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ZIMBABWE Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has embarked on a labour force survey in all provinces aimed at providing labour market statistics which will inform policy formulation. In a statement at the weekend, Zimstats communication officer Ronald Chiringa called on house-holds to cooperate and provide necessary information during the exercise. “The Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency will be…

ZIMBABWE is on the right path to holding free and fair elections and has put mechanisms in place to have credible polls this year. Speaking in Banjul, Gambia, on the 75th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human Rights at the weekend, chief director in the ministry of Justice, Tapiwa Godzi, said they are…

A BRITISH national, who allegedly duped a mining company of over US$120 000 in a bogus copper ore purchasing deal, has been arraigned before a Harare magistrate. James Daniel Mckey, 46, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing a charge of theft of trust property, before he was released on a $300 000 bail and ordered…

A MAN from Domboshava, Goromonzi, has appeared before the court after he allegedly murdered his father. Casper Tigere, 20, who is being charged with murder, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Friday, where he was remanded in custody and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court. He will be back in court…

A “GOOD Samaritan”, who helped a woman, 39, who was being assaulted before turning around and raping her, is now in trouble. Ibrahim Mohammed, 29, from Belapezi, Epworth, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje last Thursday facing a charge of rape and was remanded in custody and will appear back in court on May 24 pending…

THREE police officers based in Beitbridge stand accused of stealing, at gunpoint, a top-of-the-range vehicle worth US$60 000 at a fuel station in the border town. Andrew Magwenzi, 35, Edmore Nyamaropa, 30, and Prince Mugove Kuchekenya, 39, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje accused of stealing a Toyota Prado worth US$60 000. Magwenzi and Nyamaropa appeared…

FORMER Warriors and Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Tinashe Nengomasha has won custody of their two children in his divorce from the daughter of the late music icon Oliver “Tuku” Mtukudzi, Samantha. Mtukudzi filed for separation for a second time in 2021, claiming that there was no hope of a successful reconciliation between her and Nengomasha. C…

POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested six suspects for a series of robbery cases committed within Bulawayo central business district and western suburbs. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said the suspects have been engaging in robberies since March 2023. “Police arrested six robbers, namely Lookout Dube, 42, of…

BY NYASHA KUNYISWA SINCE the beginning of the year, the government of Japan has supplied Zimbabwe with medical equipment worth US$6 million for its public health facilities as part of the Asian nation’s commitment to assisting the local health sector. This was revealed on Friday at the launch of a quality-improvement project for health services…