Bernard Chiketo

HIGH Court judge Justice Hlekani Mwayera recently granted $1 000 bail each to nine men accused of stealing gold in Penhalonga.

PEOPLE with disability have accused the government of ignoring them in the proposed Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2) Bill, which was gazetted on January 17 this year.

©️ THE Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) wants to evict 100 villagers in Wengezi, Manicaland, saying they were illegally resettled 36 years ago in a military cantonment.

A 100-YEAR-OLD Marange granny was robbed of over US$5 000 by her 31-year-old nephew which she kept in her bra.

A SAKUBVA man who stole two packets of bacon from a supermarket for resale to feed his wife and five children has been jailed for 30 days.

©️ TWO Penhalonga gold mine employees have appeared before a magistrate charged with robbery and rape. Enwork Semhu, 38, and Ethridge Gombedza, 42, of Guruve and Rusape respectively were not asked to plead when they appeared before…

©️ A SAKUBVA man has been brought to court for bashing his wife and destroying family property worth $5 000 after he was asked for money to buy a $5 bundle of vegetables for relish.

MUTARE City Council has closed Sakubva produce market as traders failed to adhere to World Health Organisation recommended social distancing protocols.

A VUMBA habitual thief who was released from jail through the presidential amnesty recently has been thrown back behind bars for an effective five years for stealing $37 000 worth of equipment and stationery at a school.

THE Judicial Services Commission (JSC) has appointed Munamato Mutevedzi as the new chief magistrate.

CHIPINGE and Chimanimani residents were jolted from their sleep by a 4.0 earthquake that rattled the seismologically active region early morning yesterday, the Daily News can report.

A CHIPINGE man had his arm chopped off with a machete last Saturday evening in a fight over a sim card. Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Tavhiringwa Kakohwa confirmed the incident.

SIX armed robbers who allegedly shot and killed a popular local businessman — Kumbirai Kumbula — were early on Sunday morning involved in an accident along the Mutare-Masvingo highway as they fled in a stolen vehicle.

TWO brothers are on the run following the killing of a villager whom they were accusing of stealing another man’s four goats.

THERE is currently a debate in government circles on whether or not to stick with five ordinary level subject passes as the benchmark which makes a student eligible for Advanced Level and tertiary education, acting Primary and Secondary…

A three-month-old infant died when his mother fell from an ox-drawn Scotch cart and landed on her back where the infant was strapped.

OLD and dilapidated sewage systems continue to spew raw sewage into the streams that feed Sakubva River catchment, hence communities cannot use water from the river, the Daily News can report.

FOUR leaders of a 100-plus member gang of artisanal miners who besieged and attacked a local gold mine last year have been jailed 20 months each.

THE government’s policy to deploy a teacher for every 40 learners is one of the main reasons behind the poor performances in most rural schools where, on average, three teachers are in charge of seven classes, a senior education official…

THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) is pushing for stiffer penalties against people who leak examination papers that are costing the body millions of dollars in resets and at times rewriting of national examinations.

FOUR robbers armed with machetes, a pistol and an axe robbed a Sakubva couple of US$1 600, $40, a smartphone and car keys in their home in Chimera suburb.

FIVE armed robbers raided a Nyanga businesswoman’s home and supermarket last Friday and got away with US$1 300 and several gadgets.

WITH infrastructure rehabilitation taking ages to complete and hundreds still living in camps 10 months after tropical Cyclone Idai hit Chimanimani, it is not surprising that the current wet spell has put locals on the edge, fearing another…

FACED with the embarrassment of not enjoying Castle Lager Premiership action despite having two top- flight teams — Manica Diamonds and debutants Tenax FC — Mutare residents have joined hands with the local authority to push for the…

A PENHALONGA woman has been arrested on attempted murder charges after she stabbed her husband’s teen lover after finding her in her matrimonial bed.