RUTENDO NGARA A SERIAL predator already serving 51 years in jail received an additional 17-year sentence for robbing and raping job seekers. Harare regional magistrate Lazini Ncube said the court had a duty to protect vulnerable members of society, noting that Jameson Jackson was a repeat offender. He was handed an effective 17-year sentence. During…
Masimba Makwembere JAPAN has pledged US$2 million to bolster food security and health systems through United Nations (UN) agencies in Zimbabwe. This comes as the government of Japan in partnership with the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS), the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the World Food Programme (WFP), is supporting the country through four…
THE City of Harare has launched a comprehensive supplementary immunisation campaign for children under five to curb regional poliovirus spread. In a statement released yesterday, the municipality said that the campaign would be conducted in two rounds. The first phase is scheduled to run from April 20 to 23, while the second round will take…
CHIEF WRITER EIGHTEEN people were yesterday feared dead after a commuter omnibus they were travelling “exploded into fire” between Chipangali and the Gwanda tollgate along the busy Bulawayo–Beitbridge Road. In a terse statement, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the tragic incident reportedly occurred around lunchtime. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police reports the death of +/-…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer Lovemore Madhuku, together with his political party National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) and Tendai Biti’s matter challenging police interference in private meetings, was recently thrown out by Justice Pisirai Kwenda. They filed an application after police allegedly assaulted Madhuku and his party members in Harare while discussing Constitutional Amendment…
THE Environmental Management Agency (EMA) has launched a nationwide survey to measure mercury levels in mine tailings and dams. Speaking during a miners’ workshop in Bulawayo yesterday, EMA hazardous substances officer Irvine Nyaguwa said the exercise was aimed at establishing baseline data to guide remediation and policy interventions. “We are conducting a survey to assess…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO magistrate stationed at Tredgold Magistrates Court, Evia Matura, 47, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for criminal abuse of office after unlawfully releasing an accused person. Matura appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mark Dzira facing charges of criminal abuse of duty as defined under Section 174 of…
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