A 10-year-old boy from Mazvihwa in Zvishavane district lost his eye and hand after he was allegedly attacked by a machete -wielding neighbour, Pilot Ruvengo, 34 on his way to school. Ruvengo yesterday appeared before Zvishavane magistrate Archie Wochiunga facing attempted murder charges. He was remanded in custody to November 4, 2022 and is set…
POLICE in Zvishavane have intensified calls for the public to join hands with law enforcement agents in a bid to fight escalating cases of substance abuse in the mining town. This comes amid revelations that in some suburbs, including Mandava and Maglas, drug peddlers have become a menace with a number of youth being lured…
FAILURE by the government to clear Basic Education Assistance Module (Beam) arrears in time coupled with hyperinflation has crippled schools countrywide. Speaking in Parliament this week, Social Welfare deputy minister Lovemore Matuke admitted that there were shortfalls in terms of Beam payments which have in turn crippled operations at some schools across the country. “The…
ZVISHAVANE town secretary Tinomuda Mukutu, who was last year sent packing after he was arrested over corruption charges, has been removed from remand by the court following withdrawal of the case by the State. Mukutu was in May last year suspended following his arrest by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) over corruption allegations. Mukutu, who…
MINE workers representative, Zimbabwe Diamond and Mineral Workers Union (Zidamwu), has appealed to the government to set up a commission of inquiry that will investigate alleged abuse of workers at foreign owned mines. Some mining companies have been accused of human rights violations, including assaulting workers and underpaying them among others. Zdamwu secretary-general Justice Chinhema…
THE United Nations International Children’s Education Fund (Unicef), in partnership with the government, has bailed over 113 000 vulnerable people in urban areas with cash transfers in its effort to alleviate poverty among Zimbabweans. In its latest update, Unicef said assisted households were drawn from Harare, Bulawayo, Masvingo, Matabeleland North and South provinces. “The programme…
THE Zimbabwe National Organisation of Associations and Residents Trust (ZNOART) has challenged the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the police to up their game in dealing with corruption in local authorities, saying the scourge is compromising service delivery countrywide. Speaking during a training workshop of resident associations’ representatives in Gweru at the weekend, ZNOART chairperson…
POLICE in Zvishavane have identified five suburbs which they singled out as crime hotspots in the small mining town. This comes at a time when the law enforcers recently revealed that crime rate in the Midlands province, particularly in mining districts of Zvishavane and Mberengwa, was on the rise. According to a circular gleaned by…
PARLIAMENT has dismissed a petition by National Railway of Zimbabwe (NRZ) employees to fi re the parastatal’s general manager Respina Zinyanduko. NRZ employees in July wrote a number of letters petitioning Parliament beseeching it to compel Transport minister Felix Mhona, NRZ board chairperson Martin Dinha, Bulawayo minister Judith Ncube and other authorities to fire Zinyanduko…
POLICE in the Midlands province have roped in the public in their effort to curb crime which is soaring in the region after launching a community policing and a junior call programme. This comes at a time when crime in the province increased by 37 percent from January to September this year compared to the…
