Rutendo Ngara in VICTORIA FALLS SADC legal experts have recommended that Tanzania become the hub of the bloc’s proposed pharmaceutical procurement system because of its strategic geographical location and access to international shipping routes. This emerged at the conclusion of a four-day meeting of senior legal experts held in Victoria Falls from June 1 to…
Progress Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has launched the Politically Smart Advocacy Playbook aimed at helping civil society organisations…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A SUSPECTED drug dealer who was allegedly transporting more than a tonne of dagga worth US$1,2 million appeared in court yesterday, where he was remanded in custody. Thapson Ndou appeared before Harare regional magistrate Francis Mapfumo facing charges of unlawful dealing in dangerous drugs. He was remanded in custody to…
Yvonne Ncube A FORMER Founders High School teacher’s 20-year prison sentence for raping a 17-year-old student was upheld after he failed to appear in court for his appeal. Obed Rwatiringa was expected to appear before Bulawayo High Court Judge, justice Munamato Mutevedzi, to challenge both his conviction and sentence. However, neither Rwatiringa nor his legal…
Tapiwa Chirume THE Municipality of Kariba has established a revolving fund to empower low-income residents through community-driven development projects. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Kariba mayor Ralph Maonei said the fund would provide a sustainable financial mechanism to empower vulnerable communities and enable residents to undertake income-generating projects and other developmental initiatives. “The Municipality…
Tapiwa Chirume CHINHOYI is fighting a spike in illegal water and sewer linkages that are crippling service delivery and damaging public infrastructure. Town Clerk Biriat Tasarira yesterday said the local authority was increasingly concerned by the growing number of residents and developers bypassing official procedures to connect properties to municipal water and sewer networks. “The…
Yvonne Ncube A LOWER Gweru man was arrested for allegedly beating his wife to death with a wooden log during a domestic dispute linked to suspected infidelity. The incident occurred on May 26 at around 9pm at Chizhanga Village, Sandwich Farm under Chief Bunina in Lower Gweru. Acting Midlands police spokesperson Mollidias Zivuku yesterday confirmed…
YVONNE NCUBE POLICE have arrested three suspected serial thieves linked to a 24-count crime wave involving vehicle thefts and housebreaking across Gweru between March and May this year. The suspects, identified as Tarisai Danha, 35, Benard Phiri, 29, both of Harben Park in Gweru, and Tinashe Gonde, 41, of Ascot Infill, are alleged to have…
Progress Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has launched the Politically Smart Advocacy Playbook aimed at helping civil society organisations…
Sandra Hove SPORTS WRITER INTERNATIONAL Olympic Committee (IOC) president Kirsty Coventry’s insistence that Olympic athletes should not be financially compensated for competing in the games has triggered a petition demanding her resignation. The petition launched by South African Olympic gold medalist Roland Schoeman, which has since garnered 193 signatories, followed Coventry’s interview with a New…
