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Child marriage cases spike in Sanyati
FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Maidei Changa (not her real name) struggled to breastfeed her two-month-old baby.Maidei missed Form One at a nearby secondary school in ward 10 under Chief Hozhele in Sanyati...Published: 10 mins ago | 4 | by Staff Reporter
Matanga sued over wrongful arrest
A HARARE man has filed a lawsuit against police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga, at the High Court claiming that he was wrongfully arrested and is seeking to be released from custody. Bori...Published: 6 hrs ago | 443 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance, activists warned over violent demos
Political activists and civic organisations sponsored by the MDC Alliance to engage in illegal demonstrations dubbed "The Winter Jest" over the Independence Day weekend have been told that security se...Published: 6 hrs ago | 147 | by Staff reporter
Black Lives Matter (BLM) campaign: Human Rights Orgs /institutions & Churches conflict of interest
Many doubting Thomases think that the Black lives Matter (BLM)campaign has no genuine cause. Some evil people who are proracist are trying to denigrate that campaign or vilify it, so that they d...Published: 17 hrs ago | 333 | by Njabulo
Mnangagwa tightens grip on power
LAST week's move by the Zanu-PF dominated Senate to adopt the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill(1) is a brazen attempt to consolidate President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power while emascul...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:06hrs | 3855 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs' debts choke CSC
A Cold storage Company (CSC) debtors' list shows that Zanu-PF top officials renting the parastatal's farms owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to the ailing company, with revenue collections dropping...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:03hrs | 628 | by Staff reporter
Business frets over third Covid-19 wave
BUSINESS is fretting over the possibility of a Covid-19 third wave, with captains of industry warning this week another stringent lockdown would push the economy over the brink.There have been...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:53hrs | 380 | by Staff reporter
We've enough water for wheat irrigation, says Masuka
AGRICULTURE minister Anxious Masuka yesterday said the country had enough water to meet winter irrigation targets following the heavy rains received between November last year and last month.S...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:46hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Rural District Council demands refund from vehicle dealer
CHIREDZI Rural District Council (RDC) was left counting its losses and is now seeking to recover over $6 158 120 from embattled Solution Motors, a vehicle dealer that was recently blacklisted by the P...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:45hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Cop pips head with bullet in shock suicide
A JUNIOR police officer stationed at Ruda police in Hauna, Mutasa district shot and killed himself with an FN Rifle while on duty.Police confirmed the incident and said investigations were in ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:35hrs | 696 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe TV goes digital
ZIMBABWE will soon have free-to-air digital television services through 12 stations following the successful and historic switch-over yesterday, from the analogue signal to Digital Terrestrial Televis...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:32hrs | 368 | by Staff reporter
Power cuts disrupt Mpilo radiotherapy services
THE recently resuscitated radiotherapy machine at Mpilo Central Hospital which started working on Tuesday may not last as incessant power cuts being experienced in the city have left the department's ...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:31hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born pathologist stirs controversy
Dr David Fowler, a South African-trained pathologist who was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, has been testifying for the defence in the murder trial of fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin charg...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:30hrs | 443 | by Staff reporter
Notorious robber rearrested
One of Zimbabwe's most wanted armed robbery suspects believed to be part of Musa Taj Abdul's gang, Conwell Junior Kasambarare (26) has been rearrested on allegations of committing a spate of heists co...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:30hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
Mupfumira applies for separation of trial
FORMER Cabinet Minister Prisca Mupfumira has applied for separation of trial in a matter in which she is jointly charged with ex-Public Service Commission (PSC) permanent Secretary Ngoni Masoka on cor...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 75 | by Staff reporter
Govt unveils 2021 crop producer prices
GOVERNMENT has announced new producer prices for commercial crops for the 2021/22 marketing season.Sugar beans will be sold at $90 000 per metric tonne, groundnuts ($40 000), sunflower ($40 00...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:39hrs | 1651 | by Staff reporter
Unlicensed courier service operator jailed
A HARARE man was yesterday sentenced to two months imprisonment for offering courier services to the public without a licence.Benson Masawi (28), who appeared before magistrate Tendai Muchina ...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:38hrs | 1500 | by Thandekile Moyo
