By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE government has managed to bring back home 500 citizens who were enslaved in Asian countries and other destinations since 2014. This comes in the wake of the launch of the National Action Plan (Nac plan) aimed at curbing human trafficking. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the head of the secretariat…
A MANAGER for a Harare-based company, Delatfin Engineering, Jacob Muyambo, who is accused of defrauding the company out of US$3 million, has challenged the allegations. Muyambo, who was the finance and administration manager, was arrested last year after he allegedly edited agreements of sale for land purchases, adding housing stands that had been allocated to…
A TWENTY-TWO year-old Harare man will spend the next seven years in prison after a Harare court found him guilty of stealing a motor vehicle. It was the State’s case that on December 26 2021, Atipaishe Sibanda and his friend Brandon Gwenzi boarded Richard Chinaira’s vehicle from Mbudzi Roundabout in Harare to Chitungwiza. When they…
By Rutendo Ngara THE United Nations (UN) Women has given the thumbs up to efforts by the government in addressing gender disparities in all facets of life. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday ahead of the International Women’s Day Commemorations tomorrow, UN Women’s country representative Fatou Lo said the government’s efforts in addressing gender parities…
By Yvonne Ncube A SELF-STYLED prophet from Phuthuma A village in Fort Rixon, Matabeleland South province, has been sentenced to three years in prison for assisting a man to rape a 13-year-old girl, claiming that he was casting out evil spirits. Hlabani Mano, 42, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Collet Ncube facing a charge of…
PREPARATIONS for this year’s edition of Miss Earth pageant, to be held in Gweru later this year, are on course with organisers calling for entries. The pageant, founded in 2011, seeks to promote environmental conservation. “We do not have a limited number for now; we are cordially inviting many models to take part in this…
ZIMBABWE Prisons and Correctional services athlete Patience Murove and Black Rhinos’ Tendai Zimuto were the toast of the day at Old Georgians Sports Club yesterday, emerging victorious in the women’s and men’s 42km races of the prestigious CBZ Marathon. More than 1700 athletes, among them professional and amateur runners participated in this year’s edition of…
By Ashley Moyo HEAVYWEIGHT dancehall musician Winky D’s Chitungwiza concert, held on Saturday at Damview Chikwanha Blue Roof Grill and Bar, was marred by ugly skirmishes after the singer was forced to prematurely end his performance by suspected law enforcers. The incident took place when Winky D was performing one of his controversial songs titled…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has on several occasions rallied Zimbabweans to be united for the country to turnaround the economy and improve ordinary people’s living standards. He is unequivocal that political demagoguery should not be allowed to take precedence over national issues. Despite the economy having improved in the last two year, most ordinary people continue…
THE United States foreign relations committee held confirmation hearings for President Joe Biden’s Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Rwanda and Niger ambassadorship nominees last week….
