AN INMATE at Chikurubi Maximum Security Prison (Chikurubi) has launched an urgent High Court application in which he wants authorities to deal with diarrhoea, hepatitis B and tuberculosis outbreaks at the facility. This was contained in an application filed by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum on behalf of inmate Taurai Dodzo, who is suing…
By Nyasha Dube THE High Court has granted Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi leave to appeal against the acquittal of graft accused Kadoma Magistrates Court prosecutor Allen Chifokoyo. On June 3, a Chegutu magistrates’ court acquitted Chifokoyo on corruption charges after the prosecution failed to prove a case against him. Chifokoyo was accused of fleecing…
ZIMBABWE needs to recruit more psychiatrists to deal divisively with the mental health challenges facing most citizens, the Daily News reports. Recent statistics showed that the country, with a population of over 14 million, has less than 30 qualified psychiatrists. Nemache Mawere, a psychiatrist based at Ingutsheni Hospital in Bulawayo, said there were limited places…
By Pepertua Rojasi UNESCO, in partnership with the Primary and Secondary Education ministry and Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec), has launched a WhatsApp-based application to disseminate academic resources to students during the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking during the launch of the platform titled Dzidzo Pamhatso, Unesco’s regional advisor for education for health and wellbeing Patricia Machawira…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE State’s wish to have the MDC Alliance youth leaders Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marowa tried separately has been by the Harare Magistrates court. This follows the State’s application for separation on the basis that Mamombe was still undergoing treatment for a mental health disorder and could…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are launching a nationwide probe into donated coronavirus funds and other materials, amid fears that significant portions of these gifts were looted by politically-connected individuals, the Daily News reports. This emerged in Harare at the weekend when Auditor General Mildred Chiri, pictured, spoke to legislators, where she revealed that she…
Blessings Mashaya CABINET ministers in charge of security ministries have pleaded with Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to avail more resources to security forces when he presents his 2021 national budget this week, the Daily News reports. Speaking at a pre-budget seminar at the weekend, both Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe implored…
Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE man, who murdered his girlfriend before attempting to commit suicide, has escaped a jail term after the High Court ruled that he was mentally unstable when he committed the offence. Richard Nenhowe had invited his girlfriend Angela Dapi to Elizabeth Hotel in Harare for a sex romp, but…
Tarisai Machakaire THE Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has been joined to a case in which Harare regional magistrate Bianca Makwande had been personally slapped with costs after she ordered MDC Alliance MP Joana Mamombe to be detained for mental examination. Mamombe is on trial for allegedly falsifying her own abduction and on September 24…
Tarisai Machakaire THE Chitungwiza Municipality has lost its High Court bid to temporarily reopen the Chigumba Stands dumpsite, arguing that residents no longer had anywhere to dispose of their waste. The municipality went to court seeking relief after High Court judge Mary Dube granted an application by Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum on behalf…
