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PARLIAMENT has declared the Gutu East parliamentary seat vacant following the expulsion of Benjamin Ganyiwa from Zanu PF.  Ganyiwa was accused of fanning factionalism and holding unsanctioned meetings in his constituency. Deputy Speaker Tsitsi Gezi announced the vacant seat in the National Assembly last week, stating that Parliament would inform the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)…

Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw ST GILES Medical Rehabilitation Centre has made a public appeal to well-wishers to assist the centre with new equipment and funds to renovate its buildings. The rehabilitation centre is an iconic institution and a medical centre dedicated to the rehabilitation of both adults and children with all types of physical…

By Takudzwa Dhambu STAFF WRITER dhambut@dailynews.co.zw POLICE yesterday confirmed the death of three Malawian nationals in a road traffic accident that occurred on Sunday along the Harare-Chirundu Road. “Three foreign nationals were killed while 15 others were injured when a bus from Malawi with 119 passengers on board veered off the road before overturning and…

HARARE regional magistrate Stanford Mambanje has convicted five hitmen who were hired from South Africa to kidnap and kill a businessman, one Oliver Chipindu. The five were supposed to assault Chipindu, who was defrauded of US$800 000 by his business partner Obrian Mapurisa, who is still on the run and hired them. The five, Moses…

By Rutendo Ngara THE Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe has won a High Court appeal against social media activist Rutendo Matinyare who posted defamatory messages on X about the company. In March last year, the same court led by Justice Samuel Deme granted a provisional order directing Matinyarare to pull down from X defamatory material…

By Rutendo Ngara TWO Harare men who were facing allegations of duping at least 60 pupils of US$7 500 who had registered at their school were acquitted on Friday by magistrate Ishmael Shayanewako. The two, Thomas Mutsvene and Tariro Patsikadova, allegedly failed to register a private school in Glaudina suburb and it was ordered to…

By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO TAURAI Prosper Vanhuvaone, who is on trial for allegedly masquerading as a doctor and defrauding patients, has withdrawn his guilty plea, claiming he was misled into admitting to the charges. This comes after he was last week convicted on two counts of fraud. However, when he was now appearing for…

By Yvonne Ncube A TWENTY-ONE year-old man from Nkulumane suburb, Bulawayo, has been convicted of armed robbery after he robbed at gunpoint a Honda Fit driver whom they had hired in the company of his two accomplices who are still at large. Prosper Khumalo appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing a charge of…

A HIGH number of mental health cases among information technology (IT) professionals are being reported in the country, local health specialists have said. In separate interviews with the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, the mental health specialists attributed the cause of the rise of mental health in IT specialists to anxiety and limitations in their…