A MAN from Waterfalls in Harare is facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly stabbed his girlfriend numerous times, accusing her of stealing his US$160. Elvis Chidzomba, 36, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Taurai Manuwere who remanded him in custody. Representing the State, Anesu Chirenje told the court that the accused and his girlfriend, Nyasha…
AN unsuspecting prospective car owner reportedly lost US$21 500 after his friend duped him. Leonard Mazhara is said to have given money to his friend Stanley Maworera, 45, who claimed he was in a position to purchase and import a Ford Ranger for him. However, Maworera was arrested this week and charged with fraud after…
By Tendai Kamhungira CHIEF engineer in the Transport ministry Clive Kandeya says homegrown investments being implemented by the government in infrastructure development are bearing fruit as they have helped the country to save money. Speaking to the Daily News, Kandeya, who represented Transport minister Felix Mhona as the guest of honour at an ongoing three-day…
FOURTEEN of the 24 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs, who were recently recalled from Parliament, have accused the party’s self-claimed interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu of violating the party’s constitution after failing to prove how they had “ceased to be members of the political party”. This comes after the 14 former MPs recently filed an…
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) says the Bulawayo City Council (BCC)’s solid waste management by-law proposal falls short of the concerns of various stakeholders, including waste pickers. This comes after the BCC recently proposed implementation of the solid waste management by-law (2023) on domestic refuse, which is an extract from the 1979 council…
ECONET Wireless Zimbabwe, the country’s leading telecommunications and technology firm, has released its half year results to August 31 in which the company reported a 186 percent growth in revenue to $1,1 trillion, with $400 billion (nearly 40 percent) of that amount going to statutory payments in the form of taxes and levies. The company’s…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube will prioritise social protection programmes when he presents the 2024 National Budget in Harare on Thursday next week. Speaking in the capital yesterday, Ncube also said authorities would continue to pursue policies that engendered the use of the under pressure Zimbabwe dollar, while also endeavouring to contain price hikes of basic…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday received a preliminary land audit report from the Zimbabwe Lands Commission (ZLC), which, among other things, exposes cases of double ownership of farms, a situation against government policy of one person, one farm. The ZLC is a constitutional commission born out of Zimbabwe’s Constitution to oversee issues…
ZIMBABWE’S Chevrons made a false start to their ICC Men’s T20 World Cup Africa Region Qualifier yesterday, crumbling to a seven-wicket defeat by Namibia at Wanderers Cricket Ground in Windhoek. On a forgettable day for the Chevrons, it was the Namibians who won the toss and elected to field, with that decision paying immediate dividends…
A CROSS-SECTION of Zimbabwe’s football-loving public thronged the Robert Mugabe International Airport yesterday as the body of the late former Warriors and Dynamos goalkeeper George Chigova arrived from South Africa. Chigova, who passed away in South Africa last week due to suspected heart complications, is expected to be buried in Chivhu amid indications that his…
