THE COSAFA Cup 2024 presented a critical opportunity for Zimbabwe to showcase its footballing prowess on a regional stage. As the tournament…
BY RUTENDO NGARA A SUSPECTED serial armed robber, who targeted fuel stations in Harare and Chitungwiza between February and April this year, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing a total of US$21 383 robbery charges. Tafadzwa Reuben Mutamiri, who is facing five armed robbery charges, appeared before magistrate Donald Ndirowei who remanded him…
THREE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists, who were arrested last week for allegedly staging a demonstration at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts, were yesterday granted US$100 each by magistrate Ethel Chichera. Phillies Pikitayi, 29, Daphine Gutsa, 40, and Simbarashe Blackson, 30, were arrested when they came to support their incarcerated colleagues, including CCC chief administrator…
SEVERAL armed robbers and burglars were convicted and jailed for lengthy terms last week as the country’s judiciary stiffens its resolve to clamp down on crime, the National Prosecution Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) has said. In one of the cases, Tobias Chidavaenzi, 54, and Leonard Muzenda, 24, were sentenced to 70 years in prison (65…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man, who was arraigned before the courts for assaulting a police officer who was conducting a stop and search operation in the central business district, has been slapped with a fivemonth prison term. Sozo Machimba, 27, of no fixed abode appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Maxwell Ncube facing an…
IN ONE of our stories in this edition, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi told the 12th International Legal Forum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, at the weekend that the country is coming up with measures to decongest its prisons. The efforts to decongest Zimbabwe’s prisons through alternative sentencing and rehabilitation programs are a step in the right…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE commander of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Anselem Sanyatwe, says the ruling Zanu PF will remain in power “forever”. Sanyatwe — who succeeded David Sigauke as the boss of the country’s army last year — also argued this past weekend that there was nothing wrong with the military getting involved…
By Blessings Mashaya mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are working on major penal reforms to decongest the country’s overcrowded prisons and to focus more on the rehabilitation of offenders. In this regard too, the government wants to establish more open prisons and pre-trial diversion programmes for child offenders. This comes as the country’s jails have once again far…
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ALL is set for this year’s edition of the Econet Victoria Falls Marathon that will take place in the scenic resort town on Sunday with thousands of athletes expected to compete. Among the contenders will be a host of local professional runners who will be seeking to dethrone the reigning champions Blessing Waison and Ethel…
