By Yvonne Ncube FORMER vice president Phelekezela Mphoko’s son, Siqokoqela, was yesterday sentenced to an effective 20 years in prison for raping his niece. Siqokoqela, 44, also received an additional two months for contravening a court order. He had pleaded not guilty to the three counts of rape which the court said happened between July…
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe (UZ) students have been granted a huge relief after the High Court issued an order declaring that the institution’s fee hike last year was irregular and should be set aside. This comes as last year the UZ astronomically increased fees by over 700 percent, a figure that saw some students having to…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE government plans to soon embark on a nationwide vaccination exercise against cholera in a bid to combat the disease that has killed five people in the country since the first case was reported in February. This comes after the country recorded a total of 634 suspected cholera cases, five laboratory confirmed…
OVER 3 400 vulnerable girls and women have, in three months, accessed free maternal services offered by the city council in Bulawayo under its “urban voucher programme” aimed at improving universal access to public health services. In the council’s latest report, “the results-based finance (RBF) programme activities,” the city’s housing and community services said the…
AUTHORITIES say they will withdraw maize growing input support in regions four and five. This was confirmed by ministry of Agriculture permanent secretary John Basera who was, however, quick to add that farmers in the regions must concentrate on small grains farming. The government has been supporting maize growing in the regions through the presidential…
By Brandon Josphat SOME basic goods are now often unavailable in retail outlets around the country, amid claims that this is due to demands by concerned suppliers that they paid cash and only in US dollars. The president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Retailers (CZR), Denford Mutashu, confirmed the shortages in some product lines to…
By Rutendo Ngara ONE of the country’s biggest companies, Delta Beverages, yesterday awarded bursaries to another 20 top performing students to allow them to further their studies. The bursary awards, which have been running for two decades, will see this latest batch of lucky students selected from the country’s 10 provinces being supported by the…
By Rutendo Ngara THE government has directed that the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) should outsource services for grain grading and moisture content check in a bid to promote transparency in grain delivery. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of government-farmers interface in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central province, on Tuesday, permanent secretary in the ministry…
ZENGEZA West MP Job Sikhala was yesterday found guilty of obstruction of justice by a Harare magistrate and sentenced to an optional US$600 or six months in jail. Sikhala, who has been in remand prison since his arrest in June last year, was on trial after he posted a video on social media claiming that…
By Brandon Josphat PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will today travel to the United Kingdom for the coronation of King Charles III as he hopes to use the trip to intensify the country’s re-engagement process. This comes as the Second Republic foreign policy emphasises that Zimbabwe is a friend to all and an enemy to none. In…
