A SUSPECTED drug dealer sent police detectives from CID Drugs and Narcotics on a wild goose chase around High Glen and Mufakose in Harare while evading arrest. Leeroy Bruce Tungama, 28, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi last Friday facing a charge of dealing in dangerous drugs. State prosecutor Zebediah Bofu told the court…
SOME government houses are being occupied by individuals who are not civil servants, while employees of the Public Service Commission (PSC) are struggling for accommodation, it has emerged. This was revealed by PSC secretary Tsitsi Choruma in her submissions to Parliament during a pre-2024 national budget seminar over the weekend. “The pension fund has constructed…
THE Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has implored the government to promote a safe working environment for journalists while they are on duty. “ZLHR implores the government to com – bat the culture of impunity for crimes against media practitioners and to promote a safe and enabling environment for journalists to execute their professional…
A CIVIL Registry employee based in Mazowe district, Mashonaland Central Province, is accused of assisting three suspected kidnappers who sought to smuggle girls to China by falsifying documents to indicate that their victims were of legal age. Ephraim Tendakai Rufaro Dzumbunu, 37, is accused of aiding the kidnappers despite being aware of their plans, in…
A MAN from Belvedere West, Harare, allegedly defrauded a local supermarket chain by using fake rewards cards to purchase groceries. Michael Desperate Chipfupi, 29, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa last Friday, who granted him US$500 bail before instructing him to return to court on November 29. He is being charged with fraud and…
HEALTH minister Douglas Mombeshora has bemoaned a critical shortage of health workers, saying this has compromised the country’s health delivery system. This comes as a number of health professionals have over the years been quitting their jobs and making a bee line to foreign lands in search of greener pastures amid poor working conditions locally….
DESPITE the relatively low prices of fertilisers ahead of this year’s farming season as compared to last year, farmers say seeds are out of reach for many as some of them have not been paid for the grain they delivered last season. A survey by the Daily News yesterday showed that agricultural and hardware chains…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HINESE enterprises are willing to hire more than 600 locals if they meet the requisite qualifications, according to Public Service minister July Moyo. Speaking during an ongoing Chinese enterprise job fair in Harare where over 600 jobs were on offer yesterday, Moyo said the move by China would consolidate the…
By Ketty Nyoni TRANSPORT minister Felix Mhona has given all parastatals under his authority a 30-day ultimatum to create a committee that will review road traffic management laws in order to curb traffic accidents due to human error. According to statistics released by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) in April, 8 897 people died…
A FATHER and son from Chief Chinamora’s area in Domboshava have appeared in court facing charges of threatening to kill a neighbour who was preventing them from cutting down trees. On Wednesday, Reason Sibanda, 52, and his son, Khumbulani Sibanda, 28, appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda, accused of violating the Forestry Act. Reason is…
