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By Nyasha Dube A POLICE officer risks having his monthly salary garnished to settle damages arising after he arrested and tortured in police cells a Chitungwiza resident, Ednock Dube, for allegedly violating Covid-19 curfew guidelines. Dube successfully sued Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, and the police officer, only identified in court…

Tamary Chikiwa and Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITERS THE National Aids Council (Nac) is targeting boys and men to be peer models in their communities to improve the uptake of HIV prevention interventions and to bring to an end HIV/Aids in Zimbabwe by 2030. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded a decrease in new HIV infections…

HIGH Court judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi has reserved judgment in a matter where University of Zimbabwe students are challenging the institution’s decision to hike tuition fees by nearly 1 000 percent. The matter was initially set to be heard on Monday, but was rolled over to yesterday. The university increased fees in September, with students…

By Nyasha Dube STAKEHOLDERS in the legal delivery system will next week hold their inaugural conference under the Judicial Conference Council (JCC) to interrogate the country’s current sentencing guidelines. The conference, organised by the Judiciary Service Commission (JSC), is coming at a time Zimbabwe is witnessing an upsurge in crime involving rape, murder, fraud, armed…

By Nyasha Dube SOUTH Africa-based Zimbabwean businessman Frank Buyanga will continue to languish in South African prison after High Court judge Justice Pisirayi Kwenda yesterday dismissed the magistrate court’s decision to cancel his international arrest warrant. This is despite the fact that the Supreme Court yesterday also granted Buyanga’s appeal which sought the recusal of…

By Almot Maqolo FOREIGN Affairs deputy minister David Musabayana says Zimbabwe’s re-engagement drive with the west has exceeded the government’s expectations as the southern African country thrives to become a lucrative investment destination. The government, has among other things, improved the ease of doing business and has upped its efforts to strengthen relations with the…

A BULAWAYO man has been sentenced to one year in prison for assaulting his wife for deleting pictures on his phone. Takaindisa Chirimo pleaded guilty to physical abuse charges when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda. Chirimo is however lucky to be serving an effective six months, after the magistrate halved six months from…

By Regis Chingawo MASVINGO City Council has unveiled a US$23.6 million 2023 budget with the local residents crying foul and criticising the financial plan as “anti-poor and beyond their reach”. In a statement released yesterday, the council said US$17 million was expected from residents and other ratepayers while US$6 million would come from various sources….