A SCHOOL director, who was recently convicted of abducting a 22-year-old man and forcing him to do manual work at his house, was yesterday sentenced to 36 months in prison. Leonard Chiwaya, 56, the director of George Emmanuel International School in Nyabira, Mashonaland West Province, was convicted last week by Harare magistrate Caroline Matanga. Chiwaya…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) vice president Tendai Biti, who was recently convicted on charges of assault, was yesterday fined US$300 by a Harare magistrate. He was convicted on Monday after being found guilty of verbally assaulting Russian national Tatiana Aleshina while at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts premises in November 2020. During the trial, the…
THE government of Zimbabwe is committed to the promotion of human rights by putting in place legal instruments and other measures, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has been told. Speaking at the ongoing high-level segment of the 55th session of the UNHRC in Switzerland on Monday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the government…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw WITH water levels rapidly declining in major reservoirs, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) has warned that the country’s water security situation is now dire with farmers resorting to irrigation water abstraction. This comes as the country is currently experiencing prolonged dry spells with most tributaries to main water bodies having already…
A DOMBOSHAVA man, who is accused of causing his 13-year-old wife’s death by forcing her to give birth at an apostolic shrine, has been released on bail. Raymond Guhwa, 41, who had been in remand prison for over three weeks after being accused of culpable homicide, appeared before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei yesterday where he…
Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw POLICE say they are increasing patrols during the night around service stations in Harare as they have become armed robbers’ major targets of late. Speaking during an engagement meeting between the police and operators in the fuel sector yesterday, the officer commanding police in Harare province, Wonder Tembo said armed robbers…
LEADING milk processor, Dairibord Zimbabwe, and USAID-funded Feed the Future Zimbabwe Fostering Agribusiness for Resilient Markets (FARM) Activity, recently entered into a US$60 000 co-funded grant agreement. The grant is set to increase raw milk supply by establishing a reliable supplier base from smallholder beef-dairy farmers, utilising village milk aggregators in wards 3, 4, and…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) senior official Tendai Biti, who was on trial facing assault charges, was yesterday found guilty of the charge by a Harare magistrate. He was arrested in November 2020 after he verbally assaulted Russian national Tatiana Aleshina outside a courtroom at the Harare Magistrate’s Court. During the trial, the State led…
THE George Emmanuel International School director in Nyabira Mashonaland West Province who kidnapped a contractor last year and forced him to perform labour at his home, has been found guilty of the charge. Leonard Chiwaya, 56, appeared before Harare magistrate Caroline Matanga facing charges of kidnapping and assault. Chiwaya stood accused of kidnapping Tinotenda Sephani…
TWO men who were arrested in 2021 after being accused of assaulting a man who later fell into a river and drowned, have been acquitted at the High Court. Mncedisi Ncube and Mbongeni Nkala were facing murder charges when they appeared before High Court judge Justice David Mangota. During their trial, the judge heard that…
