresekwa, Harare, Rutendo Banda, yesterday appeared in court for allegedly raping her boss’ eight-year-old son twice. She was remanded in custody to August 27 with magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa advising her to apply for bail at the High Court. According to the State led by prosecutor Anesu Chirenje, in March…

Rutendo Ngara THE High Court has dismissed an appeal by Takashinga Kare Housing Scheme, a co-operative that was seeking the court to validate the construction of over 120 houses in Mufakose, Harare. The co-operative’s court application followed a land dispute involving the co-operative, the Harare City Council, Local Government ministry and Youth in Business Trust….

By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynew.co.zw SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda is on a regional Sadc tour lobbying other countries to transform the Sadc Parliamentary Forum (Sadc PF) into a fully-fledged Sadc Parliament. Sadc PF was established in 1997 as an autonomous institution of Sadc and is based in Windhoek, Namibia. It is a regional…

By Masimba Makwembere makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw MORE corrupt activities continue to be unearthed at the Harare City Council-owned Rufaro Marketing with councillors linked to the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) accused of grabbing its bars. Implicated councillors, renting the council’s sprawling beer outlets in high-density areas, were allegedly pulling down precast walls before constructing tuck shops that…

By Nyasha Kunyiswa GOVERNMENT says the training it is giving local authorities leaders across the country will help them to effectively deliver on their various mandates. Speaking yesterday during the training of mayors and chairpersons of rural district councils as well as local boards at the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology, Local Government minister Daniel…

BULAWAYO’S crime rate has gone down by 10 percent compared to last year during the same period, police have said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube appreciated residents for closely working with police to reduce crime. “From the cases we had last year we have noted a reduction in crime. We had…

THE death toll from a head-on collision involving two kombis along Seke Road, Hatfield, Harare, last week has increased from three to seven after four of the injured people later died in hospital. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the development yesterday as he called on drivers to exercise caution on the roads to curb…

By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw  A HARARE widow, Chipo Mutandwa, 39, yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court facing charges of allegedly blocking her late husband’s children from accessing their father’s estate. The estate includes Mugure House Institute, a top elite private school along the Harare-Masvingo Road. She appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing fraud and…

BY RUTENDO NGARA A 23-YEAR-OLD man from Chivhu, Mashonaland East Province, has been sentenced to an effective 10-year imprisonment by the High Court for raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl who was in search of a job. The girl is expecting a baby next month. In handing down her ruling, Justice Lucy Mungwari said the…