THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) has called on the government to actively implement laws which promote gender equality in the mining sector, saying women are not equally represented in the extractive industry. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday on the sidelines of a media training workshop on access-toinformation laws in the mining sector in…
A HARARE man lost US$10 000 in a botched stand deal after he gave the money to an individual pretending to be selling residential stands, a Harare Magistrate heard on Friday. The suspect, Blessing Boka, 40, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi on a charge of fraud. Boka, who is the director of Charitable…
A PROMINENT human rights lawyer, Obey Shava, has been hospitalised after he was attacked on Wednesday evening in Belvedere, Harare, by four unknown assailants. Harare provincial police spokesperson inspector Luckmore Chakanza said he was not yet aware of the incident. “Give me more details so that I can confirm with Harare Central Police Station,” Chakanza…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday commissioned a US$300 million lithium plant in Goromonzi District, a development he said will give impetus to the Second Republic’s quest to attain a US$12 billion economy in the mining sector by end of year. This comes as lithium is currently one of the most sought-after minerals globally owing to its…
A ZIMBABWE Republic Police (ZRP) officer will spend the next nine years in prison after he was found guilty of unlawful possession of unmarked ivory worth over US$4 800. Shepherd Musiniwa, 31, together with his accomplices, Simbiso Kakomo, 39, who is a Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) ranger and Ernest Kabanda, 44, were…
GOSPEL musician Diva Mafunga, who died in a horror crash along the bustling Harare-Bulawayo Road on Tuesday, will be buried at his rural home in Mount Darwin tomorrow. According to family spokesperson Clevious Mudeka, Mafunga’s remains will lie in state at his Mt Darwin home tonight before burial. “Mafunga will be interred at our rural…
A LOCAL women’s group has bemoaned a decrease in women participation in national elections after it emerged that women constituted just 11 percent of candidates who successfully passed nomination to contest for national assembly seats in the August 23 polls. There are no women among the 11 candidates contesting for the presidency in the elections….
A MAN from Harare’s Glen View suburb is facing rape charges after he allegedly paid a 14-year-old girl on several occasions to have sexual intercourse with her. Gilbert Mbavara, 39, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday before he was released on free bail. The court heard that in April this year, Mbavara got into…
A MAN from Mabelreign, Harare, is facing theft charges after he allegedly stole a car, US$1 500 and a cellphone belonging to his drinking friend he had driven home. George Chatambudza appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje before being remanded in custody and he will be back in court on July 10 for his bail…
WITH the August 23 harmonised elections fast approaching, police have set up an election committee to liaise with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and political parties to curb political violence. This comes amid growing concerns that political violence could mar the electoral process, leading to a disputed outcome. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, national…
