Tarisai Machakaire and Tendai Kamhungira STAFF WRITERS PROSECUTORS yesterday said prominent lawyer Thabani Mpofu faced up to 20 years in jail if convicted of charges of corruption and defeating the course of justice he is facing. Mpofu, who is also opposition leader Nelson Chamisa’s lawyer, appeared before chief magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi and was granted $20…
LEADING hospitality player Rainbow Tourism Group launched Zimbabwe’s first super-app; an integrated, versatile, innovative mobile and web-based App in February 2018, this having read that the future is digital. At the time of the launch Gateway Stream consisted of four Sub-Apps; Hotels, Homes and boats, Restaurants and online room auctions; all of which enabled users…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s style of leadership is worse than that of the late former president Robert Mugabe, adding his time is up. Speaking at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts where he had attended a court appearance of top lawyer Thabani Mpofu yesterday for allegedly defeating…
Blessings Mashaya and Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITERS FOREIGN Affairs secretary James Manzou yesterday told Parliament that government no longer has resources to repatriate Zimbabweans affected by the coronavirus pandemic abroad. This comes amid reports that some Zimbabweans abroad were struggling to make ends meet as a result of lockdown measures adopted by their host countries…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw HIGH Court judge Joseph Mafusire will on Monday rule on an application by two MDC Alliance legislators who are seeking an order barring the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T and Parliament speaker Jacob Mudenda from replacing them as lawmakers after they were recalled on April 3 this year. This comes as…
Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER kadirireh@dailynews.co.zw MEDIA rights advocacy groups yesterday expressed concern over the barring of journalists from getting into Harare’s central business district by security agents enforcing coronavirus lockdown measures. Several journalists were reportedly denied access into town despite producing their Zimbabwe Media Commission-issued press cards at most checkpoints in the capital. This is…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw ZESA Holdings (Zesa) customers yesterday expressed outrage over failure to buy electricity tokens after the power utility’s payment platforms were overwhelmed, the Daily News reports. Customers endured long hours in queues at Zesa offices across the country over the past few days as they battled to buy the prepaid electricity…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO UNIDENTIFIED people on Monday evening painted the offices of a law firm belonging to Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda with threatening red graffiti, in a development that observers said was politically motivated. This also comes at a time the tough talking Mudenda has been a subject of ridicule from the MDC…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw INFORMATION minister Monica Mutsvangwa yesterday announced that Zupco buses are set to increase their carrying capacity to alleviate transport woes for passengers, while privately-owned commuter omnibuses (kombis) stay banned. This comes as scores of passengers are finding it hard to get to work, especially in urban areas where there…
POPULAR pole dancer Zoey Sifelani has received funding from the Londoners Entertainment Fund Trust (Left) to boost her business as the organisation helps artists who have been grounded by the coronavirus (Covid-19) lockdown. Zoey and DJ Torne received $8 125 from LEFT, which they are using to buy and sell chickens and fish. “We are…
