A BRAZILIAN national has been slapped with 10 years’ imprisonment for dealing in dangerous drugs after he was caught with 4kg of cocaine at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport worth $33 million. Guilherme Sodre Alvenaz Da Silveria, 22, was slapped with a mandatory minimum sentence by regional magistrate Ignatio Mhene. Prosecutor Shepherd Makonde told…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A MAN from Kuwadzana, Harare, has found himself in the dock after he allegedly raped his three- year-old stepsister. The 23-year-old, who is facing rape charges, was not asked to plead when he appeared before Harare magistrate Denis Mangosi yesterday. Mangosi remanded the accused into custody until November 11 before advising him to…
STRESS in the workplace is one of the leading mental health challenges in Zimbabwe with at least a quarter of workers suffering from job-related anxiety, the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) has said. Speaking during a webinar hosted by the Daily News on Mental Health Crisis in Zimbabwe at the weekend, NSSA director of occupational health and…
EcoCash Holdings Zimbabwe Limited, formerly Cassava Smartech Zimbabwe, has won the Best Contact Centre award at the 2021 Customer Service Awards recently…
SIBANGILIZWE Nkomo, son to the late vice president Joshua Nkomo, who was elected the new president of Zapu, says his party will not join the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad). President Emmerson Mnangagwa created Polad after the 2018 elections as a platform for talks with losing presidential election candidates. In his first media address after he…
A BRAZILIAN national has been convicted of dealing in dangerous drugs after he was caught with 4kg of cocaine at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport worth $33 million. Guilherme Sodre Alvenaz Da Silveria, 22, who is in custody, will be sentenced today as the court requires a report on the quantity of the drugs…
Shamaine Chirimujiri A CHITUNGWIZA man Jeremiah Mwanjira, 32, yesterday appeared before a Harare magistrate for allegedly conniving with two accomplices at large to use cloned bank credit cards to purchase groceries. Mwanjira was not asked to plead to charges of unauthorised use of bank cards when he was arraigned before magistrate Denis Mangosi. Mangosi remanded him…
ZIMBABWE’S foreign currency receipts increased 37,8 percent to US$6,1 billion over the nine months to September this year from US$4,4 billion during the same period last year, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has revealed. Addressing a parliamentary pre-budget consultation seminar in Victoria Falls last week, RBZ governor John Mangudya, pictured, said of the US$6,1 foreign…
THE corruption trial of former Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira continued on Wednesday with a State witness differing with the prosecution’s case. Mupfumira…
Econet Wireless Zimbabwe last week upgraded its base stations at Kutama, 80 km southwest ofHarare, and at Murombedzi, about 110km west of…
