A MAN from Epworth appeared before the courts last week after he allegedly raped his 20-year-old cousin multiple times for five years. The man, 26, whose name is withheld for the sake of the victim, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje. He was remanded in custody and ordered to return to court tomorrow. The…
TWO men from Mabvuku, Harare, have landed themselves in court after they allegedly beat up and killed a man they suspected to be a robber. Fredrick Nhata, 41, and Forget Zhakata, 26, were arraigned before Harare magistrate Munashe Chibanda on Friday where they were charged with murder before being remanded in custody. Chibanda then instructed…
HIGH Court judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi has dismissed an application by a Chivhu-based clergyman who sought to have Statutory Instrument (SI) 221 of 2020 declared unconstitutional. The Statutory Instrument deals with the High Court (Fees) (Civil Cases) Regulations and advises litigants, who have fi led summons to pay the registrar of the High Court one…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to grace the Zimbabwe Miners Federation’s (ZMF) annual general conference & exhibition to be held in Gweru…
THE Judicial Service Commission (JSC) says its ongoing decentralisation of courts programmes countrywide will ensure every citizen gets access to justice without hindrances. Speaking during the JSC 13th anniversary celebrations in Harare yesterday JSC head of corporate services Daniel Nemukuyu said the commission was committed to continue promoting and facilitating accountability of the judiciary in…
ELEVEN cars and counting!. Last weekend, Clemence Muhle — a physiotherapist based in Rusape won yet another car at the OK Grand Challenge, bringing to 11 cars he has won since 2012. Over the years, Muhle and members of his family won five Huawei smartphones, three 1.5 tonne Toyota Dyna trucks and eight other cars….
THE government has partnered with the World Bank (WB) to revise the national gender policy (NGP), as part of the initiative aimed at enhancing gender equality in the country. According to a recent Bulawayo City Council (BCC) report on gender mainstreaming, the ministry of Women Affairs, in partnership with the WB conducted consultations in April…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE United Nations Children Fund (Unicef) says at least three million people out of which two million are children are in need of humanitarian assistance in the country this year. In its latest report titled humanitarian situation report released on June 5, Unicef said at least US$30 million is required to alleviate…
BY YVONNE NCUBEin BULAWAYO THE government has hailed Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for the role they play in the socio-economic development of the country. In a speech read on his behalf by the minister of small and medium enterprises, Sithembiso Nyoni, at an MSMEs who have made significant strides graduation ceremony in Bulawayo…
PARLIAMENT has recommended regular rotating of State security agents deployed in mining areas to reduce mineral leakages, avoid collusion and corruption by law enforcers and mining officials. In a report tabled in the National Assembly on Wednesday by the parliamentary portfolio committee on Defence and Security, it was noted that the rampant illicit mining was…
