August 2019

© BULAWAYO magistrate Gladmore  Mushove yesterday jailed outspoken  Ntabazinduna traditional leader Chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni. Ndiweni, who was on Thursday convicted together with 23 other villagers for destroying property belonging to one of his villagers, was sentenced to 24 months imprisonment. [GoogleAd] Six months were however suspended on condition of good behaviour, leaving him to…

© PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s administration has knocked back the government’s attempts to have Washington remove its sanctions on Zimbabwe — insisting that Harare must implement comprehensive political reforms first before the punitive measures are reviewed, the Daily News can report. This comes as the regional Sadc bloc is escalating its calls for Washington to remove…

© Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa intends to engage western powers and China in an effort to break his impasse with President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the disputed July 30, 2018 polls. The 41-year-old leader has so far engaged former Botswana president Ian Seretse Khama and Namibian President Hage Geingob, as he seeks to force Mnangagwa to…

© AFTER seeing its demonstrations being thwarted by police prohibition orders and also violent crackdowns — the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC says it is now changing tact and will roll-out simultaneous protests across the country as well as crippling stay-aways. Police on Friday violently broke up an MDC demonstration and the law enforcement agents in the…

© PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has acknowledged the widespread condemnation it has been subjected to in recent weeks over allegations of rights abuses although it believes the MDC must be denounced as well. Following the banning of the MDC demonstration set for Friday last week and the subsequent high-handed response by the country’s police force…

© ZIMBABWE Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and prosecutor-general(PG)’s office will in the next few weeks descend heavily on people who are implicated in corruption activities. Prosecutor-General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi told journalists yesterday that Zacc will leave no stone unturned in their endeavour to fight corruption “The government’s economic recovery programme was predicated upon a credible anti-corruption…

THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Manicaland leadership has vowed to push through the planned August 22 demonstrations in Mutare despite a police ban on similar protests that had been earmarked for Harare and Bulawayo. The party’s August 9 notification for the intended demonstration in Mutare is, however, yet to be responded to. [GoogleAd] Mutare had been…

© PARLIAMENT has accused the country’s security forces of abusing women and called on the executive to put in place an independent complaints mechanism to deal with such cases without fear of victimisation. The National Assembly is set to debate a motion by opposition MDC MPs Regai Tsunga (Mutasa South) and Miriam Mushayi (Kuwadzana) in…

© HARARE City Council is working on modalities to start constructing secondary schools to complement government. Mayor Herbert Gomba told the Daily News that the schools would ensure that school going children would not have to travel long distances to get an education. The move comes as Harare has begun construction of three primary schools…