By Rumbidzai Ngwenya A TEN-YEAR- OLD girl from Kuwadzana in Harare died after she strangled herself with a rope in her room last Sunday night. The police have confirmed the tragic incident, saying that the little one could have accidentally throttled herself. “On Sunday at around 2000 hours, the little girl and her younger brother…
By Yvonne Ncube A BULAWAYO man believed to be part of a five-member gang that pounced on a local bank last year and robbed it of US$90 123 and 80 240 Rands has been remanded in custody. Bhekimpilo Ncube, 38, of Gwabalanda suburb, was not asked to plead to an armed robbery charge when he…
A 49-YEAR-old man will serve an effective 24 years in prison after a magistrate’s court found him guilty of raping his nine-year-old niece. The man, from Honde Valley, Manicaland province, whose name is withheld to protect the identity of the child, appeared before the Mutare magistrate’s court facing rape charges. He was sentenced to 30…
A GOVERNMENT minister has said that it is the responsibility of parents, not the government, to ensure the welfare of their children and that minors attend school. This comes after statistics presented by the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (Zimcodd) at the end of last year showed that 35 percent of children between the…
ZIMBABWE recorded a total of 148 deaths while 669 people were injured in road accidents during the festive season of December 15, 2022 and January 15, 2023, statistics revealed by police yesterday show. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the accidents and attributed the deaths and injuries statistics to reckless driving. “The Zimbabwe…
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A SUSPECT, who is believed to be part of a group that assaulted a Harare man in Mabvuku last year before dumping him along a railway line and having him run over by a train, has been arraigned before a magistrate’s court. Mesias Madongorere, 26, was arrested over the weekend and appeared before Harare magistrate…
HARARE magistrate, Yeukai Dzuda, will deliver her ruling in a bail application filed by 25 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists on Friday. The 25, who include two party lawmakers, Amos Chibaya — Mkoba and Costa Machingauta — Budiriro, were arrested two weeks ago and face charges of holding an illegal gathering. They made an…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE European Union (EU) says Zimbabwe should reduce donor dependency by developing strategies that support its health delivery system. This comes after the EU pledged US$90 million for the next three years for Zimbabwe’s Health Resilience Fund. Speaking at the fund’s launch on Monday, EU Ambassador to Zimbabwe Jobstvon Kirchmann stated that…
HIGH Court judges, Neville Wamambo and Emilia Muchawa, have granted an application filed by the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) in which it sought to repeal a magistrate’s court decision which gave a South Africa-based company, L.A Africa Logistics, the authority to retrieve a truck and two trailers that had been impounded. According to court documents,…
