A HARARE woman allegedly hid US$15 700 which she had stolen from her employer, in a rubbish bin with the plan of retrieving it later, a magistrate’s court heard yesterday. Otilia Mushoriwa, 39, who is employed by a Chinese national, Chen Hong Zhong, as a housemaid, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure after she…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) yesterday said it is meeting the demand for blood supply per day during the festive season period. This comes after the NBSZ set a target to collect 13 370 blood units for the festive season, out of which it has so far…
A HARARE man has appeared in court for allegedly trying to set his ex-wife’s house ablaze following the couple’s separation. After being charged before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera yesterday, 26-year-old Gray Nyamhuka of UZ Farm is now facing malicious damage to property charges. Nyamhuka was released on US$50 bail and told to appear for his…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A THIRTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of another man while playing snooker at a nightclub in Filabusi on Christmas Day. Police confirmed the arrest of Takeknowledge Mthombeni for allegedly fatally shooting Wilson Malunga, 21. According to police, a fight between the two men broke…
A COUPLE from Hatcliffe Cooperative in Harare appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday after they filed police reports against each other. Qupatra Tafadzwa Kurarama, 30, and her husband, Justice Mbabvu, were separately arraigned before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera before being granted free bail. Kurarama is being charged with physical abuse and malicious damage to…
A VIDEO has gone viral of a deadly head-on collision involving a bus and a truck in Zambia in which an eyewitness said many lives, some Zimbabweans, were lost. The bus was South African, and heading to Tanzania, suspected to have had mostly Zimbabwean passengers going on business. The truck, on the other hand, was…
Post Offices saw a record high for personal cash withdrawals on a single day on Friday 22 December, the group said. It…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THE ministry of Public Service says it is working on a proposal for the possible introduction of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) education in schools and tertiary institutions in a bid to promote knowledge and awareness. SDGs are global goals that were adopted by the United Nations (UN) in 2015 as a…
TO CURTAIL fraudulent activities, the government has announced that it will start implementing a more stringent administration of the Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) next year. This is really needed. Beam, an initiative that provides impoverished and orphaned children with fees, should be monitored and must not be abused. Its management has to be rigorously…
By Emmanuel MarambeSPORTS WRITER MASIMBA ‘Member-in-charge’ Dinyero has challenged the current crop of Dynamos players to rise to the occasion and live up to the team’s storied history of success and end the title drought that has lasted for nearly a decade. Dinyero was a key part of Dynamos’ success in the 1990s, playing a…
