STANBIC Bank has kickstarted a drive to donate reusable sanitary pads and undergarments to girls in remote schools countrywide by donating 133 packs to girls at Pumvuti Primary and Secondary Schools in Chipoli, Shamva District. The drive to donate reusable pads would be done in two phases at a total cost of US$15 000, up…
AUTHORITIES have issued a stern warning to line ministries, cautioning them against circumventing local authorities and directly handling procurement, a practice deemed a violation of Zimbabwe’s established governance structure. Speaking at a Procurement Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) conference in Bulawayo yesterday, Tafadzwa Muguti, the permanent secretary for Presidential Affairs and Devolution in the Office…
JUSTICE has delivered a heavy blow to two armed robbers, Gift Maphosa and Mpokiseng Dube, who were each sentenced to a staggering 144 years in prison by Chiredzi magistrate Judith Zuyu. The duo was convicted of three counts of armed robbery. Criminal Investigations Department (CID) spokesperson Rachel Muteweri confirmed yesterday that the pair terrorised Mwenezi…
Thabiso MutirwaraSTAFF WRITERmutirwarat@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has committed to enhancing electoral participation for persons with disabilities (PWDs) after launching its disability inclusion policy in Harare yesterday. The policy aims to remove barriers that hinder PWDs from exercising their democratic rights. Speaking during the launch of the two policies, including the other on gender,…
Rutendo Ngara THE former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mbizo MP, Amos Chibaya, was yesterday acquitted by Harare provincial magistrate Tapiwa Kuhudzayi of charges of incitement to commit public violence. Chibaya’s lawyer, Chris Mhike, successfully applied for a discharge at the close of the State’s case. The State had presented evidence from four police officers,…
RUTENDO NGARA A HARARE man, Panashe Garanewako, was yesterday granted US$100 bail after appearing in court on charges of allegedly fatally assaulting his sister’s boyfriend. Garanewako appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Ruth Moyo and was remanded to July 3 to have his charge joined with his already-remanded alleged accomplices, Admire Ngoshi, Isaac Yona, Munyaradzi Maburutse,…
HIPPO Valley Estates Limited has brought on board new sugarcane farmers for its 4 000-hectare Kilimanjaro Empowerment Block project in Chiredzi. In its latest financial statement on Tuesday, Hippo Valley chairperson Canaan Dube confirmed that 41 new farmers have been engaged, and they have already planted 682 hectares of sugarcane. “Following the government’s allocation of…
THE Bulawayo High Court has dismissed an urgent application by opposition party, Zapu, which sought to halt the Gukurahundi Outreach Programme. The programme, aimed at addressing the Gukurahundi massacres, began last Thursday in the Matabeleland region. Justice Munamato Mutevedzi ruled that the matter was not urgent, a decision confirmed by Zapu’s legal advisor, Vuyo Mpofu,…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Foreign Affairs minister Walter Mzembi is challenging his placement on remand in two cases where he faces theft of trust property charges dating back to 2018. Mzembi, who had been on bail since 2018, absconded from trial until last month, claiming he was out of the country seeking…
Staff writer In Bulawayo BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has reported significant progress in its road maintenance and rehabilitation programme, with over 57,7 kilometres of roads upgraded so far this year under the ongoing Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme Phase 2 (ERRP2). During a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday, acting director of Engineering Services Methusi Dibidi presented an…
