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BY NYASHA KUNYISWA THE government has called on the private sector and civil society to support in providing assistive technology to persons with disabilities. Assistive technology are products or systems that support and assist individuals with disabilities to perform functions that might otherwise be difficult or impossible. Speaking at the launch of the government’s assistive…

THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has implored the government to improve its resource distribution mechanisms in delivering basic services to ensure the ordinary citizens benefit from the country’s development projects. In a statement yesterday to mark the 11th anniversary of the adoption of the 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe, the ZHRC said the State should…

A MALE minor, 14, on Thursday appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court facing charges of allegedly raping a two-year-old girl. He appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa and was remanded into custody of his father to June 3. According to National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti, the alleged rape occurred in March this year…

THE State-owned rail operator, National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ), and the Zimbabwe Mining and Smelting Company (Zimasco) have to date refurbished 51 wagons with the target of using them for ferrochrome exports. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday in Bulawayo, NRZ spokesperson Andrew Kunambura said the repaired wagons would boost rail transport efficiency. “A highly…

Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A NYANGA man, Tendai Moyo, 28, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after he was convicted by a Harare magistrate of contravening the Postal and Telecommunications Act. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the convict was arrested while in possession of a copper wire cable. “On 18 May 2024,…

SADC executive secretary Elias Magosi says the Geo-Pomona Waste Management project must be replicated in the region to manage waste and produce clean energy. Speaking during a tour of the Geo-Pomona project in Harare yesterday, Magosi challenged other Sadc members to construct the same infrastructure in their countries. “The infrastructure project being implemented by Geo-Pomona…

By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man, 67, from Northend suburb, was this week convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison for raping his former tenants’ three minor children on several occasions. Gordon John Cruise was convicted and jailed by Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga on three counts of rape, indecent assault and…

PARLIAMENT is pushing for stricter penalties on unregistered public transporters in order to improve the safety of the commuting public by reducing road traffic accidents. Moving a motion in the Senate on Tuesday, Zanu PF senator for Mashonaland Central Angeline Tongogara bemoaned the shambolic state of the country’s public transport sector. “I move the motion…

AN INDIAN national, Gowda Nabin Chandra, 61, who was arrested in October 2022 for possessing 7kg of heroin at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport has been jailed for 15 years. He was convicted of unlawfully dealing in dangerous drugs. According to the State, Chandra was found in possession of the dangerous drugs which had…