BLESSING Mucharambei’s uncle was just having lunch when he stood up, then collapsed. “[He] started bleeding from the nose,” she says, “and…
YVONNE NCUBEIn Bulawayo A 39-YEAR-OLD man from Nkulumane was lucky to escape a jail sentence after he was slapped with community service for stealing his employer’s motor vehicle. Kwanele Moyo on Friday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Shingirai Mutiri facing a charge of car theft. He pleaded not guilty to the charge, but was convicted after…
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AT LEAST 70 deaths from diarrhoea have been recorded across the country since the start of the year, the Health ministry has confirmed. This comes as the country’s health delivery system is currently under the spotlight amid concerns that it is on the verge of collapse with hospitals and clinics going without critical medicines. In…
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THE government has officially launched a satellite leather design studio and business incubation centre, a move hailed as a game changer for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the sector. Backed by a €150 000 grant from the European Union under the European Development Fund, the new facility is expected to inject innovation, improve competitiveness…
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BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has issued a strong call for the establishment of a waste processing facility at Ngozi Mine, warning that the city’s main landfill poses serious health and environmental threats. Speaking during a city council meeting yesterday, Coltart said the extent of pollution at the site was “deeply concerning”. “We are facing a…
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AN operations manager with the now-defunct Premier Services Micro-Finance (PSMF) appeared at the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday facing corruption charges. PSMF was a subsidiary of the Premier Services Medical Aid Society (Psmas). Emmanuel Kamutayi was remanded in custody by regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing charges of allegedly concealing a personal interest. It is the State case that Kamutayi concealed…
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muronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF central committee member and ex-deputy minister of Finance, David Chapfika, has died. He was 68. He died yesterday morning in a tragic road accident along the Harare-Murehwa road, near his farm, Hurudza, in Mashonaland East. Chapfika, a former executive director of the collapsed Universal Merchant Bank of Zimbabwe Ltd (Unibank), was first elected legislator for…
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Yvonne Ncube in Bulawayo A MAKOKOBA man has been sentenced to an effective 18 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman. Butho Ncube had appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga facing rape charges. Ncube pleaded not guilty, but was convicted after a full trial. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison with two…
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STUDENTS from St John’s College have donated relief materials to 54 students at Churchill Boys High School in Eastlea, Harare, whose hostels were destroyed by a fire last month. The fire, which reportedly was caused by an electrical fault, triggered a gas explosion, destroying the male boarders’ valuables such as beds, uniforms, blankets, food, and…
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AUTHORITIES have been taken to task over the failure of fire brigade teams from the Hwange and Victoria Falls airports to respond to road traffic accidents along the Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway in Matabeleland North Province. This has at times led to the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) fire tender located over 400 kilometres away being forced…
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