HARARE – A “perverted” father who allegedly raped his two young daughters and sodomised his son appeared in court yesterday over the horrific sexual abuse. The 37-year-old, who cannot be named to protect his children, started abusing the sisters who are six and nine years old. He is being charged with two counts of rape…
HARARE – An Epworth man was caged 10 years yesterday after being busted digging up underground telecommunication cables. George Muganda, 42, pleaded guilty to contravening section 89 (4) (b) of the Postal and Telecommunications Act which prohibits wilful damage, interference, or theft of telecommunication lines and apparatus. Harare magistrate Josephine Sande considered that Muganda was…
HARARE – While eccentric Zanu PF legislator Joseph Chinotimba was recently appointed Zimbabwe’s ambassador of happiness, ironically, Zimbabweans are an unhappy lot, a latest survey has revealed. The country — whose citizens have borne the pain of lurching from one economic crisis to another over the past decade — has been ranked 144 out of…
HARARE – OVER 700 pupils from two schools in the semi-arid area of Chivi benefited from a relief exercise hosted by Tzu Chi Foundation on Friday. Tzu Chi Foundation was founded in 1966 by a 30-year-old female monk called Dharma Master Cheng Yen. Tzu Chi Foundation handed over beds, blankets, stationery, bags, rice and supplies….
HARARE – The Constitutional Court (Con-Court) yesterday reserved ruling in a legal challenge to the Political Parties Finance Act lodged by small political parties, Zimbabwe Development Party and Voice of the People Party. Leading the full Con-Court bench of nine judges, Chief Justice Luke Malaba will rule on an unspecified date on the fringe parties’…
HARARE – High Court judge Nyaradzo Priscilla Munangati-Manongwa yesterday allowed an application by Paul Upenyu Esau Chidawanyika to join proceedings in which businessman Jayesh Shah’s company Al Shams Global has approached the High Court seeking to quash a court ruling forcing him to surrender to Equity Properties (Pvt) Ltd, title deeds to land earmarked for…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa joins African leaders today in Rwanda where they are set to launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) — the biggest free trade agreement since the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Mnangagwa was reportedly congratulated by Nigeria’s influential former president Olusegun Obasanjo for a “peaceful political transition”…
HARARE – Mt Pleasant Clinic reopened yesterday after undergoing renovations. Located in ward 17, the facility is poised to offer enhanced services that include a wellness clinic, prostate and cervical cancer screening and many other services. The overhaul will make a major impact on the lives of the community, especially for individuals who require low-cost…
HARARE – A State-sanctioned investigation into a massive ivory and rhino horn trafficking scandal that prejudiced the foreign currency-starved nation of millions of United States dollars has sucked in former first lady Grace Mugabe. Read full story in today’s paper. [Adz]
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government yesterday released the long-awaited list of companies and individuals alleged to have failed to return $827 million stashed abroad following the expiry of a 14-week-long amnesty, the Daily News can report. The list, which reads like a housewife’s grocery checklist, has over 1 800 companies, with their dollar values…
