Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A SUSPECTED land baron who allegedly swindled 57 people of over US$127 000 has been granted US$400 bail. Tererai Lois Mutasa appeared before Harare regional magistrate Francis Mapfumo yesterday facing fraud charges and was remanded to August 3 for routine remand. It is alleged that sometime in January 2026, Mutasa…
Tapiwa Chirume HARARE is targeting more than 227 000 children during a four-day polio vaccination drive to halt the crippling disease. The campaign aims to vaccinate 227 246 children under five, including newborns, with city health authorities targeting at least 95 percent coverage. In a statement, the City of Harare said vaccination teams would use…
AUTHORITIES have launched a US$25 million Livestock Health and Infrastructure Facility to modernise production and accelerate national herd recovery. Chief director in the Department of Agricultural Engineering and Farm Infrastructure Development, Edwin Zimunga, yesterday in Bulawayo said the facility would finance critical livestock infrastructure needed to improve animal health, productivity and commercialisation. He said the…
RUTENDO NGARA A HARARE man has appeared in court for allegedly submitting forged company documents and a false affidavit in a US$3 million property dispute. Never Jofris, who is employed as organising manager at Kukura Mining (Private) Limited, is accused of defeating or obstructing the course of justice and he was granted US$400 bail by…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 55-YEAR-OLD man from Tshabalala has appeared in court on charges of raping his mentally-challenged daughter at their family home. The accused, whose name is being withheld to protect the identity of the complainant, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Mathew Mutiro yesterday. He was not asked to plead. The court granted…
Hazel Marimbiza POLICE in Matabeleland South are investigating the cause of a house fire that claimed the life of a 17-year-old girl in Bulilima District and left her grandmother with burn injuries after she tried to save her. The fatal fire broke out in the early hours of July 1 at Jutshume Village near Maitengwe…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERCITY Parking has expanded its self-service parking zones in central Harare as the company accelerates its digital transformation drive aimed at improving efficiency, reducing reliance on parking marshals and embracing artificial intelligence-powered parking management.The expansion, which took effect this month, covers sections of Third Street from Jason Moyo Avenue to Nelson Mandela Avenue,…
Yvonne Ncubein Bulawayo A SERIAL fraudster who, together with accomplices still at large, duped residents of a total of US$930 using parcels stuffed with stones and leaves has been sentenced to an effective 20 months in prison.Tawanda Gerald Gumbomunda, 30, of Sauerstown suburb, was convicted on four counts of fraud by Bulawayo regional magistrate Patience…
POLITICAL EDITOR PROMINENT businessman Jimayi Muduvuri has urged South Africans to reject Afrophobic attacks, warning that violence undermines continental unity and economic integration.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Muduvuri stressed that Africans share a common destiny that must not be derailed by hatred.“It is deeply worrying to witness the recurrence of Afrophobic attacks against fellow…
Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo BULAWAYO health officials are urging parents to immunise young children as a synchronised regional polio vaccination campaign gets under way.This critical rollout marks the third round of a synchronised inoculation drive specifically designed to halt the transmission of the virus.The health campaign is being implemented in close partnership with the ministry of…
