THREE suspected robbers have appeared before the Harare Magistrates’ Courts after allegedly breaking into a dentist’s office in Emerald Hill, Harare, and stealing dental equipment and property worth US$3 200. Peter Mahwite, 46, Tatenda Mashayamombe, 28, and Musindo Mazivisa, 32, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi, who remanded them in custody to today for…
POLICE in Bulawayo are seeking assistance from the public in identifying two human legs that were found dumped in Pumula South in October last year. The legs, believed to be of an adult, were found in a decomposing state, stashed in a grey sack and dumped under a small bushy area near Good Hope Secondary…
A SHIP carrying 23 000 metric tonnes of Russian fertilisers donated to Zimbabwe has docked in Beira, Mozambique, port officials said on Tuesday. The shipment was donated by one of the largest fertiliser producers in Russia and the world, Uralchem Group, and is part of many similar consignments given to a number of African countries…
THE central government has challenged local authorities’ town planners to come up with new strategies and concepts that modernise both rural and urban settlements. This comes as the country is battling with the emergence of illegal settlements in local authorities across the country caused by land barons and corrupt council officials.Speaking during a local authorities’…
TWO suspected robbers are now facing murder charges after allegedly killing a security guard at a bar in Glen Norah, Harare. Gilbert Muchokomori, 38, and Talent Shangwa, 18, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi before being remanded in custody facing murder and attempted robbery charges. The pair was instructed to approach the High Court…
THE national broadcaster, ZBC, has suspended two of its broadcasters for allegedly passing derogatory comments about the country’s history on ZTV’s Good Morning Zimbabwe programme. The two — Victoria Manase and Juliet Magada — allegedly remarked during a recent programme that colonialism was justified to some extent and that Ndebele king Lobengula Khumalo had sold…
Sharmaine Chirimujiri STAFF WRITER chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw LOBEL’S Bread asserts that it owes nothing to John Nyakamha, its former transport manager, whose employment contract ended two decades ago, despite Nyakamha’s claim that he was not paid his dues. In a letter to Nyakamha dated November 21, 2023, following an engagement that involved the police, Lobel’s lawyers stated…
THE African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) has praised Utariri, Biodiversity, Climate Change and Livelihoods Programme being implemented in the Zambezi Valley for putting local people at the centre. AWF, an Africa-based global conservation organisation which promotes protection of wildlife and their habitats, is implementing the Utariri programme as part of a consortium that includes DanChurchAid, Bushlife…
A ROBBERY suspect, Godfrey Njoromore, died during a shootout with the police last Saturday in the Nyatsime area of Chitungwiza. In a statement yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the shooting incident in which Njoromore died upon admission at Parirenyatwa hospital.“The Zimbabwe Republic Police confirms a shooting incident involving a robbery suspect… aged 48,…
By Brandon Josphat ZANU PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are intensifying their campaigns as they seek to battle it out in six constituencies in the by-election set for February 3. This comes as Zanu PF and CCC are set to lock horns in next month’s by-elections after Sengezo Tshabangu, who asserts to be…
