FORTY-SIX illicit drug dealers have been arrested across the country as the fight against drug and substance abuse intensifies. This comes as the government has set up an inter-ministerial committee on the elimination of drug and substance abuse which is chaired by Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and deputised by Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe. National…
THE 2024/25 Pfumvudza/Intwasa summer cropping season preparations are underway with the government expecting 1,8 million hectares to be put under maize crop. The plan comes on the backdrop of the El Nino 2023-24 summer season and the prediction of better rainfall this coming season. Maize production is targeted to increase from about 635 000 tonnes…
TWO business partners yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing charges of allegedly diverting 10 trucks laden with chrome ore to an unknown destination after signing a contract for the transportation of the minerals to South Africa. Tatenda Tsvuura, 29, and Samba Samuriwo, 30, appeared before magistrate Simon Kandiyero facing theft of trust property…
THREE former police officers and a civilian, who were sentenced to death for murder in 2014, have been re-sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment each by a Harare High Court. The four, Kudzai Madziro, Leeroy Muteyera and Ronald Sambo, who were attached to the Police Support Unit in Harare were convicted together with a civilian, Emmanuel…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THERE needs to be wider national participation in the raging debate within Zanu PF on whether President Emmerson Mnangagwa should remain in office beyond 2028, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has said. At the same time, forthright Zanu PF spokesperson, Christopher Mutsvangwa, says there is “absolutely no need” to…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO AUTHORITIES are intensifying their efforts to attract more visitors and foreign investment to the country’s tourism sector. In this regard, the Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) is planning to decentralise the marketing of the domestic travel and tourism industry, while also lobbying for flights to smaller towns. This was revealed by…
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) and the government of Japan say they have performed over 500 free surgeries for various ailments on vulnerable patients across the country in the past year. This comes after the Japanese government last year, through WHO, committed US$633 975 to strengthen access to safe, timely and affordable Surgical, Obstetric and…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A GOLD panner from Nkayi village in Matabeleland North Province escaped a jail term yesterday after the complainant made an appeal to the court to spare him a custodial sentence following his conviction for attempted murder. Bongani Banda, 32, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing a charge of attempted…
By Rutendo Ngara A POLICE investigating officer Victor Mukohwa, who is probing Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume and his accomplice Kelvin Gonde, said one of the police officers who was injured on June 16 in Avondale, Harare, was stoned by Ngarivhume. He told the court that one constable Tashu was one of the two police officers…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 20-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo-based commercial sex worker was yesterday slapped with 350 hours community service for stealing US$540 from her client. Thubelihle Makhabo from Magwegwe suburb in Bulawayo appeared before magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa facing theft charges. She pleaded not guilty to the charge, but was convicted after a full trial. Makhabo…
