FIRST Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa was yesterday awarded an Honorary Doctor of Philosophy in Law degree by the University of Zimbabwe in recognition…
By Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO TWO BULAWAYO men have been convicted after being found guilty of defrauding a woman of US$500 after disguising themselves as immigration officers. Romeo Mlambo, 29, and Mbonisi Nyathi, 34, appeared yesterday before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa, charged with fraud.The duo pleaded guilty and was remanded out of custody to September 18…
A 38-YEAR-OLD man from Gwabalanda high density suburb who, together with four others, was accused of robbing a local motorist of his…
SUSPECTED serial killer, Thandolwenkosi Ndlovu, who is believed to have been killing before boiling and eating his victims’ body parts, has been remanded in custody. Ndlovu, 20, appeared before Harare magistrate Ethel Chichera yesterday, where he was charged with five counts of murder and one of attempted murder. He was also advised to make an…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE Geo Pomona Waste Management has made an application to the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority for the construction of a 22-megawatt (MW) waste-to-energy power plant at the Pomona dumpsite in Harare. The energy regulator confirmed the development yesterday and said that upon completion, the power plant will feed electricity into the…
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has embarked on a household listing exercise ahead of the Zimbabwe demographic and health survey expected to start next month. In a statement yesterday, Zimstat appealed to citizens to provide all the necessary information to its agency enumerators when they visit their households across the country. “Zimstat is conducting…
By Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A 34-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo man has been arrested after he allegedly stole a vehicle while the owner was brushing his teeth. Samuel Marufu, from Nkulumane suburb, appeared yesterday before Bulawayo magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa facing a vehicle theft charge. He was not asked to plead and was remanded in custody to September…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa FIFTY-NINE Harare councillors took their oaths of office during a ceremony before Harare City Council (HCC) town clerk Hosea Chisango in the capital yesterday amid violent clashes between Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change supporters. There were running battles between the two political parties’ supporters outside Town House. Anti-riot police had…
ZIMBABWE is losing 262 000 hectares of forests each year due to a combination of demand for firewood, urban expansion and farming, the Forestry Commission has said. This comes amid concern over the potential negative effects on the climate that would come about if trees which play a major role in producing oxygen continue to…
A KUWADZANA man in Harare is standing accused of raping a woman in a bush in the high density suburb before asking her to marry him in order to buy her silence. The suspected rapist, Tinashe Songa, 28, appeared before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday who granted him US$20 bail and will return to court…
