A REGISTERED Harare medical doctor, nurse and a pharmacist who were arrested after they were implicated in an illegal drugs syndicate involving pethidine, were acquitted yesterday by magistrate Ruth Moyo. Tanaka Chimuka, Tapiwa Mutebuka and Sam Chasaya were arrested earlier this year by detectives from CID drugs who claimed to have received information linking them…
By Jeffrey Muvundusi and Masimba Makwembere OVERJOYED parents toasted to the arrival of 143 babies at Zimbabwe’s major referral hospitals in Harare and Bulawayo on Christmas Day. At Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals’ Mbuya Nehanda maternity ward in the capital city, a total of 42 babies — 20 boys and 22 girls — were welcomed into…
Ashley Moyo SENIOR LIFESTYLE WRITER amoyo@dailynews.co.zw DJ Joseph Isaac, who is popularly known as DJ Joe, says winning the National Carling Black Label DJ Clash title is a dream come true. DJ Joe also scooped the top prize for best mixing in the second edition of the Carling Black Label DJ Clash at the Hippodrome…
ONCE again, this year’s Christmas celebrations felt dishearteningly lackluster for many people. For a lot of families, the priority was not on gifts or celebrations, but on scraping together enough money to cover the sharply rising costs of school fees and basic commodities. The looming spectre of January’s school reopening, particularly for those with children…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judges Justices Esther Muremba and Deputy Judge President Garainesu Mawadze have pleaded with Parliament to give regional magistrates more powers in penalising offenders. Currently, magistrates’ sentencing powers are limited to just 12 years even if they handle a complex case which might deserve more than a 12 years sentence. The…
President-elect Donald Trump ran on a platform of isolating the US from foreign conflicts like the Ukraine war, increasing tariffs on foreign…
Capitec Bank, SA’s fastest-growing JSE-listed bank, has been hit with a hefty financial penalty of R56.25 million by the South African Reserve…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw FORMER deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe says lawmakers are pushing for the establishment of a parliamentary caucus on cancer to ensure robust awareness campaigns across the country. A parliamentary caucus is a group consisting of members of different political parties or independent politicians with similar ideologies. Speaking to the Daily News…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A 53-YEAR-OLD Tajikistani national who overstayed in Zimbabwe will be deported following his conviction of violating the Immigration Act. Asror Saidov,who was residing in Kwekwe, was convicted by the Gweru magistrates’ court which fined him US$200 or two months imprisonment. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) , Asror entered…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 55-YEAR OLD Lupane man, Mlungisi Ndebele, has been sentenced to an effective two years in prison after being convicted of culpable homicide for causing the death of his 93-year-old stepfather. Ndebele appeared before Justice Christopher Dube-Banda at the Bulawayo High Court where he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of…
