A HARARE man, Farai Chiweza, who was facing murder charges, was last week found not guilty of the murder of his friend after the High Court ruled that the State had failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. Chiweza and his co-accused Osman Tsoka were arrested in 2015. The latter was acquitted after…
INDIA’S Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has arrested two Zimbabweans with 7.9 kg of heroin at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport,…
ENVIRONMENT and Tourism deputy minister Barbra Rwodzi has urged graduates to be patriotic in order to promote nation-building. Speaking at the 2022 graduation ceremony of 100 students from The School of Public Speaking at the Management Training Bureau in Harare at the weekend, the deputy minister said public speakers should use their skills to laud…
By Ketty Noyni IN AN effort to enhance the value of Great Zimbabwe, Masvingo, the United Nations Organisation for Projects Services (UNOPS) and other partners, with funding from Agence Francaise de Development (AFD), are working towards the rehabilitation of the heritage site. The Great Zimbabwe Development Project (GZDP), which received 3 million Euros from AFD,…
By Nyasha Dube TWO siblings are locked in a battle over their mother’s inheritance after a sister, Renee Juanita Hiten, approached the High Court seeking to have a plot in the up-market suburb of Glen Lorne, Harare, measuring 21.2552 hectares be subdivided into two. In her application, Hiten cited her brother Steven Barry, the Master…
THE MDC has set December 18 as the date it will hold its fifth ordinary congress. In a notice yesterday, party president Douglas Mwonzora said the congress will be held in Harare. “All members defined in Section 6.2.1 of the party constitution in line with the constitution of the party, and following the relevant internal…
THE government says rural areas are a potential source of economic development, and there was a need to mobilise small-and-medium enterprises (SMEs) to invest in village communities. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, the SMEs chairperson Midlands chapter in the Women Affairs ministry Bigboy Murenga said the government was mobilising entrepreneurs to invest…
By Nyasha Dube A GWERU family is embroiled in an unpleasant property dispute after the father, Thomas William Baron, approached the High Court seeking to have his estranged wife Theresa and son Gilbert barred from filing a lawsuit against him. According to court papers, Thomas and Theresa were involved in divorce proceedings in 2018, but…
By Yvonne Ncube WOMEN rights organisations have called on the government to set aside money in its national budget to fund Gender Based Violence (GBV) service providers to ensure that victims get adequate assistance. Zimbabwe on Friday joined the rest of the world in commemorating 16 days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence. To mark the…
ZIMBABWE Gender Commission chairperson Commissioner Margret Mukahanana- Sangarwe says women’s economic empowerment is key if gender equality is to be realised. Once…
