A FORMER convict, who recently benefited from the presidential amnesty programme, appeared in court yesterday facing fresh charges of robbing cash and property worth over US$10 000. Privilege Mapfumo, 32, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing two counts of robbery and two counts of unlawful entry and was remanded in custody before being instructed…
THE United Nations (UN) in Zimbabwe has implored the country’s youth to partner with it, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the government in the preservation of the environment and help in reducing plastic pollution. Speaking at this year’s World Environment Day commemorations held in Harare this week, the UN country resident coordinator, Edward Kallon, said young…
A HARARE magistrate has ordered a man who was arrested earlier this week, after parking his car at a busy road intersection before shouting at passing motorists, to undergo a mental health examination before he is sentenced. Itai Makombe, 51, appeared before magistrate Simon Kandiyero yesterday where he was charged with disorderly conduct. He is…
A RUSAPE man, who is accused of moving around central Harare pretending to be a police offi cer and demanding money from illegal vendors, was yesterday arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing impersonation and extortion charges. Wiseman Makombe, 30, was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi and was remanded in custody and will be back…
A HARARE man, who allegedly acted as a proxy for an illegal foreign currency dealer before duping a company director of nearly US$29 000, was yesterday arraigned before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. Charles Nyadongo, 29, was arraigned before magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing a charge of theft of trust property and was released on $200 000…
Shamaine Chirimujiri chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw LEADING supermarket chain, TM Pick ‘n Pay, yesterday donated 3 000 blankets worth over US$70 000 to 18 government hospitals across the country, a timely donation that will protect patients from the cold this winter season. The TM Pick ‘n Pay’s Blanket Drive started in 2020 at the peak of the Covid-19…
A SELF-STYLED prophet from Bulawayo who claimed to a married woman that she was being tormented by evil spirits and needed to be cleansed has been hauled before the courts on allegations of raping and impregnating her. Casper Moyo, 35, yesterday appeared before regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga and pleaded not guilty to the charge, but…
THE High Court has reserved judgment in a bail application filed by incarcerated Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) leader Jacob Ngarivhume pending the determination of his appeal against his sentence and conviction. Ngarivhume was sentenced to three years in prison last April after Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka found him guilty of inciting public violence where he urged…
THE Supreme Court has overturned a ruling in which a High Court judge ordered the Justice ministry and Attorney General (AG) to submit to Parliament a draft bill stipulating the code of conduct for vice presidents and ministers. In 2021, Harare lawyer Nyasha Chiramba took Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and the AG, Prince Machaya, to…
AUTHORITIES in Beitbridge have embarked on anti-cholera campaigns meant to educate residents living with HIV on the importance of practising proper hygiene and sanitation, as they are more vulnerable to cholera. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a National Aids Council (Nac) tour last week, the environmental health officer at the municipality…
