Blessings Mashaya in Beitbridge LONG-DISTANCE truck drivers have raised fresh concerns over undue delays that they are continuing to endure at the Beitbridge Border Post, the Daily News reports. Apart from having to spend days in serpentine queues which sometimes stretch more than 10 kilometres, the truckers also complained about the proliferation of criminals at the border…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw MORE than 12 000 farmers in Mhondoro-Ngezi and Chegutu districts will benefit from the Agricultural Centres of Excellence (ACE) established at Chibero Agricultural College, Mhondoro and Chegutu by the European Union-funded Zimbabwe Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Services (ZAKIS) project. ZAKIS recently completed the refurbishing and upgrading of learning facilities…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw TWO bribe demanding cops were arrested after allegedly conducting unauthorised traffic duties where they arrested and demanded money from a motorist on flimsy charges. Osivinda Maphosa, 25, and Prisca Nyadongo, 43, were arrested on charges of criminal abuse of duty while another officer escaped. They were not asked to…
By Nyasha Dube A HARARE woman is claiming $700 000 in damages from the government after losing her unborn child at Sally Mugabe Central Hospital in June.6 Valerie Chibaya is suing Vice President Constantino Chiwenga in his capacity as Health minister after accusing health officials at the hospital of neglecting to treat her as a…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it will expand its road network as the current system has been overwhelmed by the increase in both vehicular and human population. The city’s master plan consultant, Tiisetso Dube of Job Jika and Associates, this week outlined that the local authority needed to make a provision for an efficient transportation…
JAILED former Zanu PF legislator Munyaradzi Kereke has lost his bid for his appeal against a rape conviction and a 10-year sentence heard by the Supreme Court. Kereke was convicted of raping his wife’s 11-year-old niece in 2016. His last attempt to have the rape sentence and conviction quashed was in May last year and…
HARARE City Council finance director Tendai Kwenda has been arraigned before the court on allegations of siphoning US$75 000 from council coffers and purchasing a top of the range SUV. Kwenda is being charged with criminal abuse of duty or alternatively theft of trust property. Last week, he appeared in court on similar allegations together…
By Kudzai Chikiwa in Bulawayo have arrested three armed robbers who terrorised residents by breaking into homes and attacking occupants, getting away with US$70 000, $386 000 and an assortment of valuables. Police provincial spokesperson Abedneco Ncube told the Daily News yesterday that Sonto Sibanda, 34, from Nkulumane, Thubelihle Ncube, 25, who lives in Magwegwe…
THROUGH a generous investment from ELMA Philanthropies, Higherlife Foundation yesterday commenced the handover of maternal health medical equipment to seven hospitals in Zimbabwe. The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the provision of essential maternal and neonatal health services and severely eroded the steady gains that Zimbabwe had made in improving mortality rates. Over the next year,…
By Perpetua Rojasi WOMEN need to be empowered and taught how to be self-sufficient in order to walk away from abusive relationships, according to Zimbabwe Widows and Orphans Trust (ZWOT) mentor, Elizabeth Parirenyatwa. Speaking during a march against gender-based violence (GBV) in Harare yesterday, Parirenyatwa said some women are enduring abuse just for the sake…
