© A RUSAPE magistrate has ordered the police to pay over $10 000 in compensation to six farmers whose houses were destroyed at Lesbury Farm in 2017 during an eviction to pave way for Victory Tabernacle Church leader, Bishop Trevor Manhanga. According to separate court rulings, the farmers will be paid between $1 000 and $5…
© THE country’s uniformed forces must take advantage of the National University of Science and Technology (Nust)’s Genetic Testing Centre to create a database for ease of identification, the centre’s director, Zephaniah Dlamini, has said. The centre offers DNA testing services for human, animal, crop, and pathogen identification. Dlamini said a DNA based database would…
© AN 18-year-old teenager from Filabusi in Matabeleland South has been charged with murder for allegedly stoning a fellow villager to death over a girlfriend. Mbongiseni Gregory Sibanda, 18, of Zamanjalo village allegedly killed Carlos Ndlovu, also aged 18. Ndlovu, who was with his friend Lungisani Mpofu, had found Sibanda chatting with his girlfriend, Primrose…
© MORE than 200 illegal miners have been mauled by vicious dogs in Chiadzwa diamond fields this year alone, the Zimbabwe Diamonds and Allied Workers Union (Zidawu) has said. Zidawu secretary general Cosmas Sunguro told the Daily News that security guards at mining companies in Chiadzwa should apply minimum and reasonable force when dealing with…
© NEARLY 20 commuters were injured after a Zupco bus plying City-Southlands was hit by a train along Lytton Road in Harare on Saturday. The accident occurred after the driver failed to stop at a rail crossing. The injured commuters were rushed to Harare Hospital. Zupco buses charge $1 against $5 charged by private transporters,…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has warned rural and urban councillors to desist from corrupt activities. Speaking at the commissioning of 76 Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) buses in Bulawayo last week, Mnangagwa said his government was committed to implementing devolution, with the Finance Ministry allocating more funds for the process. [GoogleAd] Mnangagwa said he would…
© ANTI-SANCTIONS motions are set to dominate Parliament when it reconvenes after Zanu PF legislators from both the National Assembly and Senate called for debate on the “economic embargo imposed on the country,” the Daily News on Sunday reports. [GoogleAd] Both houses had adjourned until Tuesday after their last sittings on October 24 to allow…
© Child online abuse in Zimbabwe is on the rise, with more children being sexually groomed by online predators. [GoogleAd] This was revealed by Zimbabwe Child Online Protection (Zicop) chairperson Francis Mutema at a cyber security indaba in Bulawayo yesterday. “Child online abuse is on the rise and we are witnessing crimes that were previously…
© THOUSANDS of girls below the age of 18 in Zimbabwe have been raped in the past 12 months, a Judicial Service Commission (JSC) survey has revealed. [GoogleAd] According to the latest United Nations Population Fund’s population census projection report, there are 1 776 334 adolescent girls aged between 10 and 19. Of that number,…
© THE government has shockingly fired junior doctors who are on maternity leave and those practising in the diaspora who have not participated in the ongoing strike, the Daily News on Sunday can reveal. [GoogleAd] The revelation came after senior doctors slammed the government for firing “incapacitated” junior doctors, saying government should immediately reinstate them…
