By Ketty Nyoni LATEST figures released by the Health ministry show that a total of 473 people have died and over 23 000 have been infected by cholera in the country since February last year when the first case was recorded. This comes as the government at the weekend received nearly 900 000 oral cholera…
A HARARE man, 23, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl he lured to his home. Tafadzwa Muchechemera of Hopely on Friday appeared before Harare magistrate Clever Tsikwa where he pleaded not guilty to two rape charges.During the trial, State prosecutor Tendai Tapi, had…
AT LEAST 15 000 residents, mostly civil servants, across the country are set to receive title deeds for homes under the presidential title deeds programme. In a notice yesterday, the Housing and Social Amenities ministry said the beneficiaries should submit required documents to the ministry before February 29 this year.“The presidential title deeds programme which…
THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is cracking down on private learning centres that are operating illegally. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the ministry’s permanent secretary, Moses Mhike, confi rmed the blitz — adding that authorities were also going after unqualifi ed teachers who were employed at these institutions. He said Zesa currently…
JUDGMENT in a matter in which former MP Job Sikhala and ex-Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko are facing disorderly conduct charges has been postponed to February 16, for a second time this month. The ruling was initially set down for January 12, but was pushed to last Friday after magistrate Yeukai Dzuda revealed that she was…
AN alleged paedophile is accused of raping his 15-year-old daughter on several occasions for over two years while claiming that he was doing it to heal himself and his son from some illnesses. The accused, 40, reportedly raped his daughter from January 2022 until she managed to escape from the home this month, leading to…
SCHOOL heads in Bulawayo have appealed to the government to fast track teachers replacements in public schools as some schools were failing to fill-in the gap of teachers who would have relocated, or left for various reasons. The school heads made the plea to Education minister Torerayi Moyo who was touring learning centres in the…
TWO suspected car thieves are facing kidnapping charges after they allegedly tried to abduct a man using a stolen car. Austin Makulanga and Tapiwa Chingara, both 29, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje on Friday who remanded them in custody before advising them to apply for bail at the High Court.They will return to court…
GOVERNMENT has joined the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) efforts to bring sanity into the city’s streets by removing vendors, who are accused of congesting the central business district (CBD). The BCC has for a few years been battling politically-backed space barons who wantonly parcel vending bays to locals in the CBD against the local authority’s…
ONE evening in late July 2023, Belinda Mashavire received devastating news: her husband of five months, Joseph Foya, had been killed in…
