© A NYANGA man who had a marijuana plantation of over 3 800 plants measuring over a metre has appeared before a magistrate here. [GoogleAd] Obert Makwanya, 46, of Chigumira Village 36 under Chief Saunyama in Nyanga was remanded in custody to November 28 by magistrate Constance Marutya. He is being charged with illegal cultivation…
© WOMEN’S organisations have applauded government’s decision to offer free sanitary pads to young girls in rural areas, saying this will go a long way in ending period poverty. [GoogleAd] This comes as gender activists recently called on government to tackle issues around menstrual poverty due to the soaring sanitary wear costs in the 2020…
© UNPROCESSED mining applications have reached 5 500 owing to lack of resources, Mines and Mineral Development minister Winston Chitando has said. [GoogleAd] Chitando revealed this during the Daily News Business Breakfast Forum in Harare on Wednesday under the theme “Towards a US$12 billion sector: Mining industry perspectives.” “The ministry is currently dealing with a…
© AT LEAST one person died while properties worth thousands of dollars were destroyed by storms accom- panied by a deluge of rain, thunder and lightning in the past couple of weeks. Police have reported that a seven-year-old boy died due to a weather-related accident in Lupane on November 10. [GoogleAd] “In a sad incident…
© FORMER Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) finance director Mudzingwa Simon Taranhike has been slapped with a 30-month prison sentence over a petrol scam involving 1 800 litres. Taranhike was convicted after a full trial on criminal abuse of office charges before Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya. [GoogleAd] Mujaya suspended six months on condition of…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s former aide, Douglas Tapfuma’s bid to be released on bail, citing changed circumstances, hit a snag after the High Court ruled that it had no jurisdiction to entertain the appeal. Tapfuma, who is accused of evading payment of car import duty using the State Residences Department’s name, has been in remand…
© PROMINENT Bulawayo activist and Bulawayo South Constituency losing candidate Josphat Ngulube was yesterday convicted of torching three cars, destroying a precast wall and breaking several windows at a house belonging to Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial women’s league chairperson Eva Bitu. [GoogleAd] Ngulube committed the of- fence during violent January protests against a steep fuel…
© ZIMBABWE will once again go under the international spotlight when United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on the right to food Hilal Elver visits the country on a fact-finding mission from November 18 to 28. Elver is coming to Zimbabwe to assess the food situation. Zimbabwe is battling with one of the worst droughts in…
© KEY stakeholders have generally applauded the 2020 budget for addressing some of their major concerns, while highlighting some areas that the budget could have done more. The budget, which Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said replaced austerity with prosperity measures, seeks to stimulate high productivity, growth and job creation. [GoogleAd] Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ)…
© POLICE yesterday banned yet another MDC rally the second in less than a week that was scheduled for Domboshawa, Mashonaland East Province. The Nelson Chamisa-led opposition party had notified the police of its intention to hold the rally in Goromonzi District tomorrow, but the police ruled that the meeting could not go ahead as…
