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By Hazel Marimbiza A 36-YEAR-OLD soldier has appeared in court for allegedly molesting an eight-year-old girl and for assaulting a six-year -old while boarding public transport. Nqobizitha Mpofu was not asked to plead to both counts of assault and was remanded out of custody to September 13 on $10 000 bail by Bulawayo Tredgold magistrate…

THE government has put non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the radar after setting up committees to monitor their operations in each district across the country. This comes after the government recently introduced the Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) Amendment Bill which seeks to regulate the operations of civil society organisations. Speaking in the Senate on Thursday, deputy…

BRANDON JOSPHAT ZIMBABWE National Liberation War Veterans Association deputy chairperson Headman Moyo has been elected as the Zanu PF deputy secretary of the war veterans league. The elections were held on Friday at the Zanu PF headquarters in Harare as the ruling party strengthens ahead of next year’s crucial elections. The establishment of the league…

INFORMAL industrialists in Zvishavane have appealed to council to avail more working space, saying congestion is disrupting their operations. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Zvishavane Home Industry secretary general Ocean Gundugwa accused the local authority of reneging on its promise to avail more space. “Informal work is the most common here in…

THE United Nations (UN) has hailed the Zimbabwe government for making tremendous strides in a number of areas in advancing the rights of persons with disabilities. In a statement, UN Residents and Humanitarian Coordinator Edward Kallon said the country had so far come up with several policies towards domestication of conventions on inclusion of people…

A GRANDMOTHER was left heartbroken after the High Court refused her access to her grandson who is in the custody of her daughter’s estranged in-laws. This was after she was deemed to be of questionable character with a likelihood of exposing the minor to criminal activities.The maternal grandmother went to court accusing her estranged son-in…

By Hazel Marimbiza BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has finally decommissioned Umzingwane Dam due to critically low water levels, a development that is likely to worsen the city’s water crisis. This comes at a time the city is implementing a 72-hour water shedding regime as council supply dams no longer have the capacity to provide enough…

PARLIAMENT has urged the government to avail funding to strengthen security along the country’s borders, especially the Mozambican one. Presenting a report in Senate on the counter terrorism high level conference recently held in Italy, David Parirenyatwa said while Zimbabwe may currently not be directly experiencing terrorist threats, the Cabo Delgado case in Mozambique was…

APOSTOLIC Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) splinter group deputy president Amon Nyika has been nabbed and appeared in court accused of converting the church’s residential stand into his own name. He was not asked to plead to allegations of fraud when he appeared before regional magistrate Taurai Manwere who granted him $20 000 bail.The AFM…