Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are planning on rolling out a cholera vaccination programme in areas that have high risk of the disease, including Harare and other urban centres. This comes as the government has administered at least 5 000 cholera oral vaccines (OVC) in Mazowe district, Mashonaland Central Province, after an outbreak…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A HEART specialist at the Diagnostic Heart Centre in Harare yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate facing charges of altering receipts before stealing ZWL800 000 between 2020 and 2023. Tholakele Nokuthula Moyo is facing theft charges and appeared before magistrate Isheanesu Matova who granted her US$100 bail and remanded…
Shamaine Chirimujiri STAFF WRITER chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw MUTARE High Court last year achieved a 100 percent clearance of criminal, civil and family cases for the second consecutive year. This was confirmed by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judge Justice Ben Hlatshwayo while opening the 2025 Legal Year at the Mutare High Court. He said the Judicial Service Commission…
HARARE magistrate Taurai Manuwere yesterday dismissed an application for refusal for further remand filed by fraud-accused businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu in the city council’s street lighting tender case. The two are facing charges of allegedly submitting fake documents under Juluka Enndo Joint Venture company for them to get a US$9 million streetlights rehabilitation…
Rutendo Ngara AN ARMED robber who raided Mukuru booths has pleaded guilty to two robbery and illegal possession of explosives charges before Harare magistrate Tilda Mazhande. Clever Chada is facing five more robbery charges and an additional charge of possessing explosives without a permit. He admitted raiding Mukuru branch in Mabvuku, Harare, of US$1 374…
Hazel Marimbiza in BULAWAYO GOVERNMENT is scaling up climate-proof agriculture measures such as development of irrigation schemes and dams in a bid to boost food security. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the permanent secretary in the ministry of Lands, Obert Jiri, said measures being taken would mitigate effects of climate change. “Through irrigation, we…
A MAN from Mahatshula suburb, Bulawayo, has been dragged to court facing charges of attempted murder following a violent altercation at a local bar over a stolen cellphone. Tinashe Dube, 33, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing a charge of attempted murder. He pleaded not guilty to the charge and was remanded in custody…
THE government has sternly warned land barons against illegally selling State land to unsuspecting home seekers saying the net is closing in on them. Speaking during unveiling of stands for civil servants in Harare on Friday, the minister of Local Government, Daniel Garwe, said they were going to only regularise settlements that were approved by…
THE National Aids Council (Nac) must be at the forefront in dealing with emerging public health risks such as non-communicable diseases (NCDs),drug and substance abuse and other pandemics, the government has said. Speaking during the appointment of a new Nac board chaired by Nester Mukwehwa on Friday, the minister of Health, Douglas Mombeshora, called on…
YVONNE NCUBEIn Bulawayo A GWANDA magistrate Talent Phiri has been sentenced to five years in prison for soliciting for a US$3 000 bribe from a local businessman. Phiri was initially sentenced to seven years in prison, but two years were suspended on condition of good behaviour. Harare regional magistrate Farai Gwitima handed down the judgment…
