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TWENTY-FIVE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members, arrested last Saturday in Budiriro, Harare, for allegedly holding an unsanctioned meeting, spent another night in remand prison yesterday after the magistrate postponed their bail ruling for the fourth time. They will appear in court again today. During the hearing yesterday, investigating officer George Garauzive told the court…

A CHIVI serial rapist-cum-robber will serve 20 years in prison after a Masvingo magistrate convicted him of three counts of rape and armed robbery. Lancelot Munogwei, 21, was detained earlier this month after committing a series of crimes during which he preyed on young females, raped them, and stole their possessions. In the majority of…

THE Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) has completed the marking of the 2022 Ordinary Level examinations and is now making final assessments of the results before their release. The 2022 ‘O’ Level examinations were marred by serious leakages, with pupils, teachers and headmaster,  among others, who were implicated in the scam being arrested while candidates caught…

HARARE bouncers Gideon Sanyangore and Blessing Kumunda, facing attempted murder charges, will continue languishing in pretrial detention after their second attempt for bail was struck off the roll at the High Court after their lawyer failed to turn up. The two appeared before High Court Judge Munamato Mutevedzi, but the judge was yesterday forced to…

A MUREHWA magistrate was arrested and charged with criminal abuse of duty as a public officer after he allegedly accepted a US$80 bribe. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is alleging that in September last year, Edwin Marecha, 42, received a US$80 bribe from Artwell Paraffin on the condition that he passes a non-custodial sentence for…

THE trial for Marry Mubaiwa  in which she is facing allegations of attempting to kill her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga while he was hospitalised in South Africa, has been set for this Friday at the Harare magistrate’s court. The matter failed to kick off yesterday after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) asked for a…

Rumbidzai Ngwenya, ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw A TRIO from a Harare bus company was arrested in Kadoma on Monday while transporting approximately 50 kilogrammes of dagga. According to the police two bus drivers and their conductor were arrested. The bus was travelling from Siakobvu, Mashonaland West, to Harare when it was stopped at a roadblock in Kadoma.  “Following…

TWENTY five Citizen’s Coalition for Change (CCC) activists, including two MPs, who were arrested last Saturday in Budiriro, Harare, are expected back in court today for the continuation of their bail application. They appeared in court yesterday for their second day of their bail hearing before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda, but the matter was postponed…

LEGISLATORS yesterday urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to correct flaws in the preliminary delimitation report, saying the electoral body has failed to follow some provisions in the Constitution. This comes after Zec deputy chairperson Rodney Kiwa told the Daily News early this week that the national elections management body would endeavour to address all…