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PROSECUTOR General (PG) Loice Matanda-Moyo has announced some new senior appointments at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). The new appointments, according to a statement released by the NPA, are consistent with MatandaMoyo’s emphasis on professionalism and excellence. She was appointed PG last October by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. The first appointment announced by the NPA is…

ZANU PF’s Harare youth league chairperson Emmanuel Mahachi yesterday escaped armed robbery charges after a Harare magistrate denied the State’s application to place him on remand. Mahachi, 36, was arrested over the weekend on armed robbery charges after allegedly stealing a welding machine and generator at gunpoint. The State was alleging that Mahachi went to…

ZANU PF is targeting to reclaim, in Saturday’s by-elections, three parliamentary seats which were snatched from the ruling party by the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in last August general elections. The contested seats which Zanu PF lost to CCC last year are Seke, Zvimba East, and Chegutu West. The seats fell vacant at…

SIX people were killed, and five others seriously injured in a head-on collision on Sunday, police have said. National police spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the accident. ‘‘The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms a fatal road traffic accident which occurred on 28 January 2024 at around 1445 hours at the 102 kilometre peg along…

POLICE in Bulawayo have confirmed the arrest of 10 pupils who were caught boozing and taking drugs at a Vuzu party in Malindela low-density suburb. “We confirm the arrest of six boys from Milton High School, one male school leaver aged 17 and three girls from Evelyn High School who were at a Vuzu party…

A HUSBAND and wife reportedly lost US$13 000 after they purchased a car which was later seized by Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) for being under declared. Nyasha Ndhuni, is said to have purchased a Mazda CX-5 from Tawanda and Same Mukungunugwa in April last year. The court heard that on April 9 last year, Ndhuni…

THE government says it will embrace artificial intelligence (AI) as it will assist the country in economic and investment growth. Speaking at an Africa Investment Leaders Forum in Harare at the weekend, deputy Finance minister David Mnangagwa, in a speech read on his behalf by chief director in the ministry Charles Mujajati, said there was…

A HARARE man, 23, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after he was found guilty of raping a 13-year-old girl he lured to his home. Tafadzwa Muchechemera of Hopely on Friday appeared before Harare magistrate Clever Tsikwa where he pleaded not guilty to two rape charges.During the trial, State prosecutor Tendai Tapi, had…

AN alleged paedophile is accused of raping his 15-year-old daughter on several occasions for over two years while claiming that he was doing it to heal himself and his son from some illnesses. The accused, 40, reportedly raped his daughter from January 2022 until she managed to escape from the home this month, leading to…

SCHOOL heads in Bulawayo have appealed to the government to fast track teachers replacements in public schools as some schools were failing to fill-in the gap of teachers who would have relocated, or left for various reasons. The school heads made the plea to Education minister Torerayi Moyo who was touring learning centres in the…