AUTHOR Tsitsi Dangarembga, accused of participating in a demonstration with intent to promote public violence will know her fate on September 29 when her judgment will be delivered. Judgment had been set for yesterday but it had to be postponed after her co-accused Julie Barnes failed to appear in court as she is said to…
AUTHORITIES have opened a probe into the death of a mentally-challenged man last week, whose family claims was fatally assaulted by soldiers stationed at State House in Harare, after he allegedly tried to break into the high security national key point. Police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, confirmed to the Daily News yesterday that law enforcement…
LEGISLATORS have pressurised Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to increase their supplementary budget vote to $15 billion which will cater for their welfare and Constituency Development Fund (CDF). This comes after Parliament last week arm-twisted Treasury to avail an additional $2 billion budget which pushed Parliament’s vote to $4,8 billion. Debating the recently passed supplementary budget,…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for two suspects who allegedly robbed a businessman of more than US$45 000 in the Central Business District (CBD). According to police, the robbers, who were armed with a pistol, grabbed and bundled the victim into their Honda Fit car before robbing him of…
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITER WOMEN Affairs minister Sithembiso Nyoni has called for a gender equality approach that is inclusive of men to avoid future gender imbalances against men. Speaking at the 30th anniversary celebrations of Care International in Zimbabwe held in Harare on Thursday, Nyoni said for the country to be able to eradicate poverty there…
DIONNE KANYOWA A FORMER employee escaped a US$300 000 lawsuit instituted by his former bosses after the High Court dismissed a damages application in which the company claimed to have lost money due to his negligence while performing his duties as the firm’s finance manager. In a ruling on Tuesday, Justice Webster Chinamora dismissed Tredcor…
Dionne KanyowaSTAFF WRITER A MSASA- BASED drug lord who rented out a room in Epworth to run her dagga business will continue serving her sentence in jail after the High Court dismissed her appeal against conviction and sentence. Before she was handed her four-year custodial sentence for dealing in dangerous drugs at the magistrates court,…
A PIRATE taxi driver who hit pedestrians at a bus terminus while doing car burnouts in the Central Business District of Harare has been denied bail. Garish Tsamvi was captured in a video that went viral on social media while driving a white Toyota Fun Cargo vehicle with his door open and is shown being…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatb@dailynews.co.zw CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa has bemoaned rising political violence in the country, saying the international community now needed to intervene ahead of next year’s elections. Speaking at a press conference in Harare yesterday, Chamisa claimed that Zanu PF supporters were behind the violence and unleashing terror on political…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO THE government says it is committed to curbing the increase in new HIV infections among young women. This comes after a recent research by the United Nations estimated that about 4 900 girls and women between 15 and 24 years in sub Saharan Africa acquire HIV every week. Speaking virtually yesterday,…
