Tamary Chikiwa A 14-YEAR-OLD school boy was slapped with a community service sentence by a Zvishavane magistrate yesterday after he was found guilty of being in possession of 500 grammes of dagga and two 500ml bottles of broncleer in his school bag. The court heard that on November 30 last year, the teenager, who cannot…
EMBATTLED former Cabinet minister Petronella Kagonye, pictured, had something to smile about on Wednesday when a count of fraud involving US$38 500 against her was dropped by the court. The State applied to withdraw the charge in which she was accused of defrauding Vaduku Housing Cooperative after witnesses wrote to it indicating their unwillingness to…
A PLUMTREE woman is in custody on suspicion that she killed her newly-born baby just after giving birth. According to a statement released by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday, Future Maphendu, 35, from Phumza village is accused of intentionally using a broken bottle to cut her baby’s umbilical cord in the early hours of…
BULAWAYO’s ambitious vaccination drive to reach the much needed herd immunity has been hamstrung with authorities yesterday indicating that statistics have, of late, been worryingly stagnant. This comes as the uptake of the Covid-19 first jab in the city has remained subdued, although numbers of people opting for the booster shots are slowly increasing. Speaking…
PERIOD poverty stretches beyond the failure to access sanitary wear in Zimbabwe while stigmatisation and shame young girls experience remains a challenge, The Period Company (TPC) said yesterday. TPC, a local reusable sanitary wear manufacturer, is currently on a drive to end the period shame by engaging men to educate and distribute reusable sanitary wear…
SUSPENDED Criminal Investigations Department director Crispen Charumbira, who is alleged to have instructed junior officers to release and stop investigating drugs and gold dealers, has prayed for his acquittal, arguing the State has failed to prove a case against him. Charumbira appeared before regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna facing two counts of attempting to defeat the…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya SIMBISA Brands, through its subsidiary Buffalo Creek Spurs, yesterday partnered KidzCan Zimbabwe, an organisation that supports children living with cancer, in a quest to increase the survival rate of kids suffering from the killer disease from 20 percent to 60 percent by 2030. Unveiling the partnership in Harare yesterday, Simbisa Brands announced that…
THE late dancehall music star Soul Jah Love, was ahead of his time and the void his death created will be difficult to fill, music players have said. Yesterday marked one year since the death of the popular chanter who was declared provincial hero with music industry stakeholders unanimous that Zimdancehall was now poorer without…
THE late former army general Solomon Mujuru’s widow, Joice, pictured, has been taken to court by her step-daughter for allegedly forging ownership documents to one of her late husband’s companies. Joice stands accused by Mujuru’s daughter, Nyasha Noreen Nyorovai Dei Campo, of unilaterally altering company documents for Dahaw Trading (Private) Limited.The company is the largest…
A BORROWDALE, Harare, couple has appeared in court on attempted murder charges after they allegedly tried to pull a man off his racing horse, accusing him of peeping into their premises. Yitbarek Tekie and Vannessa Evershed were not asked to plead to the allegations when they appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda.They were remanded to…
