TWO Bulawayo men have been arrested for allegedly drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl last week. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi told the Daily News yesterday that the minor was raped at night, just after her aunt had sent her to meet up with a relative. “On January 27, 2023, the Zimbabwe Republic Police in…
AT LEAST eight dams are full and spilling following the continuous rains that the country has been receiving in the past two…
THE International Organisation for Migration (IOM) says it has positively transformed 1.5 million livelihoods in Zimbabwe, Lebanon and Tunisia through entrepreneurial projects meant to scale up Covid-19 relief initiatives. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, IOM Zimbabwe media and communications specialist, Fadzai Nyamande-Pangeti, said in the past six months Zimbabwe demonstrated great innovation as a…
A WEDZA man, Benjamin Gonzo, who was arrested in 2019 for killing his 85-year-old employer, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a High Court judge. The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) told the court that on November 12 2019, Gonzo got into an argument with Misheck Musarurwa Chiweshe after the latter refused to…
A ZIMBABWEAN man has sparked public outrage after pleading not guilty to seven murder charges after initially admitting to committing the crimes…
BALDWIN Mazango is an example of a new, young, generation of farmers leading a silent revolution in the continent’s vast farmlands. Now…
THE country’s media regulatory body, the Zimbabwe Media Commission (ZMC), has called upon media players to exercise caution and provide unbiased reporting as the country trudges towards the crunch harmonised elections. Addressing editors on Friday evening in Bulawayo, ZMC chairperson Ruby Magosvongwe said the power and influence of the media sector cannot be over-emphasised. “It…
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga have each been fined $100 000 for failing to pay a US$60 000 settlement to a Zimbabwe Republic Police officer who was fired in 2010. The two, together with the director of the salary service bureau, were found to be in contempt of court…
THE government says it has increased its efforts to combat cervical cancer by launching screening programmes for HIV-positive women. This comes after…
MAJOR players in the railway construction sector are rubbing their hands in anticipation of the prospects presented by the Manhize iron and steel project in Mvuma, Midlands Province. This comes as a conglomerate of railway investors, Beitbridge Bulawayo Railway (BBR), which incorporates local and regional investors, including the National Railways of Zimbabwe, recently visited the…
