HARARE – The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has lashed out at the Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) for levelling charges against a prison officer accused of undermining President Emmerson Mnangagwa after he posted on social media comments calling the main opposition leader “my president.” ZLHR, a legal rights group, criticised the move…
HARARE – A European Union Election Observer Mission (EOM) expected in Zimbabwe any time soon will monitor electoral complaints that may be lodged after the elections. This comes after the Zimbabwe government invited the EU in March to deploy an observation mission for the upcoming harmonised elections set to mid-year. “In addition to observing the…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba has taken the final step needed to give legal effect to polling station-based voting. Chigumba has done so by gazetting the requisite amendments to the Electoral Act that had not been in force, and giving an effective date for their operation. “It is hereby notified, in…
HARARE – The anti-corruption crusade rolled out by President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he assumed the top office late last year is losing steam as the mighty and powerful are finding ways of escaping the long arm of the law,the Daily News can report.
BULAWAYO – A local pastor will on Thursday launch his debut book titled White Man Dancing at the Tech Village, here in Bulawayo. The book is set in Zimbabwe during a six-month period in 2005, the story is told through the eyes of Jack Bentley who comes from UK with his best friend Charlie to…
HARARE – Ousted former president Robert Mugabe risks going to jail for continuing to ignore directives by Parliament to give evidence on the disappearance of $15 billion diamond revenue, with the august body yesterday issuing him with a final ultimatum failure of which he will face the consequences. Mugabe was yesterday expected to appear before…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s new airline, Zimbabwe Airways — which has been linked to the family of ousted former president Robert Mugabe — has hit fresh controversy. This comes as the Daily News has been told that one of the airline’s “new” planes that it recently sourced from Malaysia — a Boeing 777 jetliner — has…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call for a Zanu PF indaba to heal wounds emanating from its just-ended chaotic primary elections is a sign of panic amid fears for another bhora musango scenario reminiscent of the 2008 elections, analysts say. Mnangagwa is desperate to unite winning and losing candidates of the recently conducted primary elections…
HARARE – Two suspected armed robbers who went on the run after seizing a cash safe containing $55 000 at Blue Circle Bus Company appeared in court yesterday. The duo, Alouis Nyamadzawo, 38, and Prince Makodza, 29, — who were part of a gang of armed robbers involved in a shoot-out with police officers in…
HARARE – The State is pursuing the prosecution of a Harare man accused of murdering businessman and socialite Shingi Mukandi in a suspected hit-and-run accident. Alfred Takudzwa Machipisa was represented by Anesu Bangidza when he appeared before Harare magistrate Edwin Marecha yesterday for commencement of trial on culpable homicide charges. However, the trial was deferred…