Court orders cop, govt to compensate dog bite victim
A POLICE officer and his bosses have been ordered by the court to pay $150 000 compensation to a 40-yearold Rusape man for damages suffered after he was mauled by a dog set on him by the law enforceme...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 486 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa's ConCourt referral request ruling deferred
HARARE magistrate Tafadzwa Miti Wednesday postponed ruling to next Tuesday in a matter in which Norton Independent legislator Temba Mliswa is seeking referral of his case to Constitutional Court....Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:24hrs | 114 | by Staff reporter
Appeal for 30-year mandatory rape sentence
WOMEN'S rights organisation, Musasa Project, is advocating for a minimum mandatory sentence of between 30 and 60 years for rape perpetrators, saying this would help deter would-be offenders.St...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 21:00hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt resurrects youth militia
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced the return of its infamous National Youth Service programme for its youth militia, also known as "Border Gezi graduates", with analysts saying the move was meant to inst...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:40hrs | 2088 | by Staff reporter
Police in soup over fatal shooting
A BULAWAYO family has filed a US$436 000 lawsuit against Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga and their subordinates following the fatal shooting of a fami...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:35hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
Fake soldiers on the prowl, says ZNA
ARMED criminals masquerading as soldiers and police officers are on the prowl across the country where they are carrying out well-co-ordinated armed robberies.In a statement yesterday, Zimbabw...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:34hrs | 816 | by Staff reporter
13 000 border jumpers, smugglers nabbed at Beitbridge
A COMBINED security forces blitz at Beitbridge Border Post has led to the arrest of 13 288 suspected border jumpers and smugglers between January and to date.National police spokesperson Assis...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:27hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
NSSA targets US$60 equivalent monthly pension payouts
THE National Social Security Authority (NSSA) says it expects the minimum pension to be equivalent to US$60 by the end of the year payable at the interbank rate. The pensions authority, which ...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:25hrs | 741 | by Staff reporter
75 year old man kills girlfriend
A 75-year-old man from the Whunga area in Beitbridge West went berserk and hacked his live in girlified (57) to death with a machete and an axe following an argument. Sitoboli Maluko killed Vi...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:24hrs | 1172 | by Staff reporter
NSSA clinic for pensioners
The National Social Security Authority (NSSA), which recently announced a raft of measures to complement monthly pay-outs to its beneficiaries, has dispatched its state-of-the-art mobile clinic to the...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:22hrs | 321 | by Staff reporter
Be wary of bogus soldiers, says ZNA
A group of armed robbers masquerading as members of the Zimbabwe National Army and Criminal Investigation Department detectives is on the prowl, robbing people using fake search warrants. The ...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:21hrs | 319 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa okays amnesty request
President Mnangagwa has approved the amnesty on prisoners serving lighter sentences or who have served over one-third of their sentences, following a request by the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional S...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:20hrs | 1029 | by Staff reporter
Council told to build flats to save land
BULAWAYO residents have suggested that the local authority develop high-rise buildings as land shortage looms in the city.Contributing during an online city master plan review consultative mee...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:20hrs | 618 | by Staff reporter
Civil servants to work only Monday and Tuesday
The government will try to restart salary negotiations with public sector workers, a minister said on Sunday as tens of thousands of civil servants gave notice to work two-day weeks.Public sec...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 08:01hrs | 5928 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa wants Luke Malaba to stay
ON 6 April 2021, the Zimbabwean senate passed Constitutional Amendment Bill (N0.1), which had been declared null and void by the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on 31 March 2020, after it was unconsti...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | 4562 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has no legitimacy to amend constitution' said Biti - nonsense, you foolishly gave them legitimacy
"Mnangagwa, Chamisa in fresh legal fight!" read the headlines. And my instinctive reaction was the sinking feeling of pending doom.MDC A are going to challenge in the Constitutional Court the ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1286 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Police arrest another firearms smuggler
