A MAN, who was arrested over the weekend for allegedly breaking into a house in Mount Pleasant, Harare, told the court that he was being framed by a commercial sex worker he met at a bar. Panashe Guni, 28, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi yesterday, facing a charge of unlawful entry in aggravating…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa MEDIA practitioners have been urged to avoid agenda-driven reporting ahead of the forthcoming general elections, but instead to be professional and responsible as polls should not divide the country. The call was made by Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC) chairperson Ruby Magosvongwe while addressing the media in Harare yesterday. Zimbabwe is set to…
A SUSPECTED notorious armed robber, who was on the police’s wanted list after allegedly robbing ZX Fuels filling station in New Ardbennie and other Harare companies of over US$500 000, has been arraigned before a magistrate’s court facing eight charges. David Majagada, 49, appeared before Harare Magistrate Stanford Mambanje last Friday facing armed robbery charges….
POLICE have partnered with the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) to evict illegal gold miners along the Umzingwane River in Insiza, Matabeleland South Province. This comes after an influx of small-scale miners who continue infiltrating Umzingwane River and engage in rampant illegal mining activities even though they were banned from mining in the area two years…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A TSHOLOTSHO man in Matabeleland North Province has been sentenced to five years in prison after setting ablaze his brother’s two bed-roomed thatched hut where six of his nieces and nephews were sleeping over an inheritance dispute. Ephraim Mlotshwa, 41, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Vivian Ndlovu on attempted murder and…
ENVIRONMENT, Climate, Tourism, and Hospitality Industry, Nqobizita Mangaliso Ndhlovu has hailed the cooperation between the government and non-state actors in the implementation of various conservation projects the Lower Zambezi Mana Pools Transfrontier Conservation Area (LOZAMAP TFCA). The transfrontier conservation area, which measures approximately 17,745 square kilometres, contains the Lower Zambezi National Park in Zambia, Mana…
THE potential restoration of Zimbabwe as a member of good standing in the international community could be the biggest game-changer in Africa…
THE Chinese modernisation initiative has met difficulties head on, Chinese minister of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee (IDCPC), Liu Jianchao, has said. He was speaking at a well-attended seminar themed ‘New Thinking to Break New Ground’ which kicked off in the city of Wuhan, Central China’s Hubei Province last week. According to…
By Ketty Nyoni A KADOMA woman, Virginia Dende, was yesterday announced as this year’s winner of the OK Grand Challenge’s top prize of a US$60 000 top-of-therange Ford Ranger double-cab at a colourful event attended by thousands of people at the Borrowdale Race Course, Harare. Another 40 lucky winners each drove away with a Nissan…
THE government has procured nine drones for use in the control of quelea birds that have been wreaking havoc in wheat planting areas, the Daily News has learnt. In agriculture, drones are used for spraying chemicals in the fields, monitoring crops and also to control pests, among other things. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of an…
