AN ARMED robber, Ashton Siziva, 26, has been sentenced to an effective 84 years in jail for robbing Blue Circle Bus passengers travelling from Harare to Beitbridge in July this year. He appeared before the Chiredzi Magistrates Court together with his colleagues, Talent Mlaudzi, 20, Saul Dadirai, 23, and Pheneas Shumba, 25. Mlaudzi, Dadirai, Shumba…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ALTHOUGH the government prefers to engage, rather than fight with business, it will soon take serious action against those firms that are sabotaging the ZiG and unjustifiably hiking the prices of their goods. So says the permanent secretary of the ministry of Finance, George Guvamatanga, who adds that some businesses appear…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.com A GANG of five unidentified armed robbers, wearing security guard uniforms, pounced at a security company on Wednesday before fleeing with US$111 411 and ZAR1 281 320 in Chipinge. Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said they are investigating the case of robbery which occurred at a security company in Gaza, Chipinge. Before…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT NEARLY 4 600 girls dropped out of school across the country last year after falling pregnant. This shocking figure was revealed in the National Assembly on Wednesday by the minister of Education, Torerai Moyo. It also follows recent statistics from the national assessment of adolescent pregnancies which revealed that 21 percent of…
Masimba Makwembere makwemberemv@dailynews.com THE United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) and its partners have constructed a chlorinator building and installed a regulator and a dispenser for Kuwadzana Reservoir in Harare to ensure residents get potable water. This comes amid fears that the health of Harare residents in general was in danger because of their exposure to…
BY NYASHA KUNYISWA THE government has called on the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz) board to come up with technological tools that regulate the broadcasting services sector. Speaking yesterday in Harare during an induction workshop for the new Valentine Mutatu-chaired board, minister of Information Jenfan Muswere said Baz needed to follow global trends as audiences…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE Harare Institute of Public Health (HIPH) has, in partnership with University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, discovered a drug, Rutava that can cure cancer and Alzheimer’s. This comes as cancer is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in the country with over 5 000 new diagnoses and over 1…
Film critics have offered a range of views about Joker: Folie à Deux, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, calling it both…
Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend. The 33-year-old…
The banging on the door started just after sunrise, when law student Iftekhar Alam was still sleeping in his fifth-floor apartment. Around…
