By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO TWO armed robbers from Bulawayo were yesterday sentenced to 20 years in prison each after they were found guilty of raiding a local shop, before tying up a security guard and getting away with seven heavy duty batteries for trucks worth over US$5 000. Lookout Dube, 42, from Cowdray Park…
NEWLY-ELECTED legislators have been warned against assuming the role of charity and social welfare officers for their constituencies, but focus on their duties as espoused in the country’s Constitution, a senior official said on Monday. Legislators in Zimbabwe play three roles — representative, legislative, and oversight during their five-year parliamentary term of office. But when…
By Nyasha KunyiswaSENIOR STAFF WRITER THE government has been called to conduct mental health awareness campaigns at the community level in a bid to guard against activities that have detrimental effects on citizens’ state of mind. Speaking during World Mental Health Day commemorations in Harare yesterday, Parirenyatwa Group of Hospitals (PGH) head of Annex department…
RESIDENTS of Ushewekunze in Harare recently effected a citizen arrest on a local man who was allegedly raping his nine-year-old step-daughter on several occasions. They handed over Taurai Chikusvura, 28, to Southlea Police Station. Chikusvura was arraigned before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday where he was charged with three counts of rape, before he was…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is taking over the running of the Results Based Finance (RBF) urban voucher programme at all its clinics in order to continue safeguarding the health needs of expecting women and their babies. This comes as funding for the programme, which was an arrangement between the World Bank, the…
THE Zimbabwe Council for Churches (ZCC) says it has rescued over 13 800 citizens across the country through its food and nutritional assistance, as part of its poverty security alleviation initiative. In its 2022 annual report released yesterday, the ZCC said the macroeconomic situation in the country remained volatile resulting in limited accessibility to food…
By Yvonne Ncube THREE Bulawayo men, who allegedly robbed a taxi driver in the city his vehicle they had hired, have been arrested after the vehicle was tracked and intercepted at Gweru-Kwekwe tollgate, while heading for Harare. Blessing Ngwenya, Thinkwell Moyo, both 30, and from Nkuumane suburb and Christopher Tigere, 42, of Rusape in Manicaland…
A SUSPECTED fraudster is believed to have duped two unsuspecting home seekers of US$41 000 by selling non-existent housing stands. Lovejoy Nyamande, 63, who is facing two counts of fraud, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday, before he was remanded in custody and would return to court today for his bail application. The State…
A MAN from Braeside, Harare, who was caught with 10 grammes of cocaine and tried to evade ar[1]rest by pretending to be a police officer, has been sentenced to nine months in prison. Steven Musengeza, 37, was arrested in March after detectives from the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Drugs and Narcotics received information that he…
A MAN from Dzivarasekwa, Harare, is facing rape charges after he allegedly forced himself on his older brother’s nine-year-old daughter. The man, 23, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, appeared before Harare Magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa before being remanded in custody and advised to apply for bail at the High Court….
