HARARE magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka has once again postponed the matter in which gospel diva Ivy Kombo and her husband Admire Kasi are being charged for fraud and perjury. The two allegedly acquired their law practicing certificates in Zimbabwe without writing the required conversion examinations since they completed their law degrees outside the country. Chakanyuka postponed…
AN ARMED robber Isaac Pomerai Chamisa, 34, from Masvingo Province was last week sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for four counts of robbery. Two years were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour and another two years were suspended on condition of restitution. According to the National Prosecuting Authority(NPA), on June 8 2024,…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government says the Prisons and Correctional Service is consulting stakeholders to establish a parole board. This comes as authorities are set to establish the parole board that would be mandated to make recommendations to the Minister of Justice in respect of whether or not to release prisoners as defined in Section…
THERE continues to be no end in sight to the Citizens Coalition for Change’s (CCC) bloodletting, with Sengezo Tshabangu once again showing the party’s leaders the middle finger. In a further escalation of the tiff between the parties, the daring Tshabangu told the Daily News at the weekend that he was “the only one” who…
ZIMBABWE recorded a US$151 million trade deficit in May, representing a 23.8 percent improvement on the April figure which stood at US$198.2…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have implored all Zimbabweans to desist from spreading the falsehoods that some people have died from the current heavy influenza strain being experienced in the country. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the public health advisor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Agnes Mahomva, said the concerns that the flu…
Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE government has called for public-private partnerships to address the scourge of human trafficking. Speaking on Friday during a signing ceremony of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Ministry of Home Affairs and Vukarhani Trust, permanent secretary Raphael Faranisi said the MOU would help in rescuing, restoring, protecting and advancing the…
Yvonne Ncube STAFF WRITER A 35-YEAR-OLD man from Cowdray Park in Bulawayo has been slapped with an effective 20 years in prison after he threatened a 13-year-old minor with a knife before sodomising him. Edmore Ndlovu appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga facing an aggravated indecent assault charge. He pleaded not guilty to the…
RESIDENTS of Harare have demanded that the Harare City Council should provide more information regarding the taking over of the collection of solid waste by the government saying it compromises the local authority. This comes after the government announced last week that it had taken over the collection of solid waste in Harare following a…
A CHARTERD Institute of Logistics and Transport company treasurer was arraigned before the court over the weekend for allegedly defrauding his employer of more than US$21 000. Tapiwa Chizikani, 25, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing fraud charges and was granted US$150 bail before being remanded to July 27 pending investigations finalisation. According to…
