TURKISH President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will dispatch his Foreign Affairs minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu to Zimbabwe next week for high level talks meant…
POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a 42-year-old suspect for allegedly kidnapping a 15-year-old girl before drugging and raping her several times for 17 days. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson inspector Abednico Ncube said Mkhululi Ndlovu allegedly kidnapped the minor in Nkulumane on December 8 last year before she managed to escape…
A HARARE man, who is suspected of having broken into his neighbour’s home and stolen property, has appeared before the Harare magistrates’ court. It is alleged that on December 27 2022, Blessed Masango broke into Clara Nyoni’s house in Goodhope, Westgate, Harare, and stole property valued at $652 800. According to the court documents, Masango…
By Yvonne Ncube A LOWER Six learner at a school in Matabeleland South Province, who was recently involved in a gang robbery, has been pardoned by a Bulawayo magistrate. Mbongeni Dube, 18, from Fort Rixon, had his sentence wholly suspended when he appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda yesterday. Dube was charged with robbery along…
BY YVONNE NCUBE A MAN from Gumtree in the outskirts of Bulawayo has been taken to court for allegedly stealing 50 pigs from a farmer. Qhubekani Ntini, 42, appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda facing accusations of stock theft. Ntini pleaded guilty and was remanded in custody to January 17. It is the State’s case…
BY YVONNE NCUBE CONTROVERSIAL former cricketer Dumisani Mankunzini is once again in court after he was arrested for absconding payment at a local hotel where he was checked in for four days. Mankunzini appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Busani Sibanda yesterday and pleaded not guilty to fraud charges. The court heard that sometime in November, Mankunzini…
POLICE in Bulawayo have raised concerns over abandoned pits which have become death traps in the second capital with cases of drowning minors on the rise since the onset of the rainy season. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson inspector Abednico Ncube called on parents and guardians to closely monitor their children,…
THE two Harare bouncers, who were arrested late last month facing attempted murder charges after allegedly causing havoc at pubs and various musical events, have filed an application for bail at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts. The two, Gideon Sanyangore and Blessing Kumunda, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje yesterday seeking to be released from custody…
THE daily power outages experienced in the country in recent months resulted in property worth over $490 million being destroyed in Bulawayo in 2022 due to fire outbreaks, the city’s mayor, Solomon Mguni, said in his latest report. Zimbabwe has been experiencing punishing electricity shortages last year as Zesa failed to meet demand, partly due…
A HARARE man has been dragged before a magistrate’s court facing kidnapping charges after he allegedly abducted a two-year-old girl who was playing outside a church. According to court documents, Panashe Chitura, 26, allegedly approached the child outside the Kings Citadel Church in Westwood. It is reported that Chitura pretended to be a church congregant…
