BULAWAYO’S crime rate has gone down by 10 percent compared to last year during the same period, police have said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube appreciated residents for closely working with police to reduce crime. “From the cases we had last year we have noted a reduction in crime. We had…
THE death toll from a head-on collision involving two kombis along Seke Road, Hatfield, Harare, last week has increased from three to seven after four of the injured people later died in hospital. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the development yesterday as he called on drivers to exercise caution on the roads to curb…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE widow, Chipo Mutandwa, 39, yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court facing charges of allegedly blocking her late husband’s children from accessing their father’s estate. The estate includes Mugure House Institute, a top elite private school along the Harare-Masvingo Road. She appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi facing fraud and…
BY RUTENDO NGARA A 23-YEAR-OLD man from Chivhu, Mashonaland East Province, has been sentenced to an effective 10-year imprisonment by the High Court for raping and impregnating a 16-year-old girl who was in search of a job. The girl is expecting a baby next month. In handing down her ruling, Justice Lucy Mungwari said the…
ZIMBABWE and China have maintained solid relations in many sectors by keeping the values of respect for one another, a Chinese envoy…
VICTORIA Falls deputy mayor Lungile Nyoni says the resort city’s water challenges are set to ease as they are recording progress in addressing the crisis after channelling devolution funds to critical water projects. Speaking at a stakeholders meeting in the city yesterday, Nyoni said part of the devolution funds had already been distributed to phase…
By Masimba Makwembere SADC weather experts are meeting in Harare to deliberate over the 2024/25 rainfall season forecast for the region. This comes as the region last season experienced low rainfall due to the El Nino phenomenon, leading to most parts of Southern Africa experiencing the worst drought in 40 years and severe food shortages….
LIMPOPO, South Africa, police are offering a R20 000 reward to anyone who can provide positive information which can lead to the…
THE Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Engen Petroleum Zimbabwe where they were seeking the court to set aside a High Court judgment in which the company was ordered to pay a contractor US$75 000. According to the courts, Engen Petroleum contracted Frame Work Media to rebrand 11 of its service stations in 2014….
A SELF-STYLED prophet Tobias Dospani, 40, of Kuwadzana, Harare, appeared in court last Friday facing charges of allegedly raping a congregant after he was invited for midnight prayers in Epworth. Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa remanded him in custody to August 23 for his bail application. According to the State led by prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti, the complainant,…
