By Nyasha Dube A CHINHOYI man Jonah Chiramba has been sentenced to 25 years in prison after the High Court found him guilty of causing the death of a taxi driver Sydney Zuruvi in 2017. Chiramba was arrested after he attempted to hijack Zuruvi’s Honda Fit vehicle which the now deceased was using as a…
By Yvonne Ncube A BULAWAYO magistrate court has ordered that Godknows Ncube, 26, facing stock theft charges must go through psychiatric tests to establish if he is mentally stable after he allegedly stole three goats at a local farm and slaughtered them at the crime scene. Ncube from Nyamandlovu appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda…
By Nyasha Dube HIGH Court judge, Justice Lucy Mungwari, has acquitted a Guruve man, Herbert Mikunku, ruling that he was acting in self-defence when he kicked Togarepi Kamanga in the chest resulting in injuries that led to his death. According to court documents, on April 8 2018, Kamanga went to his father in law’s homestead…
By Yvonne Ncube A 36-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo suspected murderer, Judge Evans Zizombe, who was on the run after allegedly killing his wife and sexually abusing the corpse in front of his two minor children, has reportedly committed suicide at a local church. Bulawayo deputy spokesperson Assistant Inspector Nomalanga Msebele told the Daily News yesterday that the…
THE government is grappling with the shortage of primary and high school qualified teachers in rural communities amid concerns that the trained personnel were resisting deployment to the countryside. Education ministry permanent secretary Tumelang Thabela told the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that while the government was training and recruiting teachers, new recruits were resisting…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT ZESA is owed a whopping $14 billion by both its customers, worsening its financial capacity to import electricity and buy spares for its creaky plants. This comes as the power utility has intensified its rolling power cuts due to reduced electricity generation at Kariba Hydro-Power Station, as well as reduced imports and…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa AT LEAST five people are dying while 120 others are being injured daily in deadly road traffic accidents and the government has called for all stakeholders to work together to reduce the carnage in the country. The shocking statistics were confirmed by deputy Transport minister Mike Madiro in Harare at the Traffic…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT LEADING agribusiness conglomerate, Tongaat Hulett Limited, is set to expand its sugar operations at a cost of US$50 million, an expansion of 3 300 hectares (ha) to the 700 hectares already in existence. This would see the company creating over 1 500 jobs in the Lowveld region, the board chairperson Canaan Dube…
By Nyasha Dube THE Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has urged the government to investigate all unsolved cases of alleged politically-motivated human rights violations in the country. Commemorating the International Human Rights Day in Harare yesterday, the Forum pleaded with the government to play a part in reducing incidences of human rights violations in the…
BY KETTY NYONI LACK of enforcement of government policies aimed at ending period poverty is curtailing the improvement of women and girls’ menstrual hygiene, a report by Action Aid Zimbabwe (AAZ) reveals. This comes as prices of menstrual hygiene products continue to soar beyond the reach of ordinary women and girls notwithstanding that the government…
