HARARE – A Harare man reportedly misrepresented to be a finance director of a steel company and successfully sued Chitungwiza Municipality (Chitungwiza) for $119 000, a court has heard. Paul Enerst Mzenge Zhou’s scheme was unearthed after a local newspaper reported on the High Court matter in which he was going to benefit $119 000…
HARARE – A Ruwa man who would tell his niece it was their tradition that the two sleep together before sexually assaulting the victim has been sentenced to 20 years behind bars. The man, 34, (name withheld) is now serving time behind bars after being convicted of rape charges. He appeared before Harare regional magistrate…
HARARE – The 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship is looking for 42 young Zimbabwean leaders who have a proven record of leadership and accomplishment in business, or civic engagement. The applications for the fellowship opened mid-last week and will close on October 10. After the deadline, all eligible applications will be reviewed by independent readers. Following…
HARARE – Government should give Harare City Council (HCC) permission to source funders who can construct Kunzvi and Musami dams in order to ease the city’s water problems. Harare mayor Herbert Gomba told the Daily News that the city’s water supply was being outstretched because it provided the liquid to many towns that surrounds it….
MUTARE – MDC Alliance-controlled local authorities are not autonomous to government and pushing for absolute independence would place them on collision course with the ministry of Local Government, an official has said. Mutare District Administrator (DA) Wilson Boore told Mutare city councillors during their swearing-in recently that they needed to see themselves as part of…
HARARE – Civic Society Health Emergency Response Coordinating Committee (CSHERCC) has said the government is solely to blame for the more than 25 reported cholera deaths. In a statement read by Community Water Alliance national coordinator Timothy Chitambure on behalf of the committee at a press briefing, the committee expressed sadness over the way government…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe grapples with the cholera outbreak, churches have pledged to help fight its spread with some saying they will be shelving services for this week. Others said they will take the opportunity to educate their congregants on cholera related issues. The government has since imposed a ban on public gatherings as a…
HARARE – Zanu PF has extended an olive branch to former party cadres who were sacked between 2014 and last year. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has thrown a lifeline to his fellow comrades-in-arms whom he dropped from his Cabinet more than a week ago by giving them plum jobs at the Zanu PF headquarters, complete with perks similar to those enjoyed by his ministers. The Daily News on Sunday can report that during a politburo…
HARARE – Despite government’s frantic efforts to recruit a hangman, Zimbabweans have frowned upon the job offer even though unemployment is above 90 percent. In this Question & Answer with the Daily News’ Tendayi Madhomu, the minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi (pictured) speaks on this and other issues. Q: How far…
