Rumbidzai Ngwenya, ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE teenager was arrested over the weekend for allegedly raping his 10-year-old sister in Southlea Park. The police said the 18-year-old teenager took advantage of their mother’s absence and raped the girl several times since 2019, when he was 15 and the girl was seven. “In the year 2019, the accused…
THE Zvishavane Town Council has entered into an agreement with the Green Council of Zimbabwe — an organisation that is spearheading green building — for the latter to establish a smart city concept in the mining town. The smart city concept refers to the construction of climate resilient settlements free of carbon emissions. According to…
THE property market is looking very promising this year with award winning property developing company West Property increasing the number of projects from five last year to 14 this year. The affordable lifestyle property developer is promising “never to be missed opportunities in 2023” under its “Bringing Dubai to Zimbabwe” mantra. Company CEO and award…
THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) is set to pay US$15 000 in damages to a 13-year-old boy who was electrocuted in 2019 and suffered severe electrical burns. This comes after the family wrote to the company requesting compensation for damages caused by the gross negligence of ZETDC employees. The young boy is…
THE ministry of Agriculture will begin a 10-day livestock and crop assessment and evaluation on Friday, with the goal of developing policy plans for 2023 based on current issues. Speaking at a press briefing in Harare yesterday, permanent secretary in the Agriculture ministry John Basera said the planned assessment would also work as an early…
Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda has heard how an Ethiopian national in transit to South Africa was left for dead by his colleagues after a car accident. Tsegaye Summu, 28, travelled with others in September last year. In Zvishavane, 180 kilometres northeast of Beitbridge, a Toyota minibus they had hired was involved in an accident. The…
TWO HARARE women are set to appear in court today facing charges of culpable homicide after they allegedly caused the death of a four-year-old boy. Agatha Muzidzwa, 28, who is the mother of the child, and Patience Temera, an unlicenced traditional healer, were initially arraigned before the Harare magistrate’s court on January 4. It is…
AN Italian national has been arraigned before the Harare magistrate’s court after he allegedly defrauded a local man of nearly US$185 000. Maurizio Arezio, 49, appeared before magistrate Clever Tsikwa over the weekend, facing two counts, one of fraud and another of money laundering. It is the State’s case that Arezio and his brother, Gabrielle,…
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) is unable to effectively handle complex matters, some of which are now in court, because of funding constraints and a lack of a legal commissioner. ZGC chief executive Virginia Muwanigwa told the Daily News yesterday that they have since written to the Office of the President and Cabinet, as well as Parliament,…
HIGH Court judges Justices Neville Wamambo and Emilia Muchawa have dismissed an application filed by 12 Buhera villagers who sought to challenge the construction of a boarding school on a piece of land in Madzivanyika village. This comes after the Murambinda magistrate’s court granted an order to the Munda Family Trust, which barred the…
