By Rutendo Ngara TOBACCO farmers have slammed the country’s model of financing the production of the golden leaf, saying it was designed not to benefit them notwithstanding record output in 200 years this season. This comes as 85 percent of the golden leaf is coming from small holder farmers, which saw Zimbabwe racking in US$813…
POLICE in Bulawayo have launched a manhunt for a Northend woman, Priscilla Muchape, who allegedly assaulted her six-year-old stepdaughter to death last month after she refused to wake up during the night and relieve herself. This comes after police arrested the father, David Zhou, on allegations of trying to cover up for Muchape’s actions and…
AT LEAST 85 percent of the 57 districts in the nation lack high quality public health facilities, endangering the lives of most people who seek their services. This is according to research by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd). The research released on Monday and titled “Social service delivery”, appealed to the government…
ANOTHER police officer, who is believed to have been part of a gang, including two other cops, that assaulted and extorted money from a married woman who they caught with her lover, has appeared before the Harare Magistrates Court. Lovemore Makwara, who had been on the run since his accomplices were arrested last week, was…
A SUSPECTED cocaine dealer took the police on a high-speed car chase in Harare’s central business district over the weekend before he was arrested and found in possession of drugs worth nearly $2 million, a Harare magistrate heard yesterday. Taurai Musindo, 38, was charged with resisting arrest and another charge of unlawful possession of dangerous…
PARLIAMENT has challenged the government to inject more resources into the State security sector and at all ports of entry to guard against civil unrest and terrorism in the country. In its third report of the parliamentary portfolio committee on Defence, after attending the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) high-level parliamentary conference in Doha,…
A CHINESE national, 61, has been arraigned before the Harare Magistrates Court after he allegedly stole US$200 000 from his employer. Gui Liangqing was accused of theft of trust property at his arraignment before magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday. During his appearance, Mambanje granted him $500 000 bail and ordered him to surrender his passport to…
By Nyasha Dube and Yvonne Ncube MAN from Epworth appeared yesterday before a Harare court after he allegedly tried to kill a fellow tenant for dirtying the floor. Trust Katare, 29, was charged with attempted murder and remanded in custody after being brought before magistrate Stanford Mambanje. The State, represented by Lancelot Mutsokoti, told the…
By Yvonne Ncube A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North province has appeared in court facing allegations of axing his brother-in-law several times on different parts of the body accusing him of destroying his marriage. Prince Nkiwane yesterday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza facing an attempted murder charge. He was not asked…
TWO female Harare City Council employees have been taken to court accused of stealing over US$6 000 and using the cash to buy furniture and clothes. Miriam John, 32, and Mercy January, 41, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda over the weekend facing a charge of theft. The pair is also facing a charge…
