TWO Harare City Council draftsmen have been arraigned before the court on charges of being in possession of articles of criminal use and forgery. Brian Ticky, 30, and Procedure Marange, 38, who are stationed at the Council’s department of Physical Planning and specialise in architecture, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanley Mambanje on Monday facing charges…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will select its parliamentary and local government candidates for the country’s upcoming national elections today. At the same time, political analysts have warned that the CCC’s chosen and “untested” method for conducting this key process could destabilise the party if this was not carefully managed. This comes as CCC…
By Brandon Josphat THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) says Bulawayo province has the highest crime rate among the country’s 10 provinces. This comes as the police have expressed concern over the spike in crime in the country, especially armed robberies, murder, rape and drug abuse. In a presentation, on Monday, of the 2022 fourth…
AUTHORITIES will probe allegations of money laundering and gold smuggling raised in the four-part Al Jazeera documentary. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the government was seized with the matter — warning further that those implicated in the allegations would face the full wrath of the law if their culpability…
A ZEBRA Kiss bus driver, who caused a fatal accident while racing another bus resulting in the death of one person and injuring 21 others in January this year along the Harare-Nyamapanda highway, has been sentenced to two years in prison. Mika Makwara, 49, was arraigned before a Mutoko magistrates court on charges of reckless…
By Rutendo Ngara THE government is contemplating reviewing upwards this agricultural marketing season’s producer prices in a bid to cushion farmers’ incomes against inflation. This comes amid concerns that the pre-planting prices initially set by the government for this season of US$335 for a tonne of maize, US$597.59 for soya beans and US$687.23 for sunflower,…
THE government says it is equipping frontline workers at Beitbridge Border Post with counselling and psychosocial skills for them to help in returning migrants’ reintegration. This comes as the government expects to receive more than 179 000 Zimbabweans former holders of special permits issued by the South African government, who are facing deportation if they…
By Yvonne Ncube A 29-YEAR-OLD man from Fort Rixon, Matabeleland South province, has been arraigned before the court facing a murder charge after he allegedly killed his roommate for not leaving him food. Tapiwa Dima appeared yesterday before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing a charge of murdering Mpumelelo Moyo, 27. He pleaded guilty to…
THE government is prioritising the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including ear, nose and throat (ENT), as they are a…
FACED with the expiry of their immigration documents in June, many Zimbabweans in South Africa have decided to return to Zimbabwe. In…
