© PARLIAMENT will next month begin public consultations on the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (Mopa), which will replace the Public Order and Security Act (Posa). According the Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda, the portfolio committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services and the thematic committee on Peace and Security have…
© OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni has gone into hiding after suspected Zanu PF thugs tried to seize his government-issued vehicle. The incident took place yesterday morning as the traditional leader was leaving Tredgold Magistrates’ Courts where he has a pending case of malicious damage to property. [GoogleAd] Ndiweni’s lawyer, Dumisani Dube, confirmed the development…
WITH a few well-connected big guns in the country continuing to prosper suspiciously despite Zimbabwe’s dire economic situation, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has launched a fresh crackdown against all powerful people who stand accused of amassing wealth irregularly, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] This comes as a strong consensus is beginning to build within…
© DOCTORS yesterday held talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a meeting that was controversially organised by his wife Auxillia. This comes shortly after the first lady denied interfering in government business following her unannounced visit to National Pharmaceuticals (NatPharm) demanding an account of drugs dispatched to districts hospitals. [GoogleAd] She reportedly arranged yesterday’s meeting…
© HARARE lawyer Joshua Chirambwe’s bid to have Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi’s appointment nullified in the Constitutional Court failed to kick off yesterday because the record had defects. In the application, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Judicial Services Commission (JSC), Chief Justice of Zimbabwe, Luke Malaba, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi and Hodzi, are cited as respondents. [GoogleAd] Chirambwe’s…
© ANGLICAN Diocese of Manicaland parishioners have appealed to the Archbishop of Canterbury to force the Archbishop of the Church of the Province of Central Africa Albert Chama to act on their accusations against the local leadership. [GoogleAd] The long stand-off between Manicaland Bishop Eric Ruwona and the church members — who are organised under Concerned…
© ZANU PF has asserted its support for freedom of press but cautioned this would need to be within the bounds of national interest and security. Speaking during a belated Misa-hosted World Press Freedom Day commemoration in Mutare recently its Manicaland secretary for administration Kenneth Saruchera said his attendance was in itself testimony that the new…
© A BUHERA man died after being slapped by a fellow villager he had confronted over alleged adultery. Luke Taonezvi, 33, of Ngundu Village under Chief Makumbe died on Monday evening after being slapped by Takesure Urayayi, 33, whom he had accused of bedding a married woman. [GoogleAd] Manicaland provincial police spokesperson Tavhiringwa Kakohwa said police…
© DESPITE the Zesagate scandal which rocked Zimbabwe in 2012, government officials are still not paying their electricity bills. When this publication broke the Zesagate scandal, high-ranking ruling party officials including former president Robert Mugabe and his family had accumulated huge debts with the power utility. [GoogleAd] These were collectively classified as ‘‘sensitive customers’’, a list…
© IT IS disheartening how the so-called top performing schools reject less intelligent or poor learners opting for better ones yet going on to claim they have the best pass rates. If these schools are as good as they claim, they should not discriminate students on how promising or bad the are in terms of learning,…
