GOSPEL musician Trymore Bande yesterday appeared in court on allegations of stealing a Mercedes Benz he had taken from a car sale pretending that he wanted to buy it. Bande was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai Dzuda and he was remanded out of custody to April…
HEALTH workers have declared incapacitation and accused the government of reluctance in improving their conditions of service, including the demand for an increase in their Covid-19 risk allowances, among others. In a letter dated February 18 to the Health Service Board (HSB) acting executive director, Angelbert Mbengwa, Health Apex Council team leader Tapiwanashe Kusotera said…
AN EX-AMERICAN soldier who was arrested at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport in possession of a handgun and 45 rounds of ammunition has been spared jail with the court slapping him with a combined $50 000 fine and a three-year suspended sentence. The State had sought to have Ronald Leon Johnson caged after he pleaded…
A 26-YEAR-OLD sex worker, who grabbed headlines last year for allegedly bedding a boy half her age, has been acquitted. Precious Teya was charged with aggravated indecent assault, allegations she denied before regional magistrate Sandra Mupindu. She applied for discharge at the close of the State’s case, which was yesterday granted in her favour. In…
Tamary Chikiwa in ZVISHAVANE FLOOD victims across the country are in dire need of shelter, food and education material for school children after their homes and schools were destroyed by Tropical Ana that recently ravaged the country, a United Nations (UN) report shows. According to the report , Tropical Ana, which recently hit the country,…
THE State is pushing for a deterrent six-year incarceration of former Mines ministry permanent secretary, Francis Gudyanga, pictured, 75, arguing that corruption among public officials had become cancerous. Last week, Gudyanga was convicted of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer for sitting alone as the board for the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ)…
Hazel Marimbiza POLICE in Bulawayo are investigating a case of smuggling in which a suspect was intercepted in the city over the weekend while driving a truck loaded with 2 970 boxes of different brands of alcohol. Prosper Bhebhe, 35 was arrested on February 20 after he was intercepted by police while driving an international…
THE State is pressing for a 10-year jail sentence for an ex-United States (US) soldier who was arrested last month at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport for boarding a plane with a firearm. Ronald Leon Johnson pleaded guilty to allegations of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition after being caught at the airport…
Andile Tshuma VILLAGERS in Matabeleland South Province are pinning their hopes on small grain crops, as moisture stress threatens this season’s maize crops. This comes as the province has not received significant rains for more than a fortnight now. Traditional leaders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said most communities were now holding their breath, hoping their sorghum,…
Dionne Kanyowa THE National Social Security Authority (Nssa) was yesterday taken to the High Court by a local software company, Twenty-Third Century Systems (TTCS), which is claiming it is owed US$7 million for services rendered. This comes after Nssa recently sued TTCS in the same court seeking to recover over US$10 million it claimed to…
