ZANU PF Mashonaland East provincial secretary for finance is embroiled in a US$4 million fraud charge emanating from botched land deals.. It is the State case that on the first count, in October 2022, Gowo and his accomplices misrepresented to one Andrew Baker that they were selling pieces of land in Marlborough and Kuwadzana, Harare….
BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has raised concern over the slow pace of the construction of Gwayi-Shangani Dam, saying statistics being given by the government on the completion of the project are misleading. This comes as the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) recently revealed that the construction of the Gwayi-Shangani Dam in Matabeleland North Province was…
Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE Sadc Summit has set regional peace and the mitigation of drought as key agenda items when it takes place in Harare next month. This comes after Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi recently declared states of disaster, while also appealing to the international community for help amid the current El…
GOVERNMENT has implored churches to facilitate employment opportunities for youth through conducting job fairs with various government departments to ensure they get adequate information. Addressing the 5th anniversary of the Council for Churches in Africa (CCA) recently, Provincial Affairs minister Judith Ncube said youth were idle due to lack of information on how to get…
Rutendo Ngara THE Chinhoyi High Court has acquitted Zanu PF Hurungwe East legislator Chenjerai Kangausaru of a forgery charge he was facing. This comes as Chinhoyi magistrate Moreblessing Makati had in February fined Kangausaru US$300 for forgery after he was accused of using a fake offer letter to grab a 262-hectare Chitonga Farm in Hurungwe,…
Rutendo Ngara A CHIKURUBI Maximum Security Prison camp resident Nancy Chitsiga, 23, appeared in court yesterday for allegedly killing a new-born baby and throwing him in a garbage dumpsite. Chitsiga, who is charged with infanticide, was remanded in custody to today by Harare magistrate Apolonia Marutya for bail application. According to the State, sometime this…
ACCUSED serial rapist John Hope Muchirahondo allegedly “helped himself” to women he met at parties or nights out “without consent or care”…
A GANG of five unidentified armed robbers pounced on a shop in Harare and got away with US$10 000 and ZiG300. Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said they were investigating the case. “Police in Harare are appealing for information which may assist in the investigation of a case of robbery which occurred at a…
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw AN Epworth woman died at a sangoma’s homestead after a few hours of her arrival and taking traditional medication. Speaking to the Daily News, Harare provincial police spokesperson Luckmore Chakanza said the incident took place on the night of July 24 , after the now deceased arrived at the sangoma’s homestead…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE two accused persons who were recently found in possession of ivory by police have been convicted after the court turned down their application to withdraw a plea of guilty admission. Jonathan Mkhwebu, 33, and Brilliant Mkhosana, 39, filed an application to withdraw the plea of guilty to not guilty, stating…
