ONE suspect has died, while four others are currently admitted in hospital after a police shootout targeted at suspected robbers occurred in two separate incidents in Bulawayo and Harare. In a statement yesterday, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said one suspect died while one was injured during a shootout with the police in Bulawayo. “The police…
By Ketty Nyoni AT LEAST 150 people, suffering from various ailments, last week received free surgeries at Victoria Falls District Hospital. The operations were mainly for hernia, lipoma, tonsillitis, and benign tumours ailments. The successful operations were led by medical personnel from the Health ministry with technical and financial support provided by the World Health…
HEAVY storms have wreaked havoc in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East province, blowing away roof trusses at two schools and 60 houses, leaving the…
NOTORIOUS armed robber Musa Taj Abdul and his accomplices Charles Lundu and Sean Andile Dhlamini have been found guilty of 13 counts of armed robbery. Abdul, who was on the police’s most wanted list for nearly 20 years, and his co-accused were convicted after a full trial. Lundu and Abdul are currently serving a four-year…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A TEACHER at a local school in Bulawayo has been charged with culpable homicide after he allegedly punched a pupil several times all over his body for sleeping in class who later died upon hospital admission. Geinani Nyathi, 40, stationed at Hamilton High School yesterday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Vivian…
Beaven Dhliwayo, Group Features Editor More than 120 orphans in Epworth were treated to an early Christmas when the Hunan Business Association…
A ZAMBIA-BASED fertiliser manufacturing company, United Capital Fertiliser (UCF) Limited, is set to invest US$700 million in setting up fertiliser manufacturing plants in Zimbabwe. This comes as last month the Zimbabwe government gave local farmers the green light to import fertilisers to address inadequate local supplies. The company, a subsidiary of Wonderful Group, founded and…
FORMER Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala has accused the State of fabricating allegations against him. He appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday for the continuation of his trial for allegedly inciting public violence that broke out in Nyatsime, Chitungwiza, last year following the death and mutilation of Moreblessing Ali.The deceased was a Citizens Coalition…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it will soon adopt a new policy which will guide the allocation and operations of overnight car parks in residential areas to curb rampant illegal trade activities. Speaking at a stakeholder engagement meeting, the BCC town planning director, Wisdom Siziba, said car parks should operate within the confines of…
A SUSPECTED robber and four accomplices reportedly pretended to be Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) officers investigating a case before they broke into a house in Mufakose, Harare, and stole US$5 000, US$8 000 airtime and mobile phones. Liberty Corbette Magomo, 42, of Belvedere, Harare, was facing armed robbery charges when he was arraigned before Harare…
