THE Bulawayo City Council has partnered with the Civil Protection Unit to enhance their response to fire incidents as the local authority seeks to save lives and property. Responding to criticism by residents that the local authority was not proactive to fire situations, the council chief fire officer, Mhlangano Moyo, said they were also working…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw SOME girls as young as 12 years in Mvurwi, a small farming town in Mashonaland Central Province, are turning to sex work as they battle to make ends meet, authorities in the area have confirmed. This was said by the National Aids Council (Nac) Mazowe district coordinator, Mercy Mudhombo, while speaking to…
THE High Court yesterday granted a US$500 bail to Harare City town clerk Hosiah Chisango following his arrest in July. Chisango allegedly participated in illegally awarding a US$9,2 million street light rehabilitation tender to Juluka Projects and Plant Hire, a company owned by Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe. In his bail ruling, Justice Pisirayi Kwenda…
A MAN from Dzivaresekwa, Harare, who was allegedly high on drugs and tried to rape his mother, appeared before the magistrates court yesterday facing attempted rape and physical abuse charges. Rivaldo Whiskey, 23, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje who remanded him in custody to this Friday for his bail consideration. According to the State led…
Masimba Makwembere STAFF WRITER makwemberemv@dailynews.com AMERICAN transformational leader and speaker, Myron Edmonds, will for the next seven days, headline the eagerly-anticipated men’s conference which gets underway at the Country Club (CC) in Harare this evening. Edmonds will be sharing the podium with local clerics — Blessing Nyahuma and Joshua Maponga — at the week-long event,…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO THREE men from Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, have been slapped with a five-year jail term each after they were convicted of stabbing a fellow resident before robbing him of cash and cellphone totalling US$350. Mbuso Ndlovu, 22, Herbert Tshuma, 30, and Silent Tshuma, 34, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza…
By Stella Madzivanyika madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT has expressed alarm that the Harare City Council (HCC) is failing to provide quality service, including refuse collection despite procuring 52 trucks recently. Addressing residents after touring the Morton Jaffray Water Works together with local authority’s officials yesterday, Harare Provincial Affairs minister Charles Tawengwa said residents must pay rates and…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THREE suspected fraudsters, who allegedly attempted to defraud Real Star, a security company, of US$190 000 appeared in court yesterday facing fraud and hacking charges. Gladstone Mthulisi Tshabalala, Dalumuzi Moyo and Manase Manjovha appeared before Harare magistrate Patricia Kamwanda and they were remanded in custody to today for their bail application. Prosecutor…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is renovating all abandoned recreational centres across the city to give the youth an opportunity to take part in various activities and reduce crime rates. This comes as residents of Makokoba and Mzilikazi suburbs have expressed serious concerns about abandoned youth centres in their area at a recent…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THE National Council of Disabled Persons of Zimbabwe (NCDPZ), an organisation representing disabled individuals, has called for urgent action to make sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services accessible to people living with disabilities (PLWDs). Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, a NCDPZ representative, Dudu Tapela, said that disabled people face a…
