IT IS after 10 o’clock at night, and Zimbabwe’s capital Harare is uncharacteristically dark. Chatter and laughter emerge from a small factory…
MINING giant Zimplats has injected US$1 million for the refurbishment of the Mubaira Hospital in Mhondoro, Mashonaland West Province, as part of the firm’s corporate social responsibility obligations. Speaking during the commissioning of the hospital on Thursday, Zimplats chief executive officer Alex Mhembere said his company had injected over US$200 million into its corporate social…
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By Yvonne Ncube A 24-YEAR-OLD serving inmate at Khami Remand Prison in Bulawayo was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly smuggling 34 grammes of dagga worth $34 000 into the cells. Sydney Ncube, from Jambezi village under Chief Shana in Matabeleland North Province, yesterday appeared before Western Commonage Court magistrate Shepherd Mjanja. He pleaded guilty to…
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AN APPLICATION seeking removal from further remand filed by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s former wife, Marry Mubaiwa, was dismissed yesterday by a Harare magistrate. She was arrested in 2019 and faces over US$1 million in money laundering and fraud charges. During her appearance before the court yesterday, the State made an application to have the…
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GOVERNMENT has implored road authorities to wind up State-sponsored Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) projects, stating that the initiative will not be extended next year. With the projects launched in 2021 under ERRP2, the government aimed to rehabilitate 10 000km of roads nationwide. Speaking during a Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) workshop in Bulawayo yesterday,…
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By Yvonne Ncube A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Nketa suburb, Bulawayo, has appeared in court facing charges of raping his 25-year-old pregnant girlfriend. This emerged yesterday when Zenzo Sibanda appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Col – let Ncube, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. The State alleges that on December 25 last year, the…
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MOSES Ruwona, a Zanu PF member who was disqualified from contesting in the party’s internal polls in Makoni West and arrested early this month on fraud and money laundering charges, has been granted $300 000 bail. Ruwona and his accomplice Macmillan Chiweshe have been in custody since April 5 when they were arrested for allegedly…
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THE Women Affairs ministry says it has embarked on a process to review the country’s national gender policy in order for it to meet the demands of the ever changing political and socioeconomic developments. Among other things, the existing gender policy is meant to address gender justice, equality, integration and inclusiveness in Zimbabwe. Speaking during…
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A 55-YEAR-OLD Bulawayo woman from Northend suburb has been arrested for allegedly selling dagga to residents, including school children in her location. Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube yesterday told the Daily News that the police had arrested the suspect after being tipped off by the public. “Detectives from the department of drugs and narcotics received a tip-off…
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By Yvonne Ncube THREE Bulawayo men have been hauled before the courts on allegations of stealing fuel from a booster of a local telecommunications service provider, Econet Zimbabwe, before severely assaulting a security guard at the site. Bernard Phiri, Themba Moyo and Meluleki Moyo yesterday appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Collet Ncube. They were not…
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