© A SUSPECTED Gwabalanda serial copper cable thief, Bakhani Ndlovu,23, who allegedly stole 850 metres of electricity overhead conductors worth an estimated US$5 000, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Nomasiko Ndlovu facing five counts. [GoogleAd] Ndlovu, who was arrested after almost a year of evading the long arm of the law, was remanded in custody to…
© A KOMBI driver who ran over and killed a 12-year-old girl on Enterprise Road in July was yesterday slapped with a two-year prison term. [GoogleAd] Isaac Mutambariko, 33, was convicted of culpable homicide by Harare magistrate Yeukai Chigodora. Chigodora also cancelled Mutambariko’s driver’s licence. The magistrate suspended one year of the sentence on condition…
© POLICE have dismissed claims that a 13-year-old drowned in a slime dam in the Chiadzwa diamond mining concession on Sunday, expressing concern over a propensity to link all unfortunate incidents in Chief Marange’s jurisdiction to mining operations. [GoogleAd] Social media had been awash with reports of the teen having drowned in a slime dam,…
© FORMER vice president Phelekezela Mphoko wants his criminal abuse of office case referred to the Constitutional Court (Con- court) to determine whether he qualifies for presidential immuni- ty since the offence was committed while he was in office. Mphoko made the request to es- calate the matter to Con-court after Harare regional magistrate Hosea…
© PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema says his ministry is mandated to approve school fees and is not aware of any applications to hike fees for 2020. This comes after several private schools attracted the ire of parents after effecting exorbitant fees hikes for next year. [GoogleAd] Mathema told the Daily News: “According…
© MINES under the Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) are still operating way below capacity, while others have ceased operations altogether, the Daily News can report. ZMDC runs around 15 mines that produce gold, emerald, tin, copper and asbestos, among others. [GoogleAd] The Mines ministry confirmed that some of the mines remain unoperational, hence government…
© PARLIAMENT has established an eight-member privileges com- mittee made up of Zanu PF MPs to investigate a possible case of contempt of the august House by MDC legislators who are accused of disrespecting President Emmerson Mnangagwa. National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda announced yesterday that Parliament’s Standing Rules and Orders Commit- tee (SROC) last week…
© THE news that the late former president Robert Mugabe left behinda staggering US$10 million in a Zimbabwean bank as well as at least 10 properties and several cars all of which were amassed during his ruinous four decades in power has been greeted with anger by long-suffering Zimbabweans. [GoogleAd] People who spoke to the Daily…
© YOUTHS from the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T have called for disciplinary action against party vice president Obert Gutu, whom they accuse of putting the organisation’s name into disrepute by aligning himself with the ruling Zanu PF. This comes after Gutu recently posted on Twitter apparently supporting police brutality against MDC Alliance supporters, saying it was…
© THE government yes- terday said 46 of the 448 fired junior doc- tors have returned to work following President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s 48-hour offer for them to return to work without suffering sanctions. Health minister Obadiah Moyo, pictured, told journalists during a post-Cabinet media briefing that although the govern- ment was hoping that all doctors…
