BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has engaged the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) over low inflows to Umzingwane Dam, one of the city’s main water supply sources. This comes as the local authority has said the dam was set for decommissioning this week if no significant rains are received over the coming days. According to the…
TWO Presidential Guard soldiers were arrested on Tuesday for armed robbery after they allegedly pounced on a farm in Beatrice and made away with over US$5 000. Munyaradzi Munyuki and Busani Moyo who are serving members of the army together with Shadreck Kadira were not asked to plead to armed robbery charges when they appeared…
ZIMBABWE has called for dialogue in the ongoing Russo-Ukraine crisis saying the United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s ongoing invasion of its neighbour only helped to exacerbate the situation. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, acting Foreign Affairs minister Amon Murwira said Zimbabwe, which abstained from the UN General Assembly vote on Wednesday,…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A 22-YEAR-OLD man from Dzivaresekwa, Harare, Tendai Bondera was on Wednesday slapped with 105 hours of community service for assaulting his mother. Bondera, who was facing a domestic violence case, was initially sentenced to five months’ imprisonment by Harare magistrate Caroline Shenje before two were suspended on condition he does not commit a…
AN Avondale man, who was arrested after a raid by law enforcement agencies at his house on Wednesday and found with four pistols, appeared in court yesterday. Ashraf Kara, 66, was arrested after a blitz which targeted three houses, including a property owned by Harare cleric Walter Magaya, with the police indicating that they were…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya TWO minors aged two and three years old died on Wednesday after a room they were sleeping in caught fire at Taisekwa Shopping Centre in Stoneridge Park, Harare. Police told the Daily News yesterday that Monica Chigunde, 41, who is the mother of Tanaka Mashinga, 3, and grandmother to Nenyaysha Shato, 2, left…
Tamary Chikiwa XITSONGA speaking people in Chiredzi and Mwenezi have banned forced initiation of young girls, a cultural practice which local traditional leaders said has been fuelling child marriages. This comes as the country is currently grappling with child marriages, with culture being cited as one of the various contributing factors. According to the Xitsonga…
FORMER State security minister Didymus Mutasa’s company, Muungwe Investments, has lost 110 hecatres of its land to minority shareholder, Mabel Dete, after using the firm’s assets to secure a US$1million personal loan. Dete approached the High Court seeking compensation for her shares in the company in the form of 110 hectares of land as agreed…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A HARARE woman appeared in court yesterday on charges of human trafficking after she allegedly lured several Zimbabwean women to Oman on the pretext that she would facilitate their employment there as house maids. Tendai Muswe, 29, who allegedly promised the women lucrative salaries, was reported to the police by one of the victims…
THE 39 war veterans, accused of holding an illegal gathering in Harare last year as they demonstrated against poor pensions, want the charges dropped. The former freedom fighters, who were accused of singing Chimurenga songs, said the charges must be withdrawn because there was nothing criminal about the tunes which are usually played at national…
