THE two Harare bouncers, Gideon Sanyangore and Blessing Kumunda, who were arrested in December after allegedly causing havoc at pubs and various music events, will continue to languish in remand prison after a magistrates court yesterday dismissed their application for bail. The two, who are facing attempted murder charges, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje…
By Yvonne Ncube A BULAWAYO man Anele Moyo, 38, is in trouble after he was arrested for assaulting and burning his daughter with hot cooking oil on Christmas Day during a fight with his wife. He appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Malvin Shortgame yesterday where he pleaded guilty to two counts of assault. The allegations are…
INFORMATION Communication Technology minister Jenfan Muswere has commissioned the country’s first multi-million dollar rail fibre optic project in the resort town of Victoria Falls. It was bankrolled by international group Bandwidth and Cloud Services (BCS) in partnership with DFA Zimbabwe and is not only aimed at addressing the much-needed network diversity and redundancy in Zimbabwe,…
TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will dispatch his Foreign Affairs minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to Zimbabwe next week for high level talks meant…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 42-year-old suspect for allegedly kidnapping a 15-year-old girl before drugging and raping her several times for 17 days. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson inspector Abednico Ncube said Mkhululi Ndlovu allegedly kidnapped the minor in Nkulumane on December 8 last year before she managed to escape…
A HARARE man, who is suspected of having broken into his neighbour’s home and stolen property, has appeared before the Harare magistrates’ court. It is alleged that on December 27 2022, Blessed Masango broke into Clara Nyoni’s house in Goodhope, Westgate, Harare, and stole property valued at $652 800. According to the court documents, Masango…
By Yvonne Ncube A LOWER Six learner at a school in Matabeleland South Province, who was recently involved in a gang robbery, has been pardoned by a Bulawayo magistrate. Mbongeni Dube, 18, from Fort Rixon, had his sentence wholly suspended when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda yesterday. Dube was charged with robbery along…
BY YVONNE NCUBE A MAN from Gumtree in the outskirts of Bulawayo has been taken to court for allegedly stealing 50 pigs from a farmer. Qhubekani Ntini, 42, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda facing accusations of stock theft. Ntini pleaded guilty and was remanded in custody to January 17. It is the State’s case…
BY YVONNE NCUBE CONTROVERSIAL former cricketer Dumisani Mankunzini is once again in court after he was arrested for absconding payment at a local hotel where he was checked in for four days. Mankunzini appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda yesterday and pleaded not guilty to fraud charges. The court heard that sometime in November, Mankunzini…
POLICE in Bulawayo have raised concerns over abandoned pits which have become death traps in the second capital with cases of drowning minors on the rise since the onset of the rainy season. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson inspector Abednico Ncube called on parents and guardians to closely monitor their children,…
