Tendai Kamhungira and Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITERS THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has raised fears that three MDC officials, including Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe, could have been abducted after she and other party youths staged a flash demonstration in Warren Park, Harare on Wednesday. This also comes after Zimbabwe Republic Police spokesperson…
Shamiso Dzingire in BULAWAYO ©️ THREE men who suffered injuries after they were allegedly assaulted by police officers enforcing the nationwide lockdown, have written to the commissioner-general of police Godwin Matanga, indicating their notice to sue. Trymore Nhari from Gweru, Weston Chadomba and Sethukani Ncube — both from Bulawayo — suffered a broken arm, hearing…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has buckled under pressure and moved to allow returning residents to book into private quarantine centres if they can afford it, pending approval by health inspectors, the Daily News reports. This comes as over 3 000 returnees have come into the country and are being placed in…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE embassy of Zimbabwe in South Africa, through a partnership with the Founder of Bigtime Strategic Group, Justice Maphosa, is set to repatriate 400 Zimbabweans in the neighbouring country who have lost their sources of livelihood as a result of the national lockdown introduced to curb the spread of…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER LIONS are terrorising Chipinge and Bikita communities, attacking people in the process, the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (Zimparks) has confirmed. This comes as two boys were injured by lions in Musikavanhu in Chipinge District early this week. “Two boys were injured and one is still hospitalised. Our rangers are…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITERS machakairet@dailynews.co.zw TWO siblings that allegedly ran a mobile pyramid scheme and duped people various amounts of money were back in court on Thursday facing fresh charges involving $1,5 million. Romeo, 25, and Tinashe Samhungu, 29, were released on bail when they appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko earlier this week amid…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court has ordered a building society to pay back a local firm its money deposited into the financial institution’s account in 2016 in United States dollars. This was after the financial institution had sought to pay back the money using bond notes. In the application, Penelope Douglas…
Fungi Kwaramba POLITICAL EDITOR kwarambaf@dailynews.co.zw ©️ WITH the unity and credibility of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s under pressure administration suffering a fresh blow this week — after his ministers were involved in an unseemly public quarrel — it seems inevitable that something will have to give soon. This comes as Zanu PF insiders have told the…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw A KENZAMBA cop who allegedly raped his girlfriend after heavily assaulting her and a soldier accused of sodomising a 14-year-old girl have appeared in court. Dereck Kapita, 42, appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko charged with physical abuse and rape. He was remanded in custody to May 18 and…
Shamiso Dzingire in BULAWAYO THE National TB Reference Laboratory, in conjunction with the National University of Science and Technology(Nust)’s Applied Genetics and Testing Centre (AGTC) have stopped testing for Covid-19 due to lack of consumables. This was revealed by the AGTC’s director Zephania Dhlamini yesterday when Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister Raymond Machingura toured…
