AUTHORITIES say plans are underway to construct four new interchanges in Harare to decongest traffic in the capital. This comes as the government is set to complete the construction of Trabablas (Mbudzi) Roundabout before the end of the year. In a notice in the Government Gazette, the minister of Transport, Felix Mhona, said the proposed…
LEADING financial services institution, Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe, has handed over a solar-powered borehole and a 10 000-litre tank to a women’s group and the broader community in Marange, Manicaland, as part of its financial inclusion initiatives. The borehole was drilled in partnership with development and humanitarian organisation, CARE Zimbabwe, which helped identify the pressing need…
GOSPEL music group Impactful Praise are making waves on social media platforms thanks to their new tracks which they dropped a fortnight ago. The five latest gospel releases making waves, bringing fresh energy and spiritual depth to listeners worldwide are titled Hamutisiye, Tinemufaro, Mundida, Nekutenda and Mwari Makanaka. “I am super excited about this new…
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has announced a list of 28 candidates who have progressed to the second stage of the public interviews for eight vacant Labour Court posts. The first stage of the interviews, conducted early this month, featured 46 candidates. “The shortlisted candidates are expected to participate in the second and final stage…
A GUN-toting jail escapee, Luke Zinyengere, has been slapped with an effective 22-year jail term by Harare regional magistrate Letwin Rwodzi. Passing her ruling yesterday, the magistrate said a jail break was “not a kid’s game.” Zinyengere escaped from custody last month with his accomplice, Tafadzwa Marondera, who earlier this month was convicted and sentenced…
Rutendo Ngara Senior Staff Writer ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A MAN who raped his daughter on various occasions before giving her morning-after pills, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison at the Harare Regional Magistrates’ Court. He appeared before magistrate Letwin Rwodzi. In passing her ruling, the magistrate indicated that as a father, the accused was supposed…
THE adoption of a well-coordinated action plan among the country’s health experts will help in combating antimicrobial resistance (AMR), a senior government official has said. AMR is one of the top global public health and development threats, and it is estimated that bacterial AMR was directly responsible for 1.27 million global deaths in 2019. The…
A HARARE man, who raped a drunk 60-year-old Hopley resident, has been handed a 15-year jail term by Harare regional magistrate Jesse Kufa. Samuel Chipakacha, also from Hopley, was convicted of aggravated indecent assault. The assault happened earlier this year. Magistrate Kufa said a medical report tendered before the courts confirmed that there was penetration…
A KUWADZANA woman is in trouble after she allegedly helped a man from the area to rape a 15-year-old girl she was staying with.Lucious Sikadza appeared before Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa together with her accomplice Shadreck Gaura facing rape charges.They were advised to apply for bail at the High Court.It is the State case…
By Rutendo NgaraSENIOR STAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zwA HARARE businessman, Steven John Bass, has been remanded in custody pending sentencing after he was convicted by a regional magistrate yesterday of duping his business partner of US$200 000.Bass duped his business partner, Nicola Ruth Dickinson, after he falsely told her that he wanted to establish a company that would…
