Dionne Kanyowa A 24-YEAR-OLD man Costa Masokwa has been slapped with a 12-year jail sentence for murdering his rival, Jabulani Mwanjira, by striking and stabbing him with an empty bottle on his head over a girlfriend. High Court Judge Nyaradzo Munangati-Manongwa found Masokwa guilty of murdering Mwanjira, saying the accused’s evidence was inconsistent and dishonest….
ENERGY minister Zhemu Soda has dissolved a nine-member board of State-owned petroleum products retailer, Petrotrade, pending investigations into alleged bad corporate governance This comes barely a year after it was appointed in June last year after the company had operated for five years without a board. In a statement yesterday, Soda said he would appoint…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A MOUNT Hampden woman Melody Changa is facing an attempted murder charge for allegedly stabbing her husband with a kitchen knife for instructing her to bath their six-year-old child. The 25-year-old woman was advised to apply for bail at the High Court when she appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda on Wednesday. The circumstances…
Andile Tshuma POLICE have arrested more than 80 people in a space of a week under a nationwide anti-drug and substance abuse operation. Drugs worth nearly $2 million were recovered from various suspects, as the police continue to close in on more people in the drugs ring. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi, pictured, yesterday confirmed…
THE trial of a senior police officer who was accused of using a car that was held as an exhibit at a police station before being involved in an accident has been set for March 31. Kirisipeni Mutsengi, who was officer commanding CID Vehicle Theft Squad, Southerton, Harare, allegedly took and used the car which…
SEVERAL bus operators, including the government-run Zupco, have abandoned routes in Mberengwa owing to bad roads, leaving villagers stranded. The roads have been worsened by incessant rains that have been pounding the area over the past months. Locals told the Daily News yesterday that several bus operators have discontinued servicing Mberengwa-West Nicholson and Buchwa-Rutenga highways which lead…
Andile Tshuma BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has expressed concern over increasing Tuberculosis (TB) deaths in the city in the past five years. The council yesterday revealed that the death rate in the city was oscillating between 13 and 16 percent since 2016. Speaking during a presentation on the province’s management of TB, BCC deputy chief…
TOBACCO prices are unlikely to be reviewed upwards this season as the high-end market for premium brands has reached its limit, the Tobacco Industry Marketing Board (TIMB) has said. This comes as this year’s tobacco marketing season is set to commence on the 30th of this month with contract tobacco sales starting a day later….
THE National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) has partnered with the United Arab Emirates’ DP, a world chain and logistics company, in a railway infrastructure development deal. In a statement yesterday after a briefing with the UAE delegation, NRZ acting public relations officer Martin Banda said the partnership fell into the railway company’s revival strategy. “As…
A ZVISHAVANE woman and her two infants sustained severe injuries after her neighbours allegedly set her house on fire over adultery gossip accusations. Tavona Zhou, 28, and her two children, (ages not supplied) had to be rushed to Zvishavane District Hospital after the incident. Raviro Dube, 28, and her suspected lover Atinos Msipa, 32, yesterday…
