FOUR of the five University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students, who have been in remand prison since last May for allegedly spray painting government buildings in the Harare Central Business District, were yesterday granted $500 000 bail each at the High Court. Benjamin Watadza, Emmanuel Sitima, Comfort Mpofu and Lionel Madamombe were arrested and each charged…
THE ministry of Higher and Tertiary Institution, Innovation Science and Technology says it is working with the Japanese International Cooperation Agency (Jica)…
TRANSPORT minister Felix Mhona has implored the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) to explore new and innovative ways of improving its operations. Speaking at Zinara’s 6th annual general meeting in Harare yesterday, Mhona said he wanted the organisation to operate with the highest levels of integrity and have robust measures to prevent and combat corruption….
AN employee at a private Harare hospital is facing theft charges after he allegedly siphoned nearly US$40 000 from his employer over the course of a year. Lennon Jamu, 30, who is employed as a receptionist at a hospital in upmarket Borrowdale, appeared before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Friday and was remanded in custody.He will…
A MAN from Hopley, Harare, has been charged with rape after he allegedly slept with his brother’s 12-year-old girlfriend Caos Njodzi, 20, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje, who remanded him out of custody to July 28 pending the finalisation of police investigations.The court heard that the accused took advantage of his brother’s absence and…
THREE top Zimbabwean plant researchers flew out to Uganda last week to attend an upland rice production training as the government bids…
FIVE passengers are reported to have died on the spot while an undetermined number have been injured after a bus they were travelling in overturned yesterday morning in Binga, Matabeleland North Province, according to police. This comes after the police confirmed that at least 10 people were killed and five others were injured in two…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) is set to recruit 120 community health workers in a bid to upgrade the city’s health service delivery system. According to a recent BCC health report, BCC director of health services Edwin Sibanda said it would soon start training local community health workers.“It has been observed that the community health…
A HARARE car dealer, who is believed to have abused the civil servants rebate scheme to illegally import cars without paying duty, appeared in court last week facing two counts of fraud. Taona Murombedzi, 30, appeared before magistrate Stanford Mambanje, who remanded him out of custody to August 21.The State, represented by Pardon Dziva, is…
By Beaven Dhliwayo SHAMWARI Yemwanasikana – a community based, NGO that seeks to promote the rights and empowerment of the girl child…
