Rutendo Ngara SADISTIC serial killer Anymore Zvitsva, who terrorised Guruve residents last year, has been sentenced to an effective 89 years in prison — and the 35-year-old’s legal reckoning is far from over.This comes as Zvitsa is still awaiting a separate High Court trial for a string of other horrific murders and rape charges.Harare Magistrate,…
Masimba Makwembere THE government says a strong and well-regulated seed system is critical to achieving the country’s ambitious agricultural production targets and boosting food security.Speaking during the Zimbabwe Business Summit and Seed Roadmap Workshop in Harare yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Agriculture, Obert Jiri, said improved seed varieties have the potential to…
Ashley Moyo MISS Universe Zimbabwe contestant Ruvimbo Njomboro is set to officially launch the Ruvimbo Njomboro Foundation on Saturday at Tongfu Restaurant in the capital.Njomboro said her mission is to empower vulnerable children and young people across the country through education, mentorship and skills development.“The foundation is an opportunity beyond barriers inspired by my own…
Brighton Muronzereyi PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has challenged the Zanu PF youth league to expose divisive elements and reject grandstanding, urging young party members to focus on productivity, discipline and tangible results that improve communities and strengthen the economy.Addressing the Youth League National Assembly in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the country’s future depended on a generation…
Hazel Marimbizain CHINA THE government says strategic communication must be closely aligned to national development goals, with the media expected to play a central role in promoting economic transformation, national cohesion and Zimbabwe’s global visibility.Speaking during the closing ceremony of a Seminar for Media Professionals for Zimbabwe in Beijing yesterday, the ministry of Information chief…
Brandon Josphat and THE Constitutional Court (Concourt) has reserved judgment in a case in which war veterans want the country’s planned law changes voided.The six war veterans — Reuben Zulu, Godfrey Gurira, Shoorai Nyamangodo, Joseph Chinyangare, Digmore Knowledge Ndiya and Joseph Chinguwa — say the Constitutional Amendment Bill 3 (CAB3) is unconstitutional.They add that the…
Tapiwa Chirume CHITUNGWIZA Municipality says it needs an estimated US$426 million to fully rehabilitate its ageing sewer reticulation system, as persistent bursts and infrastructure collapse continue to plague the dormitory town, raising fears of a looming public health crisis.Council engineer Talent Mashinga told the Daily News yesterday that the local authority’s long-term sewer rehabilitation programme…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO TWO Bulawayo men have each been jailed for an effective eight years after they launched a vicious acid attack on a 20-year-old artisanal miner, leaving him with severe burns.Handsome Ngwenya, 25 from Hope Fountain and Bongani Ndlovu, 30 of Iminyela were convicted of attempted murder by Bulawayo regional magistrate Sibonginkosi Mkandla.The duo…
Rutendo Ngara HARARE provincial magistrate Nyaradzo Manokore yesterday remanded businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s ex-wife, Sonja Madzikanda, and her mother, Tabitha, in custody over allegations of publishing Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated images of her former husband with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.The two are expected back in court today for a ruling on their bail application after the…
Tapiwa Chirume AN 18-year-old man from Gweru has been jailed for 20 years after he fatally stabbed his colleague in a revenge attack following a workplace dispute.In a statement, the NPA said Tapiwa Mahara was convicted by the High Court of Zimbabwe sitting in Gweru for the murder of Kudakwashe Mhlanga and handed an effective…
