HARARE – Almost a million Zimbabwean orphans and disadvantaged children who depend on State assistance to pay school fees may be unable to enrol as the new term opened this week after government failed to raise funds. Under the Basic Education Assistance Model (Beam), the government needs $73 million to pay school fees of orphans…
HARARE – Eight women from Robert Martin Gumbura’s Independent End Time Message Church yesterday told a Harare magistrate that they took nude pictures of themselves, which were produced in court as exhibits, “for fun and personal consumption”. Choice Neganye, 32, Amadeus Mutakwa, 32, Rutendo Sekai Mandiya, 28, Pamela Kandawire, 27, Runyararo Musvosvi, 27, Veronica Mbanga,…
HARARE – A police blitz on vendors selling “unpackaged” cigarettes, among other goodies which are non-compliant with public health regulations, has resulted in the disruption of some compliant players’ business. This comes as the Daily News has been running a series of exposés highlighting the existence and laxity in enforcing statutory instrument 264 of 2002,…
HARARE – Government and civil servants’ representatives come together today in a make-or-break meeting in Harare as they try to find common ground on salary increments. The unions this week shelved a teachers strike called to coincide with the opening of schools, to give negotiations a chance. Richard Gundane, chairperson of the Apex Council and…
MASVINGO – Darlington Chiwa, Zanu PF legislator for Chiredzi West constituency, yesterday appeared before a Masvingo magistrate facing charges of assaulting a Triangle man in a farm wrangle. Chiwa, 40, appeared before Masvingo magistrate Dorothy Mwanyisa facing charges of contravening a section of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act. He faces charges of assaulting…
BULAWAYO – A memorial event in honour of the victims of the Gukurahundi atrocities is scheduled to take place this Saturday in the city, as activists continue to ramp up the tempo on the subject that has almost been viewed as taboo by the Zanu PF government. The event, slated for the Baptist Church in…
HARARE – The Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) has cleared El-bethel Tabernacle Ministries and its leadership of any wrongdoing, including charges of sexual abuse, engineering forced marriages and equipping junior pastors with martial arts skills to deal with errant congregants. Johannes Ndanga, the Association president, yesterday stated that politics was at play in the…
HARARE – A Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative has been dragged to court for rape. Israel Mushunje, 31, of 3195 Prospect Waterfalls in Harare, appeared before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei facing charges of raping his 27-year-old ex-girlfriend at the height of an altercation. Prosecutor Tungamirai Chakurira alleged that on December 30 last year, Mushunje met…
HARARE – A pastor with Light of the World Ministries International, facing rape charges, has declared that he is in love with the complainant. Terrence Tenesi, 27, was dragged to court after he allegedly forced himself on an 18-year-old congregant during a prayer session. He is appearing before Harare Magistrate Aidonia Masawi. In his defence,…
HARARE – A Harare woman was shocked in court yesterday after her husband produced birth certificates for three of his children born out of wedlock. Lameck Kadzere produced birth certificates after his wife Blantina hauled him before the Harare Civil Court claiming $200 in child support. Blantina told the court that her husband deserted her…
