Tamary Chikiwa A ZVISHAVANE man, Liston Kubvorona, 24, has appeared in court for allegedly robbing a Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (Zupco) conductor, Tracy Time, of $8 000 and US$60. He appeared before Zvishavane magistrate Archie Wochiunga yesterday facing robbery charges and was granted $3 000 bail and remanded to February 9. The court heard that…
A HARARE man will effectively serve 12 years in jail after he was convicted of raping a 10-year-old girl in a bush at night. Richard Komichi, 35, was initially slapped with 15 years’ imprisonment before three were suspended for five years on condition of good behaviour. The court heard that on January 9, at around…
SUSPENDED director of epidemiology and disease control in the Health ministry, Portia Manangazira, who was arrested on corruption charges, will stand trial on April 5. Charges against Manangazira emanate from allegedly violating procurement procedures in acquiring goods and services worth over US$280 000 for use in raising awareness against the Covid-19 pandemic and also facilitating…
A DRIVER employed by a local bakery, Gram Kandeya, who allegedly raped an 18-year-old girl after he offered her a lift, yesterday…
WITH grisly murder cases resulting from social and family disputes on the rise throughout the country, police have called on churches and…
BULAWAYO City Council plans to shoo away open air worshippers whom they blame for littering and open defecation due to lack of ablution facilities. According to a report from the latest full council meeting which was held last week, councillors were worried about excessive littering in the city, with illegal open space churches that have…
Tamary Chikiwa THE National Blood Services of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has raised a red flag over low blood stocks in the Midlands province, a development it says needs urgent attention. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, NBSZ Midlands provincial information officer, Aggrey Ngazana said the province’s blood levels were critically low, emphasising the need for the…
A HARARE house maid, Nollen Matondo, who was accused of stealing US$8 000 from her employer, was last week acquitted after Harare magistrate Isheunesu Matowa ruled that there was no strong evidence against her. “The evidence, which was submitted by the State was purely circumstantial evidence, confession evidence and only mere say. “It is better to acquit…
Andile Tshuma A POPULAR traditional healer from Chinotimba suburb in Victoria Falls is on the run after one of his patients died after taking a concoction he had prescribed. Mara Ncube allegedly took to his heels after he got wind of the death of the patient, Foni Dube, and the hospitalisation of her husband, Raymond…
Dionne Kanyowa A FORMER intern at a Harare information and communications company has landed himself in trouble after he deleted the firm and customers’ database soon after he left the firm. Zealot Mukudzei Gumbo, 21, appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko last week facing charges of unauthorised access to a computer network. He was remanded out…
