January 2023

THE ministry of Agriculture will begin a 10-day livestock and crop assessment and evaluation on Friday, with the goal of developing policy plans for 2023 based on current issues. Speaking at a press briefing in Harare yesterday, permanent secretary in the Agriculture ministry John Basera said the planned assessment would also work as an early…

Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda has heard how an Ethiopian national in transit to South Africa was left for dead by his colleagues after a car accident. Tsegaye Summu, 28, travelled with others in September last year. In Zvishavane, 180 kilometres northeast of Beitbridge, a Toyota minibus they had hired was involved in an accident. The…

AN Italian national has been arraigned before the Harare magistrate’s court after he allegedly defrauded a local man of nearly US$185 000. Maurizio Arezio, 49, appeared before magistrate Clever Tsikwa over the weekend, facing two counts, one of fraud and another of money laundering. It is the State’s case that Arezio and his brother, Gabrielle,…

TWO HARARE women are set to appear in court today facing charges of culpable homicide after they allegedly caused the death of a four-year-old boy. Agatha Muzidzwa, 28, who is the mother of the child, and Patience Temera, an unlicenced traditional healer, were initially arraigned before the Harare magistrate’s court on January 4. It is…

THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) is unable to effectively handle complex matters, some of which are now in court, because of funding constraints and a lack of a legal commissioner. ZGC chief executive Virginia Muwanigwa told the Daily News yesterday that they have since written to the Office of the President and Cabinet, as well as Parliament,…