POLICE in Bulawayo say they recorded 93 cases of armed robberies from the beginning of the year to October, as compared to 56 cases recorded last year in the same period. Speaking during a stakeholders meeting in Bulawayo yesterday, provincial police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said law enforcement agents were working hard to end cases of…
By Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw THE deputy minister of Health Sleiman Kwidini yesterday revealed that at least 35 000 people are affected by Tuberculosis (TB) yearly in the country. Speaking at a Zimbabwe national TB conference in Harare, Kwidini said they were facing a lot of challenges trying to combat TB which has become…
Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE Grain Marketing Board (GMB) has received US$13 million and ZIG115 million from the government to pay winter wheat farmers who delivered their crop to the State entity this year. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, GMB chief executive, Edson Badarai, said the government was keen to clear…
THE government must come up with a legal framework under which it will be obliged to provide free menstrual products to all girls in schools and tertiary institutions, Parliament has said. This comes after the parliamentary portfolio committees of Primary and Secondary Education, Women Affairs and Tertiary Education carried out a fact-finding mission on the…
Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE National Aids Council (Nac) is implementing HIV/ Aids prevention strategies at Tongogara Refugee Camp in Chipinge targeting youths aged 15 to 24 years. Nac district Aids coordinator Doreen Jambaya told journalists in Chipinge yesterday that HIV/Aids prevention programmes sought to educate young people in the camp, which currently has a population…
By Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw A NYANGA motorist has been fined US$350 and barred from driving after he was found guilty of negligent driving. Lloyd Masanga of Bonde Village, was arraigned before the Nyanga Magistrates’ Court this week. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), on 30 January 2024 and at around 0700 hours,…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO TWO Nkayi brothers, Japhet and Likhwa Mpofu have been sentenced to six years in prison each for culpable homicide after fatally assaulting their elder brother, Jabulani Mpofu during a family altercation. They appeared before Justice Christopher Dube-Banda at the High Court in Bulawayo. They were at first charged with murder…
By Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw A BINDURA man will serve the next 30 years in jail after he was found guilty at the Bindura Magistrates’ Court for raping his 13-year-old daughter and forcing her to massage his manhood. The convict and the complainant’s mother separated after which the complainant went into the custody of…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HARARE magistrate Collet Ncube yesterday handed a wholly suspended sentence to Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) administrator Jameson Timba and his 34 accomplices who were last week convicted of participating in an unlawful gathering last June. They had been in remand prison since then. Passing his ruling, magistrate Ncube said…
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw JAPAN International Cooperation Agency (Jica) has committed to continue assisting Zimbabwe in strengthening its healthcare management systems. Addressing delegates at the 35th Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteer Programme (JOCV) anniversary in Harare, Jica Zimbabwe representative, Shigeki Furuta, said the Japan government, and through its agency, had dispatched over 570 experts to provide…
