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Thabiso Mutirwara THE government has announced significant progress in its summer agricultural preparedness, with over six million plots already prepared by farmers under the Presidential Input Scheme. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Agricultural and Rural Development Advisory Ser­vices chief director Medelinah Magwenzi said the Pfumvudza/Intwasa conservation farming programme was not a mere input-supported initiative,…

THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says the city’s water supply is experiencing additional disruptions following de­lays in the upgrade work at the Umzingwane Pump Station. This comes after the pump station was shut down two weeks ago to allow installation of two new 500-kilovolt (kV) transformers in a move meant to improve water distri­bution across…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER A POLICE officer who went viral in early August after claiming he was the new police boss and demanded the expulsion of all Chinese nationals has been indefinitely committed to the Chi­kurubi Maximum Security Prison Psychiatric Unit. Medical reports tendered in court yesterday before magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai proved that Simbarashe…

Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO ward 1 councillor Josiah Mutangi and his co-accused, Janet Zhou, will proceed to trial after Bulawayo magistrate Richard Ramaboea dismissed their attempt to have some fraud charges thrown out. The pair, represented by Con­stance Mathaba of Makiye and Partners, faces 14 counts of fraud. They allegedly swindled vendors of US$200…

RUTENDO NGARA A UNITED Kingdom-based Zimbabwean was allegedly duped of US$8 000 in a botched Crowhill residential stand deal by Yauma Property Management company. Simon Maguraushe, a representative of the company accused of fraud, appeared before Harare magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzai, who granted him US$100 bail. It is the State’s case that in August 2025, an…

RUTENDO NGARA THE Bulawayo High Court has jailed a man for 23 years for fatally stabbing a colleague with an Okapi knife following a misunderstanding. Thembelenkosi Mlothswa was convicted of murder with actual intent by Justice Ngoni Nduna. Justice Nduna noted the severe degree of force and depth of the wound, and the fact that…

THE High Court has dismissed an application by a medical doctor who was suspended for not administering blood transfusions because he believes ‘blood is sacred’. Seleman Saidi sought the High Court’s intervention to overturn the Health Professional Authority of Zimbabwe (HPAZ)’s decision to restrict him from practising medicine in areas such as public health, forensic…

Staff writer in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 21-year-old woman for allegedly murdering her boyfriend after a misunderstanding escalated into a violent fight. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo assistant police spokesperson Thandekile Ndlovu confirmed the incident. “As police we confirm the arrest of Getrude Mpofu, a 21-year-old woman from Hellenvale, Umguza,…

RUTENDO NGARA A COUPLE accused of defrauding former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono of US$137 million yesterday notified Harare magistrate Francis Mapfumo of their intention to file for a stay of prosecution. Clark Clever Makoni and Beverly Aisha Ndonda-Makoni are facing fraud charges after they allegedly changed ownership of Valley Lodge in Mutare…