MUTARE – There has been an anthrax outbreak in Mutare and Vumba with confirmed cases at Leopard Rock and Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service(ZPCS)’s Mutare Prison Farm, which has been forced to temporarily close its abattoir. SPCA’s Lynne James confirmed that all the animals at the ZPCS’s farm have been vaccinated and their horses are…
PENHALONGA – Corrupt officials are feasting on illegal artisanal miners in Penhalonga, allegedly extorting money from them to avoid arrests, a leading anti-graft agency has said. Transparency International Zimbabwe (TIZ) official Tracy Mutowekuziva told journalists in Mutare this week that her organisation was pushing for the formalisation of the sector to plug the corruption loopholes. [GoogleAd]…
MUTARE – MDC Alliance senior official Robert Saunyama, popularly known as Jack Roberts, and his younger brother and Chikanga-Dangamvura’s ward 6 councillor…
HARARE – National Museums and Monuments of Zimbabwe (NMMZ) executive director and his deputy have appeared in court on allegations of corruptly allocating each other more than 18 000 litres of fuel. NMMZ executive director Godfrey Mahachi, 59, and his deputy Darlington Munyikwa, 52, were released on $100 bail when they appeared before Harare magistrate Vongai…
BULAWAYO – An Advanced Level student who is part of eight suspects arrested for looting at Choppies Supermarket in Luveve suburb yesterday claimed that police raided groceries that had been sent by his mother from South Africa. Desmond Pendamazuva, 22, testified before magistrate Ngoni Nduna at the Bulawayo Magistrates’ Courts yesterday. [GoogleAd] Pendamazuva and his seven…
HARARE – Borrowdale Police Station officer-in-charge Simbarashe Sibanda was yesterday slapped with four years’ imprisonment for scalding his lover with boiling water. Harare regional magistrate Jesse Kufa convicted Sibanda of attempted murder charges and sentenced him to four years before suspending one year on condition of good behaviour. [GoogleAd] The complainant was Stella Ruswa, a police…
HARARE – The Daily News will host a breakfast meeting at Cresta Lodge’s Sango Conference Centre tomorrow where Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya will discuss the monetary policy statement (MPS) he presented yesterday. Over 250 guests are expected to attend the high-profile event where Mangudya and his team from the central bank would…
HARARE – The government yesterday introduced a battery of measures aimed at bringing down the high prices of goods in the country, as well as growing the economy — including opening up foreign currency trading by banks and bureaux de change. Presenting his monetary policy statement (MPS) in Harare, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor —…
Five protesters were yesterday each jailed five years after being found guilty of participating in a wave of demonstrations dubbed Shutdown Zimbabwe last month. [GoogleAd] Simbarashe Nyamadzawo, 22, Gilbert Jasimoni, 34, Abisha Musakanda, 24, George Tomu, 26, and Danny Sere, 27, were convicted of public violence charges before Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya and were each…
The High Court is today expected to rule on former Health and Child Care minister David Parirenyatwa’s case in which he is seeking an order to stop his prosecution, arguing the charges levelled against him were fabricated. [GoogleAd] Parirenyatwa is before the courts facing criminal abuse of office charges after he reportedly interfered with and…
