© GOKWE-NEMBUDZIYA Member of Parliament Justice Mayor Wadyajena on Friday took the stand and testified in a matter in which a Nissan Navara he gifted his campaign manager Matthew Mtimbiri was sold without the latter’s knowledge. [GoogleAd] Kudakwashe Taruberekera, who is facing a fraud charge, allegedly changed the car’s ownership at Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)…
© AID agencies are reviewing their assistance modalities to needy communities due to the ban of the United States dollar for trade. [GoogleAd] World Food Programme (WFP) country director Eddie Rowe told the Daily News on Sunday that assistance which was supposed to have gone to the needy has been delayed while they work out…
© ZIMBABWE Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company’s (ZETDC), a subsidiary of Zesa Holdings, says it has so far received 2 500 prepaid smart meters of the projected 40 000 for commercial customers. [GoogleAd] The power utility is on a drive to place all commercial customers on the prepaid grid. Over 90 percent of domestic customers…
© THERE have been mixed feelings over the appointment of (Rtd major) Utoile Silaigwana as the new Zimbabwe Election Commission (Zec) Chief Elections Officer (CEO). [GoogleAd] The appointment fills the vacancy left after the departure of former CEO, Chigwamba in March 2018. Silaigwana had been acting as interim CEO since then. Analysts who spoke to…
The accused persons; Plumtree regional magistrate Timeon Tavengwa Makunde, Stanley Chinyanganya, who is the area public prosecutor, prominent lawyer Admire Rubaya and six others, among them police officers, intended to appeal to the Supreme Court against the dismissal of their application for discharge at the close of the State case by Bulawayo High Court judge…
© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has been challenged to implement open government reforms as a way of combating corruption and enhancing transparency and accountability in the country. [GoogleAd] Open government is defined as aculture of governance based on innovative, sustainable policies and practices inspired by the principles oftransparency, accountability, and participation that fosters democracy and inclusive…
© ZIMBABWE’s reconstituted anti-corruption watchdog has now found its teeth with new commission chair Loice Matanda-Moyo saying they are going after high-profile cases in a bid to stamp out graft. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) boss said no stone would be left unturned as they hunt down all corruption-accused persons,…
ABOUT 2 000 illegal gold panners have invaded catchment areas for dams that supply water to the second city, leaving a trail of environmental damage. The city fathers, who have been forced to engage the services of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) as well as the Environmental Management Agency (Ema) to help contain the situation…
© AS GOVERNMENT continues to talk tough — threatening to deal decisively with businesses that are perceived to be profiteering — observers are wary the country could be sliding back to the dark days of price controls. On Monday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, told his supporters in Chipinge that his administration is setting up mechanisms…
© AFTER failing to mobilise Zimbabweans for a crippling stay-away this week pressure group Tajamuka has joined a growing list of organisations that are pushing for opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, to lead the anti-government protests. With the country’s economy characterised by ever rising prices and deteriorating standards of living for the majority, Tajamuka had…
