THE World Food Programme (WFP) is utilising its over US$470 000 urban cash assistance to support gender transformational measures through the Stopping Abuse and Female Exploitation (SAFE) programme to prevent violence against women and girls in Zimbabwe. WFP partnered with the Musasa Project to provide post-gender violence care services to survivors of gender-based violence. The…
THE Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) says sustainable solutions for the country’s myriad challenges can only come from invested citizens, not outsiders. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, ZCC president Ignatius Makumbe said while outsiders could assist the country, it would ultimately take Zimbabweans themselves to resolve the nation’s decades-long political and economic…
THE 12 Zanu PF members, who were arrested last week for protesting at the ruling party’s Harare provincial headquarters, spent the weekend in custody after the investigating officer (IO) failed to turn up in court on Friday to testify in their bail application. The 12 are being charged with public violence and appeared before Harare…
POLICE have launched a manhunt for a man who is suspected to have stabbed both his parents, leading to their deaths in Lupane, Matabeleland North Province. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said Clever Ngwenya, 35, allegedly killed his mother and father at a family gathering. “Police in Lupane are appealing for…
BINDURA mayor Jacob Gwature, 39, and his alleged accomplice Jonathan Kapasi, 49, have been nabbed on allegations of fraud involving US$6 970. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the suspects, operating under the company name Pamhodzi Rainbow Network in Zimbabwe, received £5 000 (equivalent to US$6,970) from Kitchen Table Charities Trust…
TWO brothers from Chihota in Marondera rural, Mashonaland East Province, allegedly sold four of their late father’s business stands to an unsuspecting couple for US$5 000 each. Tawanda Goodway Mvududu, 28, and his brother, Tinofara MacArthur, 23, appeared before Harare magistrate Apolonia Marutya last Friday, charged with fraud. The duo was remanded out of custody…
SEVEN Mutare residents who were accused of kidnapping a Zanu PF party supporter a few days before last month’s general elections have been acquitted. The seven include Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) parliamentary candidate for Mutare South constituency, Moses Mukombiwa, 52, Tadiwanashe Chimbare, 19, Succeed Ruvinga, 19, Martin Nyamapfeni, 33, Martha Gwizo, 39, Cynthia Tombo,…
TWO Health ministry employees have appeared before a Harare court after they allegedly abused the civil servants’ vehicle rebate scheme. Samuel Gerald Doma, 36, and Ruzvidzo Dudzai Bote, 29, were granted US$150 bail each when they appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa last week. They will return to court on November 28 for routine remand….
THE church in the country has been making a passionate plea to Zimbabweans to move away from recent elections and focus on nation building to spur social and economic development. The elections held on August 23 and 24 saw Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa declining to concede defeat to President Emmerson Mnangagwa who…
SPANISH family-owned fashion retailer Mango has expanded its online sales in 20 markets, most of them in Africa, the company said in…
