THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) commissioned 117 serviced housing stands in Pumula Suburb on Friday as part of its presale scheme in an effort to alleviate the city’s housing backlog. During the commissioning, town clerk Christopher Dube stated that it was easier to speed up servicing of stands after the city purchased new equipment earlier…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 63-YEAR-OLD man from Nkayi village, Matabeleland North Province, who was facing charges of attempting to murder his 14-year-old stepson was lucky to escape jail time after he was fined US$300. Gabriel Gumpo appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing a charge of attempted murder. In his ruling, Mabeza said…
TWO men from Harare, who allegedly ran a fake taxi service that plied in and around the capital, are being charged with two counts of robbery after they allegedly robbed two of their passengers. Munyaradzi Sigareta Zakaria, 38, and Zvikomborero Rukoni Zvikoni, 29, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Caroline Matanga who remanded them in custody…
IN a remarkable tale of innovation and community impact, Aluwaine Tanaka Manyonga, a University of Zimbabwe electrical engineering graduate, has revolutionised the…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is struggling to maintain council-run schools as over 50 percent of the learners have not paid their fees. The council runs 30 primary schools and one high school. However, in its latest council report, the BCC housing and community services director, Dictor Khumalo, said the non payment of…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu says he will soon embark on a national tour and “decisively” deal with issues of imposition and double candidate selection ahead of the December council and parliamentary by-elections. This comes after Tshabangu recalled 24 parliamentarians and 17 councillors on the grounds that they fraudulently became party…
MARRY Mubaiwa’s lawyer, Beatrice Mtetwa, yesterday left the court in a huff after the magistrate refused to grant her client postponement of her trial as she has just under gone another medical operation. Mubaiwa, who is currently on trial facing attempted murder charges for allegedly trying to kill her former husband, Vice President Constatino Chiwenga,…
THE more than month-old “Tame the Traffic Jungle” operation is permanent and the police have been directed to intensify their duties to night patrols, as most motorists defy road rules during late and early hours of the day. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday in Esigodini, Matabeleland South Province, the deputy minister of Transport, Joshua…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the new Parliament building in Mt Hampden will enhance the 10th legislative agenda. Speaking at the handover ceremony of the China-built Parliament building, Mnangagwa said the new building will be an enabler for MPs to fully execute their legislative roles in a more tranquil environment adding that the completion of the…
AN ALLEGED armed robber, believed to have been involved in a robbery in Waterfalls, Harare, that ended in a shootout with security guards, reportedly turned himself in to the police after he failed to get medical treatment for a gunshot wound. Godfrey Magadu, 31, of Chemhondoro, Murewa in Mashonaland East Province, who is currently admitted…
