Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A BULAWAYO man, who was last week dragged to court after he assaulted his wife for suing him over child maintenance, has been sentenced to five months in prison. Khaya Ngulube appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Challenge Mahambe facing a charge of physical abuse. He pleaded not guilty and was convicted after…
OVER 1 000 people have signed a petition asking the government of Zimbabwe to review a decision to hike the cost of…
A HWANGE man has been ordered to pay US$400 after he assaulted his wife for demanding that he buys an ice cream for their daughter. An ice cream normally costs between US$0.50 and US$1. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), on June 29 2024, the 47-year-old man was requested by his wife, 44, to…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE man was on Friday remanded in custody at the Harare Magistrates Court facing charges of raping and impregnating his 13-year-old co-tenant. Special Bell, 30, appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa facing rape charges and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court. He was remanded to August…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A VILLAGE head’s son from Nyamandlovu village in Matabeleland North Province has been slapped with an effective five year prison sentence after he was convicted of attempted murder. Jordan Mabhena, 22, the son of village head Deli Mabhena, on Friday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Dambudzo Malunga. He pleaded guilty to…
POLICE in Beitbridge have launched a manhunt on a suspect who allegedly murdered his neighbour after suspecting the victim had influenced his wife to dump him. Speaking to the Daily News over the weekend, Matabeleland South police spokesperson Loveness Mangena confirmed the incident ,saying it occurred in the Tshotshi area, Beitbridge. “Circumstances are that on July 31…
By Stella Madzivanyika STAFF WRITER madzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw THE State-owned Kutsaga Tobacco Research Board is finalising on its programme not to rely on government grants, but to be economically self-sufficient by 2025. Its target to be self-reliant is based on plans of increasing the production of high-quality potato seed varieties. The country has mostly been relying on…
DECEMBER has now been set by authorities as the latest period for the completion of the construction of Harare’s US$88 million Mbudzi Interchange in Harare. This comes as authorities failed to meet the last expected deadline of the construction interchange bridge, which was July 31. The completion of the multi-million dollar project has been stalled…
SEVEN Harare men who robbed an octogenarian couple of over US$60 000 in 2022 have each been jailed for 12 years, the…
BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE LEADING food processor, National Foods’s contract farming scheme is empowering thousands of local farmers through improved market opportunities. Speaking after the tour of the National Foods plant in Harare by a Sadc delegation on Friday, National Foods group chief executive Mike Lashbrook said the contract farming’s scheme is managed through Paperhole Investments…
