A HARARE man has been remanded in custody after he allegedly assaulted his wife early this month when he found her communicating with her former boyfriend. Lloyd Kudzai Mushinye, 27, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday and was remanded in custody pending the release of a cyber-lab report by the State. Mushinye is also…
THE government has ended the Grain Marketing Board (GMB)’s monopoly on the purchase of grain after allowing farmers to sell their produce on the open market. This comes as maize, soya beans, wheat and barley were all on the controlled produce list, which restricted farmers to sell to the GMB or contractor who would have…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) says it is implementing a new US$52 million four-and-ahalf year strategic plan to ensure food security for underprivileged communities in Zimbabwe. In a report released last week, WFP Zimbabwe Annual Country Report July-December 2022 Highlights, the international humanitarian organisation said it is working to ensure foodinsecure citizens benefit from the…
By Ketty Nyoni PATIENTS suffering from haemophilia have called for the government’s intervention so they have easy access to imported medication. Haemophilia is a disorder in which blood doesn’t clot normally, which causes excessive bleeding both externally and internally after an injury. Symptoms include large or deep bruises, joint pain and swelling, unexplained bleeding and…
DIASPORA Zimbabweans are the target of a new wave of construction and property development investment vehicles. Banks have been foraying into mortgage-based…
IT IS after 10 o’clock at night, and Zimbabwe’s capital Harare is uncharacteristically dark. Chatter and laughter emerge from a small factory…
MINING giant Zimplats has injected US$1 million for the refurbishment of the Mubaira Hospital in Mhondoro, Mashonaland West Province, as part of the firm’s corporate social responsibility obligations. Speaking during the commissioning of the hospital on Thursday, Zimplats chief executive officer Alex Mhembere said his company had injected over US$200 million into its corporate social…
By Yvonne Ncube A 24-YEAR-OLD serving inmate at Khami Remand Prison in Bulawayo was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly smuggling 34 grammes of dagga worth $34 000 into the cells. Sydney Ncube, from Jambezi village under Chief Shana in Matabeleland North Province, yesterday appeared before Western Commonage Court magistrate Shepherd Mjanja. He pleaded guilty to…
AN APPLICATION seeking removal from further remand filed by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s former wife, Marry Mubaiwa, was dismissed yesterday by a Harare magistrate. She was arrested in 2019 and faces over US$1 million in money laundering and fraud charges. During her appearance before the court yesterday, the State made an application to have the…
GOVERNMENT has implored road authorities to wind up State-sponsored Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) projects, stating that the initiative will not be extended next year. With the projects launched in 2021 under ERRP2, the government aimed to rehabilitate 10 000km of roads nationwide. Speaking during a Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) workshop in Bulawayo yesterday,…
