A 21-YEAR-OLD man from Harare is facing two counts of rape for allegedly abusing his two juvenile cousins countless times on separate occasions. The state represented by Thomas Chanakira yesterday told the court that Ronald Kwashirai, 21, allegedly started raping his now nine-year-old cousin sometime in 2019 when she was still in Grade 1. On…
THE government has embarked on a programme to revive the sunflower subsector as it seeks to make it the main oil crop this farming season. This comes as soya bean crop production and productivity is currently at 10 percent of the national target owing to various challenges. Agritex deputy director for crops Kundai Makuku told the Daily…
FIREBRAND former war veterans leader, Jabulani Sibanda, pictured, made a sensational return to big league Zanu PF politics yesterday following his stunning…
TRIBUTES were pouring in last night for one of Zimbabwe’s much-loved football administrators, Ndumiso Emmanuel Gumede, who died at Mpilo Central Hospital…
A HARARE businessman lost US$45 000 to armed robbers whilst driving along Chiremba Road on Monday. In a statement yesterday, national police…
ZESA Holdings(Zesa) has revealed that a plethora of challenges, including lack of resources, were hampering its fight against copper cable theft, a…
HWANGE Local Board (HLB) and the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC), are racing against time to relocate over 500 residents to pave the way for the Hwange Thermal Power Station expansion project. The Zimbabwe Power Company, a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, were this year given an ultimatum by the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) to relocate Hwange’s…
Dionne Kanyowa CHIEF magistrate Faith Mushure yesterday dismissed an application by MDC youth leaders Joana Mamombe, and Cecilia Chimbiri requesting further particulars from the State in a case they are accused of faking their kidnapping. Mamombe and Chimbiri wanted the State to give specific details on relatives, legal practitioners and friends they allegedly contacted during the…
THE High Court has granted bail to the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC faction national executive member Makomborero Haruzivishe who has been behind bars since March. He was arrested on February 17 this year and subsequently convicted of inciting public violence following events which happened on February 5 where the State argued that Haruzivishe blew a whistle…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE City of Harare has started conducting a vaccination and testing outreach programme for Covid-19 around the capital yesterday to encourage people to be inoculated as well as to gauge the extent of infections. This comes as the country had recorded 207 548 and 4 940 deaths since the first case of Covid-19…
