ZIMBABWE will now be able to test for and diagnose the coronavirus following the attainment of reagents and test kits needed for the process, the Daily News can report. This comes as government was relying on neighbouring South Africa to diagnose suspected cases of the coronavirus as its laboratories did not have the reagents to…
LAWYERS have filed an application at the Constitutional Court, seeking permission to challenge a Supreme Court ruling which ordered the discharge of United States dollar debts incurred before February 22, 2019, in the local Zimbabwean currency at the rate of 1:1. The request comes after Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s Supreme Court ruling, following an appeal filed by…
HIGH Court judge Pisirayi Kwenda has stopped former Tourism and Hospitality minister Prisca Mupfumira’s trial, pending the hearing of her application challenging the Magistrates’ Court’s decision to throw out her application excepting to the criminal charges she is facing. The ruling comes after Mupfumira, who is facing three counts of criminal abuse of office as…
BUSINESSMAN Kudakwashe Tagwirei apparently sold his stake in multinational commodities firm Trafigura to allow him — among other things — to perform his role without conflict as an advisor to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This comes as Tagwirei has been targeted by some Zanu PF officials for the central role he has played in the country’s…
CITY of Kings is happy at the nomination of gifted young Bulawayo artists in the 19th edition of the National Arts Merit Awards, announced by the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe this week. The awards take place on 29 February 2020 in the capital, Harare. Under Theatre, the play ‘Imbokodo’ by Norbert Makoche, which was…
POWERFUL cartels have captured every sector of society causing untold suffering to ordinary citizens, Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi has said. Speaking at an anti-corruption capacity building workshop yesterday, Hodzi said so sophisticated are the cartels that they have captured Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, (Zacc) an institution founded by President Emmerson Mnangagwa with the sole mandate of fighting…
AS parts of its critical element of organisational advocacy strategy, Nhimbe Trust would like to increase artists’ knowledge and awareness of their rights so that they are able to engage with the Bill of Rights and constitutional/legal processes. Within the confines of this awareness initiative, Nhimbe Trust has partnered Freemuse, a Denmark based organisation for…
STUNG by their insipid performances in the African Champions League, FC Platinum are looking at adding two Congolese players and a striker from Nigeria to boost their roster. The reigning Zimbabwean champions, who have won the title in the last three years, are finding it difficult to make an impact on the continent. Pure…
ZIMBABWE captain Sean Williams is set to miss the one-off Test away to Bangladesh later this month to be next to his wife Chantelle, who is expecting the couple’s first child in the next fortnight. Sean Williams The team is expected to tour the subcontinent for a series against the Tigers comprising the single Test,…
DESPERATE to avoid last season’s agony of flirting with relegation, Harare City have taken the first steps of strengthening their side ahead of the 2020 Castle Lager Premiership by signing former Highlanders midfielder Ben Musaka. Musaka had an indifferent season with the Bulawayo giants which saw him getting limited game time before suffering an injury…
