By Brandon Josphatjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF won three of the five council by-elections that were held in Midlands and Matabeleland North provinces over the weekend. According to the results released yesterday by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), in Binga ward 20, Liyando Muleya of Zanu PF got 945 and Crispen Munkuli of CCC got 546.In ward…
Raheem Sterling has left the England World Cup squad in Qatar and returned to London after armed intruders broke into his home…
By Regis Chingawo GOVERNMENT is set to disburse US$20 million to empower smallholder irrigation schemes across the country’s eight rural provinces starting January next year. Finance and Economic Development Mthuli Ncube at the weekend said in addition the government had received US$30 million from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that would assist farmers to start…
By Nyasha Dube A BULAWAYO Public Service Commission (PSC) official Geoffrey Nyathi appeared in court on Friday facing criminal abuse of office charges after he allegedly diverted fuel coupons worth US$2 990 that were meant for fuelling the commission’s fleet to his personal use. He is accused of carrying out the offenses on 118 different…
By Nyasha Dube THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) says it has started processing compensation documents for a Chitungwiza man who was severely assaulted by police for allegedly violating a curfew imposed by the government in 2020 to stop the spread of Covid-19. This comes after Ednock Dube, 46, successfully sued police in April…
By Nyasha Dube A HARARE man has been left disappointed after the High Court dismissed an application that sought to recover his motor vehicle that was clamped by the city council. Ishamael Chaurura approached the court with an urgent application seeking to have the clamping of his vehicle declared null and void. In his application,…
By Hazel Marimbiza SIX people perished while nine others were injured when a truck rammed into a Nissan Caravan vehicle along the Kwekwe-Gokwe Road on Saturday. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said of the six people who died, five perished on the spot while the other one died after being admitted at Kwekwe General…
By Black Edward WHEN my neighbour begged for a litre of water, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. When she said she wanted to make porridge for her little daughters, it hit me hard and I felt tears welling in my eyes. “I haven’t even bathed my babies in three weeks,” she said,…
By Ketty Nyoni PERSONS With Disabilities (PWDs) have called on the government to come up with sustainable measures to empower them so that they do not become charity cases. Speaking during the World Disability Day commemoration held in Caledonia in Harare on Saturday, Susan Chibika, senior programmes officer at Deaf Zimbabwe Trust, said there was…
By Nyasha Dube A HARARE man, Nyasha Eusen, who is suspected to have been involved in a shooting incident that took place earlier this month in Eastlea, appeared at the magistrate’s court yesterday facing murder charges. It is the State’s case that on November 19, around 9pm, Eusen and his accomplices got into an argument…
