BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has appealed to the government to deploy police or the army to protect the Nyamandlovu Aquifer against vandalism as it was the lifeline of the city in terms of water supplies. This comes as the council and the government have been looking for various strategies to end the current precarious water…
POLICE in Bulawayo have expressed concern over the increase in pirate taxi operators who continue to defy orders to vacate illegal pick up routes warning that offenders will face the wrath of the law. This comes as the police and the Bulawayo City Council this week launched a blitz against pirate taxis, popularly known as…
FORMER Manicaland provincial planner Fungai Munyama, who was recently convicted of criminal abuse of office at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts, has been fined US$600. Munyama was on trial after in 2010 he illegally converted land belonging to Mutare Teachers College which was set aside for the expansion of the institution. During the trial, magistrate Feresi…
FORMER Croco Motors parts manager, Joseph Matinyarare, who was on trial after stealing various car parts worth $107 484 633, has been found guilty of fraud. Matinyarare and Stephen Chafachaipa, who was the motor dealership’s receiving clerk at the time, were arrested in 2021. The duo appeared before Harare magistrate Ngoni Nduna for their trial…
THE government has called on the Bulawayo water technical committee to redouble its efforts to ensure the city gets adequate supplies as the situation worsens in the second capital. In November last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa approved a 20-member technical committee to supervise the rapid improvement of water and sanitation services over a period of…
THE government says they have entered into partnerships with various foreign companies to rehabilitate the country’s railway system. This comes as three National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) employees tragically lost their lives in a train derailment and subsequent fire last week along the Zimbabwe-Mozambique Railway Line near the Forbes Border Post in Mutare, Manicaland Province….
SIX Harare men, who allegedly heavily assaulted a man while at an apostolic shrine, have been charged with assault. Emmanuel Ngirazi, Tanyaradzwa Jaravani, Kudakwashe Chihambakwe, Kelvin Maphiri, Tapiwa Samso and Blessing Mhandure were arraigned before Harare magistrate Lynne Chizhou who released them on US$20 bail each. The six were also ordered to return to court…
MEDICAL history was again made in Zimbabwe on Tuesday when extensive uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) was carried out for the first time in the country by a team of international and local surgeons. Three patients were operated on — two at Parirenyatwa hospital and one at the Avenues Clinic — by a team made…
A CHITUNGWIZA robber, who was arrested after being involved in a road accident a day after stealing the car, has been sentenced to a year in prison for possession of a firearm. Wyne Madzinga of Chitungwiza was arraigned before Harare magistrate Ruth Moyo for his trial. State prosecutor Nomsa Kangara told the court that Madzinga…
THE lawyer representing businessman Ronald Nyandoro who is facing allegations of theft of trust property on Wednesday told the court that the…
