© HARARE man who allegedly sodomised an 11-year-old boy appeared in court charged with six counts of aggravated indecent assault. Canisio Hwami, 31, appeared before Harare magistrate Jessie Kufa and was granted $50 bail coupled with conditions to continue residing at his current address, report once a week on Fridays at Glen Norah Police Station…
© SIX cases of human anthrax were recorded dur- ing the second week of October, the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) said in its weekly update. DVS said the new cases were recorded in Mashonaland West and Midlands Provinces. “Human cases continued to be reported in Gokwe North and South following an anthrax outbreak reported…
© THE Health Services Board (HSB) has said it will go ahead with disciplinary hearings for striking doctors despite their absence. HBS chairperson Paulinus Sikhosana yesterday told the Daily News that the doctors’ decision to snub the disciplinary hearings would not stop the proceedings. [GoogleAd] “What you have to understand is the Health Services Board…
© ZANU PF legislators are pushing for the arrest of MDC bigwigs who they accuse of calling for sanctions against Zimbabwe. Debating the anti-sanctions motion in the National Assembly this week, the ruling party legislators said a law prohibiting people from speaking in favour of sanc- tions must be introduced. [GoogleAd] “Whether you are opposition…
© A POLICE officer was run over by a kombi and sustained a broken hand while attempting to arrest a tout, a court heard. The tout, Phillimon Munikwa, 20, of no fixed abode, appeared before Harare magistrate Learnmore Mapiye charged with touting for pas- sengers in contravention of the Road Motor Transportation Act and assaulting…
© SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda says he will review his decision to bar opposition MDC MPs from debating in Parliament as punishment for question- ing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy. Mudenda last week ruled that the opposition MPs could not legitimately direct questions to ministers appointed by Mnangagwa when they refused to recog-…
© THE country’s biggest opposition party, MDC yesterday snubbed the anti-sanctions march held in Harare, saying the event was not meant “to address the bread and butter issues” that are affecting the majority of Zimbabweans. Daniel Molokele, the party spokesperson, said bad governance, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s illegitimacy and a corrupt leader- ship are at the…
© ONE of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s advisors, Shingi Munyeza, has said that while Western sanctions must be removed, bad governance, the absence of the rule of law in the country and public sector corruption were at the core of Zimbabwe’s problems. The forthright cleric and businessman told the Daily News yesterday that while the sanc-…
© THE United States of America and the European Union (EU) have both pooh-poohed yesterday’s anti-sanctions march bluntly telling President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government that they should focus on rebuilding Zimbabwe’s shattered economy instead of “wasting time” on pointless endeavours, the Daily News reports. On his part, a defiant Mnangagwa told his supporters who…
© IT NEVER rains, but pours for national carrier Air Zimbabwe which has once again been thrown into disarray after one of its aircrafts was impounded in South Africa by Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa) for non-payment of landing and parking fees. The aircraft, a Boeing 767-200 ER, was impounded on Wednesday at Johannesburg’s…
