HARARE – A Harare woman died and her husband is battling for his life after drinking a concoction they were given by a self-proclaimed prophet to ‘cure’ them of a sexually transmitted infection (STI) which had tormented them for over a year, a court heard yesterday. Harare magistrate Victoria Mashamba heard that after drinking the…
MUTARE – One of two armed robbers who killed a woman and injured three other passengers when they attacked a Beitbridge-bound bus has been arrested. The duo robbed passengers of cash and other valuables just outside the border town earlier this month. Thandazani Mandhlazi was arrested on December 27 in Manicaland and was brought before…
HARARE – A suspected thief who allegedly used a rod to fish out cell phones and clothes from houses is on the verge of losing his private parts after he was bitten by three dogs as he fled the scene in the wee hours of the morning. Chamunorwa Dick, 43, of Kambuzuma suburb was ravaged…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has gone on leave, his spokesperson George Charamba announced yesterday. Mnangagwa’s deputy, Constantino Chiwenga is the acting president. “He started his leave last Friday but he is local, he is at his farm taking a rest but will be back at work soon,” Charamba said yesterday. [GoogleAd] Mnangagwa has had…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has directed over 500 illegal settlers staying on various farms countrywide to “go back from where they came.” Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri told journalists during a post-Cabinet media briefing last week that Cabinet had resolved to evict the illegal settlers ostensibly to ensure…
HARARE – The United States Agency for International Development has warned of an imminent drought in Zimbabwe, following delays in rainfall being experienced in the 2018/2019 season. A food security report published by the agency titled “Zimbabwe Food Security outlook (December 2018 to May 2019)” notes that low rainfall will increase the national maize deficit…
HARARE – Victims of the infamous Operation Murambatsvina are still suffering in silence a decade later as government’s promise to relocate them is yet to be fulfilled. Government, led by the City of Harare spearheaded and launched a massive insensitive demolition of illegal houses in 2005 dubbed Operation Murambatsvina. The assault destroyed assets and sources…
HARARE – Commuter omnibus operators increased fares in the run up to the Christmas holidays. This saw many people abandoning traditional festive visits owing to the biting cash and economic situation the country finds itself in. The Daily News’ Pauline Hurungudo yesterday interviewed people in Harare’s CBD to glean their reaction to the recent hikes…
HARARE – Long-suffering Zimbabweans will endure more pain after commuter omnibus operators hiked their fares in response to the country’s worsening economic situation, the biting fuel shortage and the rising prices of spare parts. Commuter omnibuses in cities and small towns are now charging between $1 and $3, where they used to charge half the…
HARARE – Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri has made sensational claims that she was stopped dead in her tracks by former president Robert Mugabe over an explosive book that she had written regarding the disputed circumstances surrounding the death of liberation icon Josiah Magama Tongogara. Tongogara, the revered late commander of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation…