A CHINHOYI man was last week arraigned before Chiredzi magistrate Joy Chikodzenge over allegations of dealing in firearms without registration as defined by section 14 of the Firearms Act Chapter 10:9...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:43hrs | 848 | by Staff reporter
Govt, parents clash over June exams suspension
PARENTS are up in arms with government over its recent decision to suspend Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) June "O" and "A" Level examinations.Most parents interviewed by NewsDay...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:42hrs | 592 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe, Matanga defend police brutality
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga have shot down the $900 000 compensation demand made by a Kwekwe man who claims to have been negligently shot five ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:30hrs | 971 | by Staff reporter
Hands off councils, Zanu-PF told
HARARE residents yesterday protested against Zanu-PF's move to force council workers to undergo orientation at the ruling party's Chitepo School of Ideology in an attempt to railroad them into campaig...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:30hrs | 320 | by Staff reporter
4 MDC Alliance activists denied bail
FOUR MDC Alliance activists were yesterday denied bail by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi after they were arrested last week for chanting opposition party slogans inside court premises during the sen...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:28hrs | 189 | by Staff reporter
Silobela, a gold rich area with nothing to show for it
The 60km Kwekwe Nkayi road is supposed to be the shortest link between the two centres, but it has become the longest. So bad is the road that what should be a 30-minute drive has since transf...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:27hrs | 282 | by Michael Magoronga
Rogue security agents warned
GOVERNMENT is dealing with armed robbery cases involving members of the security sector and has said those who resist arrest will be shot. Increasing armed robberies, mainly targeting banks an...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | 473 | by Staff reporter
Ex-RBZ guards back at court
The labour dispute pitting the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and security guards it retrenched nine years ago is back at the Labour Court, for the second time in four years, with the former workers d...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:23hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
Farmers sue army, police chiefs
GOEDE Hoop Farm proprietors have approached the High Court for a second time seeking to rescind offer letters for land granted to Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander Valerio Sibanda and police commissio...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:37hrs | 1361 | by Staff reporter
'Nail corrupt police'
AUTHORITIES have stepped up their efforts against graft within the police force, with Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe urging citizens to use technology to help nail rogue cops.This comes...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:35hrs | 822 | by Staff reporter
Man axes brother in dispute over homestead inheritance
A 40-year-old man from Gokwe has handed himself over to the police after he fatally axed his brother following a dispute over who was the rightful heir of their parents' homestead.Police said ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:29hrs | 307 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance activists denied bail
Harare magistrate Mr Dennis Mangosi has denied bail to four MDC Alliance activists who were arrested last week for chanting slogans at the Harare Magistrates Court.Vimbai Tome (51), Kudakwashe...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:28hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Police outrider's death: Family wants answers
YOUNGER brother to the late police outrider Sergeant Freddy Chipato, who died last week while on VIP traffic clearance duties for First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa's convoy, has expressed dismay over the ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2437 | by Staff reporter
Police intercept 400 bales of used clothes
POLICE in Marondera on Saturday night intercepted three trucks transporting over 400 bales of second-hand clothes.The three trucks are being held at Marondera Police Station while their driver...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 1673 | by Staff reporter
British citizen bashed by police in Zimbabwe
A HARARE-BASED British citizen on Saturday night came face-to-face with local police brutality when he was assaulted while in Warren Park to drop off his auto-electrician in the suburb.Kireto ...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:22hrs | 2143 | by Staff reporter
'Security officers leading most armed robberies in Zimbabwe'
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe on Thursday admitted before the Senate that serving and former police officers and soldiers were involved in the majority of armed robberies recorded throughout t...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:07hrs | 1409 | by Staff reporter
Police 'harass' mourners to block Chamisa from attending funeral
THERE was drama Saturday night in Chitungwiza when anti-riot police details besieged the funeral of the late popular Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) cleric Tabeth Chiweshe and ordered mourners disperse....Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:04hrs | 3821 | by Staff reporter
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