Blessing Masakadza THREE people accused of burning Harare medical doctor Johannes Marisa’s house in Ruwa after allegedly stealing a bag with US$50 000 spent the weekend behind bars and will be in court tomorrow for bail application. Blessing Mahutse, Simon Chavhunduka and Garikayi Ekaya, the gardener at the home, are facing allegations of theft…
Godknows Matarutse SENIOR STAFF WRITER matarutseg@dailynews.co.zw DIALOGUE between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable, and also remains the best way to ending Zimbabwe’s decades-long myriad challenges, professor of World Politics at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies (OAS), Stephen Chan, says. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the…
Godknows Matarutse POLICE have arrested former Labour, Public Service and Social Welfare minister, Petronella Kagonye, for allegedly selling vast tracts of land in Harare and Mashonaland East illegally. This comes after the Daily News reported last month that Kagonye was under investigation on allegations of improperly acquiring six farms in Mashonaland East under her real estate firm,…
Tarisai Machakaire SENIOR STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned people against steaming, saying it does not kill the coronavirus no matter how hot the concoction might be. This comes as Zimbabweans have gone into a steaming frenzy (kunatira) amid beliefs that the practice can kill the virus. Most people boil eucalyptus…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO BULAWAYO has closed all of its Covid-19 quarantine centres owing to shortage of public space to accommodate returnees. At the peak of the first wave of the deadly virus last year, the city had seven quarantine centres including Bulawayo Polytechnic and United College of Education as major centres for those…
TAMARY CHIKIWA in Bulawayo chikiwak@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw A TRIP around the eastern suburbs in Bulawayo leaves one wondering if people still depend on council water. Almost every house has a water tank and at the gate it is inscribed boldly that “borehole water here”. It appears that residents in these affluent suburbs have long given up on…
NASH MKOKWAYARIRA in PLUMTREE PATIENTS in Plumtree can finally get X-rays done locally after a well-wisher purchased a licence for the district hospital’s machine which had been lying idle for the past two years. All along, those needing to have an X-ray taken had to travel to Bulawayo since Plumtree District Hospital had no resources…
BUSINESSMAN Ali Mohamad has been allowed to travel to South Africa for business meetings with a view to convince investors to invest in the country’s mining industry, with the court agreeing to release his passport for a period of two weeks. Mohamad, who is the director of Ali Japan (PVT) (LTD) is on $100 000…
A SCIENCE supply teacher has been charged with terror offences over speeches shared on his Facebook page. William Chinyanga, 50, who was born in Zimbabwe, was charged with four counts of encouraging terrorism on January 13. The charges relate to speeches allegedly shared by the teacher— who lives in Archway, north London — on Facebook…
Blessing Masakadza SENIOR STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Chitungwiza deputy mayor Frederick Mabamba accused of parcelling out land for sale to desperate home-seekers will spend the weekend in custody after he was denied bail yesterday. Mabamba is facing 18 counts of fraud involving U$13 million and $845 billion in local currency with the investigating officer claiming…
