Nyasha Kunyiswa STAFF WRITER Kunyiswan@gmail.co.zw VICE President Constantino Chiwenga has called on southern African countries to manufacture their own drugs and medical equipment which can be used to fight malaria. This comes after the country recently recorded a 70 percent decline of malaria cases. Speaking on behalf of Chiwenga during the official opening of the…
SENTENCING for two Mashwede Holdings employees convicted for stealing fuel coupons worth over US$16 000 and claiming they had been stolen during a robbery at the company’s premises has been shelved after one of them raised constitutional issues. Ernest Nevanji Madanhire and Edson Mashamhanda were convicted of theft of trust property and were remanded in…
A HARARE couple has been nabbed on allegations of rape with the wife accused of luring a nine-year-old girl for her husband to violate while she watched and provided cover. Edmore Matanyange and his wife Tecla Tshuma have both been slapped with a charge of rape. They were not asked to plead to the allegations…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITER ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw INFORMAL traders at Billuz Mall along Leopold Takawira Street, Harare, were yesterday left counting their losses after goods worth thousands of dollars were burnt in a fire accident. The three-storey building, which housed different business people, including cross-border traders, tailors and book shops, was almost razed to the ground in…
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has moved to capacitate integrity committees in various institutions with the required skills to curb corruption. Integrity committees are coordinated anti-corruption initiatives that are being implemented in compliance with terms which prescribe state parties to initiate corruption prevention measures that promote the participation of citizens and society. In a statement…
A BOOKKEEPER and an information communication technology officer have been convicted for stealing fuel coupons worth over US$16 000 from their employer Mashwede Holdings and claiming they had been stolen during a robbery at the company’s premises in Harare. Edson Mashamhanda and Ernest Nevanji Madanhire were convicted yesterday of theft of trust property and were…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw AN EPWORTH man, Tawanda Tomu (42), was murdered after he was attacked by two armed robbers on Saturday night. The police yesterday said the robbers attacked Tomu with iron bars and knives before stealing his Nokia cellphone. “The police in Epworth are investigating a case of murder which occurred in Makomo Extension,…
ABOUT 30 percent of rural households nationally will be food insecure from the third quarter of October to December, a government and development partners’ assessment has revealed. In its Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVac) 2022 rural livelihoods assessment report, Matabeleland North is the most vulnerable province in the country with regards to food security. Almost…
The Girls Rights Collective (GRC), a network of girl child focused non-governmental organisations with a common agenda and collective impact on girls…
THE police have vowed they will not be bullied by politicians who seek to interfere with their constitutional duties. This comes amid allegations that the police were interfering with elections at tertiary institutions, including polls held at the University Zimbabwe on Friday. The police were accused of stopping students affiliated with the Zimbabwe National Students…
