TWO men from Hwange were arrested after one of them was caught with four pieces of raw ivory at Runyararo Village, Makwa. Speaking to Daily News yesterday, Matabeleland North police spokesperson Glory Banda said Nicholas Joseph Ncube, 27, and Sifiso Ngwenya, 51, were arrested on February 10 2022 at around 6pm after police received a…
THREE men are on the police radar after attacking a security guard at a steel company in Rusape on Saturday and made away with a safe containing US$25 000. The trio is said to have handcuffed the security guard before breaking into the office which contained the safe. “The ZRP is investigating a robbery case…
Dionne Kanyowa A GOKWE artisanal miner has been nabbed for murder after he allegedly teamed up with three others and attacked another miner with machetes on the head several times. Morris Tshuma, 26, and his colleagues are alleged to have kidnapped one Talent Sandi in Epworth before killing and dumping him. He was not asked…
CAMPAIGNING for the crucial March 26 by-elections is gathering steam, with both the ruling Zanu PF and the MDC mounting major rallies in Harare yesterday. President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressed huge crowds in Epworth, while opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora surprised many political watchers when significant numbers of MDC followers attended his rally in Highfield. Speaking at…
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, yesterday said his party will continue pursuing dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to find solutions to the country’s battery of challenges. Addressing people at the launch of his party’s March 26 parliamentary and council by-elections campaign in Highfield, Harare, Mwonzora said history has shown that dialogue is the only way forward….
ANDILE TSHUMA POLITICAL parties have urged citizens to take advantage of the ongoing voter registration exercise to get the opportunity to take part in the country’s electoral process. Various political parties are currently busy mobilising Bulawayo residents to register to vote, as the city risks losing a number of seats during the delimitation exercise by…
SHURUGWI residents are up in arms with the municipality over poor service delivery and alleged mismanagement of funds. In a petition to the council, which was copied to the Midlands Provincial minister of State for Devolution, Larry Mavima and other leaders, the residents mainly complained about poor roads and lack of water in the town….
THE Harare City Council has reopened three of the nine clinics that it closed in 2020 following an exodus of nurses, an official has said. The council, which requires 1 000 nurses to efficiently run its clinics, cited the loss of half the number to local and international organisations as the reason for closing some…
THE secretary-general of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Chalton Hwende, says the current voter registration apathy and challenges related to people acquiring national identity documents are a major concern for the country’s opposition. Speaking during an online discussion on Thursday, Hwende said as a result CCC was currently concentrating on voter registration and would…
PROMINENT self-proclaimed prophet, Tapiwa Freddy, pictured, was yesterday acquitted by the courts on charges of raping a radio presenter. Magistrate Gloria Takundwa ruled that his accuser Rutendo Makuti’s submissions were riddled with inconsistencies, and that her conduct created doubt — leading to her setting free the preacher. Yesterday’s ruling came after Freddy had applied for…
