THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs says the Guardianship of Minors Amendment Bill will allow both parents to have custody of their children in case of separation, pending the hearing of a court case to award guardianship. The country’s laws currently award custody to the mother pending the hearing of the court…
FOUR Umguza Rural District Council (RDC) councillors who had filed an urgent chamber application with the Bulawayo High Court challenging their suspension last month have been reinstated. David Moyo, Sisa Moyo, Ernest Sibanda and Mary Shelton of wards 15, 13, eight and two respectively were suspended together with their chairperson Alexander Mhlanga last month by Local…
A 39-YEAR-OLD man from Makokoba in Bulawayo on Friday appeared before the courts for allegedly murdering another man who had accused him of proposing love to his wife. Nkosilathi Ncube allegedly stabbed Brighton Mandishana to death over the latter’s wife. Ncube appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Marygold Ndlovu facing a murder charge and was remanded in…
RESIDENTS in Mpopoma suburb in Bulawayo have bemoaned high water bills which have resulted from the local authority’s bid to compensate for previously underestimated bills. Councillor Charles Moyo confirmed the development, adding that he was currently engaging council management on the issue. “l am aware of the issue and we are currently investigating the problem….
MATABELELAND South and North provinces have recorded the lowest number of people who have been vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus, a report from the Health ministry has revealed. The latest statistics showed that only 188 503 had been vaccinated from the two provinces compared to 266 978 in Harare, 193 589 (Manicaland) and 190 285…
THREE suspected armed robbers, who were arrested after a shootout with police in Bulawayo’s Fourwinds suburb at the weekend, are back in court facing eight fresh charges of armed robbery. Nkosilathi Ncube, 42, of Gwanda, Mthokozisi Moyo, 37, from Plumtree and Makhosi Bryan Nkomo, 31, of Mpopoma suburb, appeared in court yesterday over robbery cases…
DRIVERS of buses owned by private players registered under the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco), who downed their tools before staging a demonstration at the company’s Kelvin depot in Bulawayo, have returned to work, after the firm paid part of their salaries. On Wednesday, passengers in and around the city were left stranded after the…
THE Bulawayo City Council has denied claims that the local authority had approved a $25 million budget to construct a luxurious mansion for mayor Solomon Mguni in Selbourne Park. Ward 4 councillor Silas Chigora said while it is true that council resolved to build a mayoral mansion, the cash-strapped local authority has not yet allocated…
A 11-YEAR OLD juvenile from Lower Gweru in the Midlands province died on the spot following a scotch cart accident on Saturday. Midlands police spokesperson Emmanuel Mahoko said Mzingaye Ntini died when the animal-drawn cart, which was being steered by Ntandokayise Ncube, overturned and hit him on the head. “The scotch cart hit a tree…
ONE suspected armed robber was shot dead while two others were injured in Four Winds in Bulawayo on Saturday morning following a shootout with a police crack unit. The robbers are said to have travelled from neighbouring South Africa and were targeting a gold dealer in the suburb. However, the robbers luck ran out when…
