COMMUNITY garden owners in Bulawayo stand accused of causing rampant sewer bursts and diverting the water to irrigate their crops. Bulawayo Provincial Affairs and Devolution minister Judith Ncube made the claim on Tuesday at the burial of the late council engineer Simela Dube in the city. Residential areas such as Mzilikazi, Pumula, Magwegwe, Makokoba and…
Andile Tshuma SUSPECTED cattle rustlers on Sunday attacked a 72-year-old Gwanda man and his family, accusing him of selling them out to the police over their stock theft activities. The mob allegedly entered the grandpa’s homestead, whose name has been withheld as he is vulnerable, and demanded that the family, which was asleep, open doors. …
BULAWAYO city fathers are pushing for the council to come up with alternative energy sources to power its water pumping stations to end a 72-hour water shedding regime introduced last October. Despite the availability of enough water in the city’s supply dams, the local authority was forced to re-introduce the 72- hour water shedding regime…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A KUWADZANA man is in soup after allegedly working in cahoots with five men to kidnap his wife’s lover and rob him of US$300. Enock Kufa, 35, pleaded not guilty to charges of kidnapping and robbery when he was arraigned before Harare magistrate Shane Kubonera yesterday. The complainant Richford Chikanga admitted having had…
Dionne Kanyowa A SUSPECTED serial rapist and fraudster appeared in a Harare court yesterday facing four counts of rape and fraud after he allegedly raped and defrauded four women on different occasions by posing as a housing agent. Naboth Kereke, 38, allegedly raped a 23-year-old complainant in January last year after she approached him looking for…
AUTHORITIES have rolled out a Covid-19 booster jab programme as part of many measures to curb new coronavirus infections and deaths which have been surging in the past fortnight. The new omicron variant has claimed an average of 20 lives and infected about 1 500 people daily over the past two weeks, prompting the government…
Andile Tshuma A 23-YEAR-OLD woman and her three-month-old baby were trampled to death by an elephant on New Year’s Day. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority(ZimParks) spokesperson Tinashe Farawo confirmed the tragic incident to the Daily News yesterday. He said the elephant had since been trailed and put down. “In an unfortunate incident, a 23-year-old woman and…
Dionne Kanyowa ALLEGED serial fraudster Mavis Madzivanzira is back in court facing fresh fraud charges to the tune of US$15 000 after she allegedly failed to furnish a buyer with relevant documentation after he had paid a deposit. The State represented by Thomas Chanakira alleged that sometime in June 2020, Bruce Defe saw an…
MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe, pictured, has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court in Bulawayo challenging the party’s November 26, 2021 national council resolution to recall her from Parliament. Khupe, Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe and Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko filed a joint application on Tuesday seeking to stop their expulsion from the…
THE Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) yesterday temporarily extended the use of accreditation cards issued to journalists last year until a new fees structure for 2022 certification is gazetted by authorities. Last year, accreditation fees were pegged at $600 for a local new applicant, $500 for renewal or replacement and US$150 for scribes working for or…
