THE United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) says over 150 000 survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) have accessed one stop centres since 2022. Speaking during the launch of a one-stop centre at Mpilo hospital on Thursday, UNFPA country representative Miranda Tabifor said efforts were being made to expand one-stop centres across the country. “Since…
VETERANS of the country’s liberation struggle have written to Time Bank seeking to be included among 10 groups of people to be…
Thembinkosi Nyathi STAFF WRITER nyathit@dailynews.co.zw A SUSPECTED Harare armed robber, Ebelloy Chikemura, was yesterday denied bail by a High Court judge. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), the judge’s decision was based on the strength of the State case against the accused and that Chikemura was likely to abscond as the evidence linking him…
Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO THE government has opened a one-stop facility at Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo to provide gender-based violence (GBV) victims with safe healing spaces. Speaking at the launch yesterday, minister of Women Affairs Monica Mutsvangwa, said more safe healing spaces were needed for GBV victims in the country.The safe space at Mpilo hospital…
STAFF WRITER A 77-YEAR-OLD woman from Kambuzuma, Harare, appeared in court yesterday for allegedly biting a three-year-old boy’s private parts while he was sitting on her lap. Gladys Sibanda appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing aggravated indecent assault charges before she was remanded out of custody on free bail. According to the State, the boy…
Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw THE Marange community in Mutare rural district, which is mainly made up of members of the apostolic sect, has embraced national HIV/Aids intervention programmes as the government moves to end new HIV infections by 2030. Addressing journalists recently during a National Aids Council (Nac) organised media tour of Manicaland Province, Mutare…
RUTENDO NGARA A HARARE businessman Luka Ignatius Fabris, who was convicted at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts last June for defrauding a local businesswoman of US$1 million, has had his conviction and sentence quashed at the High Court. In June, a regional court found Fabris and his company, Spartan Security, guilty of fraud. Then, Fabris was…
RUTENDO NGARA A HARARE man, who allegedly duped a local transporter of US$37 000, yesterday appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts facing fraud charges before he was granted US$200 bail. Kudzai Chingonya was arraigned before magistrate Apolonia Marutya who remanded him to January 21, 2025. Prosecutor Rufaro Chonzi told the court that between March and…
POLICE in Bulawayo say they recorded 93 cases of armed robberies from the beginning of the year to October, as compared to 56 cases recorded last year in the same period. Speaking during a stakeholders meeting in Bulawayo yesterday, provincial police spokesperson Abednico Ncube said law enforcement agents were working hard to end cases of…
By Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw A NYANGA motorist has been fined US$350 and barred from driving after he was found guilty of negligent driving. Lloyd Masanga of Bonde Village, was arraigned before the Nyanga Magistrates’ Court this week. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), on 30 January 2024 and at around 0700 hours,…
