May 2020

BUSINESSSMAN Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure, pictured, will no longer be jointly charged with his company Piko Trading on tax evasion charges involving over $4 million after a court upheld his exception bid yesterday. Kadungure appeared before deputy chief magistrate Chrispen Mberewere who noted that the State’s allegations had not established anything that the businessman did in…

Caroline Chiimba STAFF WRITER chiimbac@dailynews.co.zw CHITUNGWIZA Municipality has offered philanthropist Samantha Murozoki a place to resume feeding thousands of hungry people in the dormitory town. This comes after the local authority had banned Murozoki’s feeding kitchen, saying it did not meet the country’s health and safety by-laws. Acting town clerk Tonderai Kasu said the order…

SOME mining companies are failing to comply with the government set health and safety regulations, thereby exposing workers to Covid-19. This comes amid observations by the Centre for Natural Resources Governance (CNRG) that all coal mining companies in Hwange were operating for more than the lockdown stipulated working hours, while in Marange employees were complaining…

Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says the judiciary is not captured as alleged by the country’s main opposition party, the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa, and civic organisations that claim it plays to the whims of the government, the Daily News reports. Speaking yesterday during a Judicial Service Commission (JSC)-organised…

Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zwSUSPENDED Supreme Court judge Francis Bere has been dealt another blow after the High Court dismissed his application seeking the urgent hearing of his previous request to interdict President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tribunal from commencing an inquiry into his alleged misconduct in the performance of duty. Bere, who is on suspension,…