FOUR people died when a Tenda bus collided with a haulage truck and a Phils and Pats bus yesterday near Mutangadura along the Harare-Mutare highway. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the Tenda bus was on its way to Mutare, while Phils and Pats bus was heading to Harare. “The ZRP (Zimbabwe Republic Police) confirms…
TWO Plumtree men were this week sentenced to a combined 40-year jail term after they were convicted of gang-raping a 79-year-old grandmother after one of them was arrested while sleeping in the complainant’s bedroom. They appeared before the Plumtree Magistrates’ Court. The two men, aged 23 and 21, were convicted after a full trial of…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw HEAVY countrywide load-shedding has returned with a vengeance, due in part to maintenance works at the key Hwange Thermal Power Station. This comes as most of Zimbabwe has been enjoying improved power supply over the past few months after the coming on stream of Hwange’s new units 7 and 8. It…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw IN A welcome development, traders and ordinary consumers will be able to withdraw cash at Homelink branches as from next week. This comes as authorities are ramping up their efforts to promote the wider availability and use of the country’s new currency, the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG). It also comes amid growing…
By Emmanuel Marambe ONE of Harare province’s representatives in the upcoming Technical Education Sports Association of Zimbabwe’s ZTISU Games, Harare Polytechnic recently got a shot in the arm from local sports apparel supplier, Ideal Sports, who donated new volleyball kits. Harare Polytechnic are one of two polytechnical colleges – the other one being Masvingo Polytechnic,…
By Ashley Moyo moyoa@dailynews.co.zw VETERAN actor Dominic Makuvachuma was buried yesterday at the Warren Hill Cemetery in Harare, with hundreds of mourners from the arts industry in attendance. Makuvachuma, who was the main actor in the 1990 Jit, got a befitting send-off as hundreds of mourners who included his family and friends described him as…
By Progress ChayaStaff Writerchayap@dailynews.co.zwMULTI-TALENTED Arnold ‘‘SoProfound’’ Chirimika will release his debut international documentary in Manning in the United States of America this August. Titled 1500 – The Story of Manning, the documentary captures the people, businesses and agriculture of Manning — a small town of just 1 500 people in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.SoProfound,…
By Cloud Fusire in Johannesburg, South Africa WARRIORS’ goalkeeper Donovan Bernard believes they need to be on top of their game if they are to collect much needed maximum points against Lesotho in the 2026 FIFA World Cup at Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg tomorrow. The Warriors, who are already in camp in South Africa, are…
A SELF-STYLED faith healer, Joseph Muzeya, 35, yesterday came to the Harare Magistrate’s Courts clinging on his former wife’s back as he was failing to walk properly due to swollen private parts. He is facing rape charges where the State is alleging that he raped a 19-year- old woman on several occasions claiming to be…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw NATIONAL Social Security Authority (Nssa) director David Makwara was yesterday acquitted of over US$18 200 fraud charges he was facing before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei. He was being prosecuted for allegedly defrauding the authority of US$182 661 after engaging a contractor who was renovating his house. However, in his ruling Ndirowei…
