TWO 21-year-olds from Epworth in Harare who were arrested for robbing and killing a 40-year-old man, Fashion Chakanetsa, in 2020, have been sentenced to 25 years in prison by the High Court. According to court papers, on October 31, 2020, Prosper Prince Esau and Tichaona Chirume, together with their friends, Munyaradzi Rusere, Takudzwa Hlanhla and…
By Nyasha Dube TWO men from Kadoma suspected of having been going around digging up and stealing copper cables have been arrested as the police continue to push forward with their “notocrime” campaign. Lee Magombe, 22, and Archford Mushonga, 26, were arrested over the weekend and charged with unlawful possession of copper cables. In a…
By Nyasha Dube POLICE in Harare have arrested three people after being found in illegal possession of command agriculture inputs. The trio is also accused of having illicit explosives in its possession. Passiona Precious, 28, Godknows Nhokwara. 39, and Taurai Togara, 37, were intercepted by police at a security roadblock at the 139km peg along…
THE World Food Programme (WFP) has distributed food aid to more than 500 000 vulnerable people from November to mid-December this year, its latest report reveals. The WFP said Zimbabwe is among the 20 countries with the highest food insecurity statistics in the world. “Zimbabwe continues to be among the 20 countries where food insecurity…
ZAPU president Sibangilizwe Nkomo has expressed concern over the credibility of next year’s harmonised elections, saying chances were high that the plebiscite will be marred by political violence. However, the Zapu leader was quick to point out that the solution to end the tradition of political violence lies with the ruling party Zanu PF as…
A DAY after a Lincoln, United States, man was shot and killed, police arrested a 23-year-old on Christmas Eve who they allege…
ZIMBABWE recently launched the national disaster loss database, also known as the Sendai platform, a web-based tool for reporting validated data on…
Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) yesterday said cases of typhoid and diarrhoea infections had risen from nine last week to 16 on Saturday. Speaking to the Daily News, the city’s epidemiologist and disease control officer Michael Vhere said council officials were worried over the increase of typhoid and diarrhoea cases. The 16 cases…
BULAWAYO mayor, Solomon Mguni, has pleaded with residents to exercise patience as the city’s water crisis worsens. The local authority has in recent weeks been forced to further extend its water shedding regime, a development which has seen some suburbs going for over two weeks without the precious liquid. With two of the city’s six…
IF IT were not for Zimbabwe, the world’s longest-serving president Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea might not have come this…
