HARARE Magistrate Clever Tsikwa has ordered the State to return US$234 000 cash that was seized from four men who were arrested in connection to the ZB Bank armoured truck heist that occurred in 2021. The four, Trymore Chapfika, Tozivepi Chirara, Dennis Madondo and Tatenda Gadzikwa, had filed an application for disposal after they were…
By Nyasha Kunyiswakunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw AS the country is facing a fresh cholera outbreak, the government has stepped in to end the water crisis in Harare, purchasing a month’s supply of water treatment chemicals. This comes as Zimbabwe is facing a fresh cholera outbreak which has seen at least 126 people in the country recently losing their…
By Rutendo Ngara THE government has slashed wheat marketing prices from last year’s US$620 per metric tonne to US$520 this year. This comes as the country is expecting to harvest at least 400 000 metric tonnes of wheat this season from 85 000 hectares.In a joint press release yesterday, Agriculture and Finance ministers Anxious Masuka…
By Farai MabezaSENIOR STAFF WRITER MAJOR South African low cost carrier FlySafair has become the latest regional airline to join the busy Johannesburg-Harare route after making its inaugural flight yesterday. This comes as the airline launches its Johannesburg-Victoria Falls flight today, becoming the second new South African airline on the route in four months after…
LABOUR unions have called for an all-stakeholders meeting in a bid to find ways of mitigating the plight of workers in the face of rising prices of basic goods. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, union leaders said such a meeting was crucial to prevent a “looming social crisis” as a result of…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa and Brandon Josphat ZIMBABWE is facing a fresh cholera outbreak, which has seen at least 126 people in the country recently losing their lives to the dangerous diarrhoeal illness. This has resulted in authorities scrambling to stop the disease — which has mainly hit Harare, Manicaland, Masvingo and Mashonaland West — from…
A HARARE-BASED company has lost more than US$70 000 and R4 500 to armed robbers, prompting the police in Harare to launch a manhunt for seven armed suspects. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the sad incident occurred on Thursday last week, when seven armed robbers attacked two security officers before…
By Brandon Josphat ZANU PF has directed its 73 parliamentary candidates who did not succeed in the August 23-24 general elections to return campaign vehicles the party gave them. This comes after the ruling party distributed vehicles to its 210 parliamentary candidates to prepare for the poll and to enhance its visibility around the country.In…
THE trial of jailed socialite Felistas Murata – better known as Mai Titi – on a fraud charge has been postponed to October 6 to allow the State to subpoena its witnesses. The matter was supposed to commence last Friday before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda, but was postponed to Friday. “The State is applying for this…
THREE suspected armed robbers, who were believed to be involved in the US$2.7 million ZB Bank armoured truck heist that occurred in 2021 have been found guilty, while four other accused persons have been acquitted. The mastermind, Shadreck Njowa, together with Tendai Zuze and Neverson Mwamuka were convicted by Harare magistrate Clever Tsikwa on Friday…
