HARARE City Council (HCC) will enter into more private partnerships with local banks to construct more houses to clear the housing backlog and embark on an exercise to regularise informal settlements that have sprouted in some residential areas. In an interview with the Daily News, the mayor of Harare, Jacob Mafume said it was worrying…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Youth Secretary for Masvingo Province, Gilbert Mutubiki, and nine other activists, who were on trial for allegedly inciting violence in Chivi, have been acquitted by the local magistrate’s court. The 10 were arrested in 2021 after they allegedly incited the public to commit violence at a gathering in Mhandamabwe. During…
A HARARE man, Ali Abdul Aziz Ahmed, who was defrauded out of nearly US$38 000 after he bought a stolen vehicle, has been granted a brief relief after the High Court granted an order declaring him the legal owner of the car. Ahmed approached the court after the original owner of the car; Jonathan Solani,…
A CHIVI woman, Edleen Matonhodze, has been granted relief after the High Court granted an application in which she sought to have her niece removed as the executor of her late father’s estate. In her application, Matonhodze cited Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, her niece, Florence Mapuvire, in both her official capacity as the estate’s executor…
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has called on the government to fulfill its promise and adequately fund scholarship programmes that help disadvantaged students across the country. This comes after the organisation noticed that many public schools have ignored the warnings by the ministry of Primary and Secondary and continued turning away students who…
POLICE have arrested a 21-year-old Kadoma man, who is suspected to be mentally challenged, after he allegedly struck to death his two-year-old cousin with a hoe. According to national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi, the suspect struck the victim twice on the head, leading to his death. “On December 29, 2022, the Zimbabwe Republic Police in…
THREE Wedza men have been arrested after they were caught cultivating marijuana in their garden. The three, Edmore Gonese, 36, Blessing Chisango, 27, and Tellmore Toro, 32, were allegedly growing the plant at Idufu Farm in Wedza. They were caught with 27 plants with an average height of two meters. In a statement yesterday, police…
A HARARE woman has dragged two of her churchmates to court, accusing them of making defamatory statements that ruined her reputation and standing in church. In summons filed at the High Court, Florence Kadake demanded the sum of US$65 000 in damages after Pamela Makonza and Darlington Nyabinde allegedly made statements that insinuated she had…
THE Environmental Management Agency (Ema) has raised concerns over the proliferation of unlicensed dealers in hazardous substances such as liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) saying it puts people’s lives at risk. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Ema national spokesperson Amkela Sidange warned the public against illegally selling LPG. “The agency has noted with great concern…
ZIMBABWE National Union of School Heads (Zinush) has called for all stakeholders to meet, to ensure that there is a restoration of credibility at Zimsec. This comes as the country’s examination body has launched an investigation into “O” Level examination paper leakages and has since engaged the government and the police to establish the source…
