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MDC wants judicial inquiry into executives’ perks

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HARARE – Tendai Biti, the MDC secretary-general, has called for a commission of inquiry to look into parastatal executives’ obscene salaries. “We have seen explicit corruption whereby people inflated their salaries in public institutions such as Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), Premier Service Medical Aid Society (Psmas) and Air Zimbabwe,” Biti told journalists yesterday at the…

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‘Chinese in criminal sabotage’

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HARARE – William Mutomba, the Zanu PF MP for Buhera North,  has castigated the indigenisation policy arguing that it needs to be revised as it was benefiting foreigners. Mutomba made the remarks in the National Assembly while debating the Presidential speech. He said Chinese and Indian business persons who are operating in Zimbabwe have taken…

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‘Death row inmates’ appeal unnecessary’

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HARARE – Emmerson Mnangagwa,  the minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs,  and government’s chief law officer Justine Ulandi, have opposed a court application by two women on death row seeking the commutation of their death penalty. Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association (Zwla), representing the death-row inmates — Rosemary Margaret Khumalo and Shylet Sibanda on a…

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Police wary of spike in murder, rape cases

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MASVINGO – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has expressed concern over the sharp rise in cases of armed robbery, murder and rape of juveniles here over the past year. Godwin Matanga, deputy commissioner general responsible for administration, told guests during a belated end of year party for police officers held at Masvingo Polytechnic College on…

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Death penalty for jilted lover

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BULAWAYO – A jilted Bulawayo man convicted of shooting his former girlfriend for terminating their relationship and moving on with another man has been sentenced to death in the first capital punishment verdict of the year. Danis David Konson, 60, shot his 27-year-old girlfriend, Siphathisiwe Ncube in Jotsholo and later turned his firearm on a…

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Man jailed for fatally assaulting pregnant wife

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HARARE – A Zengeza man who fatally assaulted his pregnant wife in 2003, was yesterday jailed for two years. Chenjerai Utete, 36, pleaded guilty to culpable homicide charges when he appeared before Harare regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya. He was sentenced to six years in prison of which four years were suspended on condition of good…

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Vendors attack municipal police

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BULAWAYO – A contigent of Bulawayo municipal police got a hiding from angry vendors  who pelted them with tomatoes and cabbages for attempting to impound their goods from an undesignated selling point along Bach Street. In an interview with the Daily News, one of the affected vendors Hloniphani Dube, 24, said the chaos was provoked…

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We will take charge: MDC veterans

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BULAWAYO – The MDC Veterans Activists Association (MDCVAA), says it is regrouping in the wake of the current squabbles in the party. The organisation formed in 2008 by concerned founder members of the party to look into the affairs of political victims, says it is disturbed by individuals in the party who are bent on…

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Church premises turned into brothel

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BULAWAYO – South Africa-based Church of Scientology is facing a crisis as their building in Bulawayo has been illegally invaded by sex workers, drunkards and street kids who are refusing to vacate the premises despite city council efforts to evict them. In an interview with the Daily News, the church administrator, who identified himself as…

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‘Zim Asset needs timeous policy adjustments’

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BULAWAYO – Leading independent economist, Erich Bloch says Zim Asset should be buttressed by progressive legislation that restores investor confidence, if the economic blueprint is to yield results. Speaking to the Daily News, Bloch said investment security and the respect for property rights will be crucial to the success of this economic blueprint. “Of particular…

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