Top Stories

State centralises national land laws

Brighton Muronzereyi CHIEF WRITER GOVERNMENT has consolidated the administration of Zimbabwe’s land laws under the newly structured ministry of Lands and Rural Development. The structural changes, contained in the assignment of functions notice published in the latest Government Gazette, give the ministry sole responsibility for ad­ministering key legislation governing land acquisition, tenure, surveying, and communal…

To access this content, please purchase a subscription by clicking the button below and select a package of your choice!

Subscriptions

News

Child rapist jailed 30 years

YVONNE NCUBE A GWANDA man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for raping two primary schoolgirls aged nine and 10.Mthulisi Ncube appeared before Gwanda regional magistrate Sithembiso Ndebele on two counts of rape. He was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment on each count, to run consecutively.In passing sentence, Ndebele said the court had…

To access this content, please purchase a subscription by clicking the button below and select a package of your choice!

Subscriptions

News

Court halts development near hospital

RUTENDO NGARA THE High Court has blocked a commercial development near Harare’s Trauma Centre Hospital over health and safety concerns.High Court Judge Justice Tawanda Chitapi granted an application for review filed by Vislink Private Limited, trading as Trauma Centre Hospital, together with local resident Penelope Beattie, and set aside the development permit issued by the…

To access this content, please purchase a subscription by clicking the button below and select a package of your choice!

Subscriptions

Top Stories

Man stabbed for skipping hero’s burial

Rutendo NgaraSENIOR STAFF WRITER A HARARE man is in intensive care after allegedly being stabbed for refusing to attend a national hero’s burial.Bignews Zvarevashe, who allegedly attempted to kill Dilon Chisango, is facing attempted murder charges.He was advised to apply for bail at the High Court by Harare regional magistrate Jesse Kufa. He was remanded…

To access this content, please purchase a subscription by clicking the button below and select a package of your choice!

Subscriptions

News

Spike in murders, robberies worries police

Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo POLICE in Bulawayo have raised serious concerns following a deadly spike in homicides and brutal armed muggings across the city.Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — yesterday, Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele confirmed that detectives were untangling multiple murder cases, describing the recent loss of life…

To access this content, please purchase a subscription by clicking the button below and select a package of your choice!

Subscriptions

Sport

PSL breathes fire over match-fixing allegations

 Cloud Fusire SENIOR SPORTS WRITER THE Premier Soc­cer League has cautioned its 18 member clubs against making any reckless or unsubstantiated match-fixing allegations, warn­ing that those found in the wrong would face sanctions. This comes in the wake of Dynamos’ much publicised allegations against coach Genesis Mangombe, who has since been suspended by the Harare…

To access this content, please purchase a subscription by clicking the button below and select a package of your choice!

Subscriptions

Life & Arts

Sibanda, Kafesu crowned Mr, Miss Albinism Zim 2026

Angela MtombeniENTERTAINMENT WRITER MODEL Thabo Sibanda was crowned Mr Albinism Zimbabwe 2026, while Sithembile Kafesu walked away with the Miss Albinism Zimbabwe 2026 title after impressing the judges at the pageant held on Saturday in the capital.The event, held at Casino Marino at Long Cheng Plaza in Belvedere, marked the return of the Mr and…

To access this content, please purchase a subscription by clicking the button below and select a package of your choice!

Subscriptions

Opinion & Analysis

Twin epidemics threaten vulnerable youth

BULAWAYO is facing a quiet, terrifying crisis.Decades of hard-fought progress in the war against HIV/Aids are structurally unravelling under the weight of a contemporary epidemic, youth drug and substance abuse.What city officials are currently calling a “double whammy” is, in reality, a singular, symbiotic nightmare playing out on the streets of our high-density suburbs.Recent data…

To access this content, please purchase a subscription by clicking the button below and select a package of your choice!

Subscriptions