© LEGAL experts have warned that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s increasing reliance on emergence powers, to deal with the country’s worsening economic rot, runs the risk of side-lining Parliament in debating and bringing new laws. [GoogleAd] Mnangagwa, however, is allowed by the law to use emergency powers under the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) Act. The Act…
© DURING a rape trial, a 14-year-old victim requests the court to clear the gallery, including her parents, because she had a confession to make. [GoogleAd] Once cleared, she refutes claims that the perpetrator, 20, had forced himself on her but narrates how they had been in a blissful sexual relationship, prompting the court to…
© IN A development which brings back unsettling memories of between 2009-2013, the period in which the MDC was accused of participating in graft, the latest national audit report has raised serious questions about corporate governance and efficiency at the country’s largest opposition party-run municipalities. [GoogleAd] During the short-lived but stability-inducing government of national unity…
© IN NEIGHBOURING South Africa, the image captured by legendary photographer Sam Nzima showing iconic schoolboy Hector Pieterson — who was shot and killed by the apartheid regime during the famous 1976 South Western Townships (Soweto) Uprisings — forever remains engraved in the history of that nation. [GoogleAd] The story about Pieterson is not just…
© IT’S already 9pm and we are packed like sardines, on the lowly-fared Zupco bus.There is little space to breathe, let alone move. [GoogleAd] It’s uncomfortable but there is no option. Missing the bus means being at the mercy of overcharging and mean commuter omnibus operators. After squeezing to find our little spots, an elderly…
© WITH many major retailers around the country slowly beginning to reduce their prices, long-suffering Zimbabweans are keeping their fingers crossed and praying that this welcome relief will continue going into the future, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] The drop in some prices of basic goods comes after the government recently re-introduced the Zimbabwe…
© Organisers of the Daily News Business Breakfast Forum on the new currency set for Cresta Lodge in Harare tomorrow are overwhelmed with joy because of the high level of interest shown by various stakeholders. [GoogleAd] Francis Mushaninga, head of the organising committee, revealed yesterday that the forum was heading towards an oversubscription and urged…
© BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has extended the city-wide water rationing programme which was meant to end yesterday (Saturday) citing unforeseen setbacks at the Bulawayo Water and Sewage Services Improvement Project (BWSSIP). [GoogleAd] This comes as some areas in the city have been without water since last week even before the council announced a 96-hour…
© HARARE City Council (HCC) has proposed to review upwards burial fees by 62 percent following the opening up of new burial spaces. [GoogleAd] This comes as Harare has established more than 6 000 additional burial spaces at it formerly closed cemeteries. The move to increase the tariff on graves comes as more people had…
© CHIPINGE Town Council (CTC) is set to enlist the services of a traditional healer who will reside and offer services at the local authority’s cultural village currently under construction. All this is in a bid to boost tourism arrivals in the town. [GoogleAd] Thousands of people flock to Chipinge from across the country and…
