By Rutendo Ngara A MAN, 20, from Sadza, Chikomba District, Mashonaland East Province, was this week sentenced to an effective 24 years in prison at the Chivhu Magistrates’ Court for kidnapping and aggravated sexual abuse of a fouryear-old boy over four days in a bush. “The State proved that on May 16, 2024 at Gwatidzo…
TWO people died of malaria this week, bringing to 47 the total number of deaths since the beginning of the year as the country continues to grapple with the disease. According to statistics from the ministry of Health, from the beginning of the year, 1 584 cases of malaria have been recorded in different parts…
THERE are growing divisions among the country’s former freeedom fighters, with war veterans in Mashonaland Central unhappy with the indefinite deferral of the struggle stalwarts’ national elections. This saw tempers flaring up, and the minister of War Veterans, Monica Mavhunga, being greeted with a chorus of boos by Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA)…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have warned that it is illegal to use coupons as change in transactions. Speaking to public transporters in Harare yesterday, the governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ), John Mushayavanhu, also reiterated that the country had enough notes and coins in circulation for the needs of the nation. Mushayavanhu…
SCHOOL authorities have been urged to reintroduce the wearing of face masks by pupils to contain the spread of the influenza bug currently ravaging the country. This comes as the government is also mulling the reintroduction of the mandatory wearing of face masks in public. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the Zimbabwe National Union…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (CAZ) is pushing for organisations and corporates to implement cancer policies at the workplace aimed at improving cancer awareness, screening, and support for employees. This comes as statistics show that in 2018, Zimbabwe recorded around 7 800 new cancer cases and about 2 500 deaths as…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw A GANG of five unidentified robbers pounced on a house in Borrowdale, Harare, over the weekend and got away with over US$10 000 cash and other valuables. Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said the force was investigating with a view to bringing the culprits to book. “Police in Harare are…
ZIMBABWE’s feuding opposition leaders will likely fail, once again, to give Zanu PF a run for its money in the 2028 national elections, as their counterparts in South Africa have just done to the ANC. So says prominent analyst, Prosper Chitambara, who adds that the recent seismic political developments in South Africa, where the ANC…
THE Harare City Council (HCC) is targeting to connect at least 9 000 households with tapped water in Harare South in an effort to curb the spread of cholera. This comes as the nation is grappling with a cholera pandemic as the water and sanitation remains a challenge in the country.However, speaking to the Daily…
THE High Court has reviewed upwards the sentence of one of the two robbers who also raped a victim in front of her six children in Chitungwiza last year. The two convicts, Wallace Kufandada, 18, and Takudzwa Pepukai, 21, also assaulted the husband of the victim.The two were initially convicted of robbery while Pepukai was…
