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By Masimba MakwembereSTAFF WRITERmakwemberemv@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say Zimbabwe is working on adopting how China modernised its rural areas in order to improve economic and social growth. This was said yesterday by Women’s Affairs minister Monica Mutsvangwa while addressing the first Harare Forum for Africa and academic week on “Mutual Learning between Chinese and Zimbabwean Civilisations and…

By Masimba Makwembere POLICE have issued an ultimatum to illegal miners at Mazowe Mine, Mashonaland Central Province, to stop their operations and vacate the place. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi yesterday said all illegal miners have to leave Mazowe by  Saturday.“The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms that the government through the ministry of Mines and Mining…

By Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE yesterday signed the Sadc seed charter that will govern the cooperation of member states in seed certification and quality assurance. Speaking to the media in Harare, Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka said the move was significant to Zimbabwe as it was coming ahead of the 44th Sadc Heads of State and…

By Stella MadzivanyikaSTAFF WRITERmadzivanyikas@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have confirmed that two Chitungwiza friends were on Saturday night killed in a fight at a bar in Budiriro, Harare. Harare provincial police spokesperson Luckmore Chakanza told the Daily News yesterday that the deceased had been identified as Alex Ruvhere, 22, and Tadiwanashe Murerwa, 20.The suspect, who is reported to…

POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for Oscar Khumalo, a security guard from Pumula North, who allegedly fatally shot his wife on Sunday using his service firearm. The city’s police assistant spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele confirmed the incident. “The suspect is employed as a security guard by a local company in Bulawayo. “Allegations are that…

By Rutendo Ngara A MAN from Chitungwiza who allegedly asked his friend for a place to sleep and later on sodomised him appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court yesterday facing an aggravated indecent assault charge. Crage Chinozwa, 52, appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa who remanded him in custody to July 16. According to prosecutor Anesu…

TWO HARARE men who killed two zebras and transported the skins from Mhondoro to Harare were fined US$300 each by magistrate Ruth Moyo for contravening the Parks and Wildlife Act. The two skins were valued at US$5 000.State prosecutor Mandirasa Chigumira told the court that Rungano Chacha, 50, and Leonard Kutyauripo, 33, killed two zebras…

By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO TWO men from Fort Rixon, Matabeleland South Province, have each been sentenced to 10 years in prison after they assaulted a fellow villager over a US$6 debt he owed them for game meat. So bad was the assault that the complainant, Listen Rusimba, had his left leg amputated as a result…

THE Bulawayo Progressive Residents Association (BPRA) has partnered with Microsure Insurance to set up the ‘Uhlelo Lwezakhamizi’ funeral cover to support residents who can not afford exorbitant funeral charges during times of bereavement. This comes as in its 2023 report, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat), said the average funeral costs in Bulawayo had increased…

By Rutendo Ngara DAVURE Mining allegedly lost R440 000 after being duped in a deal where it wanted to import a vehicle from South Africa. The mining company was allegedly defrauded by Calton Mudiwiwa, 39, who appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje last Friday facing fraud charges. He was released on free bail and remanded…