Emmerson Njanjamangezi AUTHORITIES say ordinary motorists and bus operators may be able to pay toll fees in United States dollars this festive season, as part of efforts to minimise congestion at tollgates along the country’s major highways. However, Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza told the Daily News yesterday that a substantive decision on this was subject to…
THE Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) has commenced investigations into Harare Magistrates’ Courts prosecutor Tapiwa Kasema’s conduct after he consented to bail for alleged notorious armed robber Musa Taj Abdul and his gang. This comes as the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) yesterday suspended Kasema after a huge public outcry following the granting of bail to the…
BULAWAYO High Court judge Justice Christopher Dube-Banda has postponed to next week the urgent court application filed by expelled MDC organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe. Bhebhe is seeking an interdict stopping the MDC from holding its elective extra ordinary congress set for this Saturday in Harare where the party is expected to elect a new leader…
HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume, was back in the dock yesterday accused of trying to bribe a key witness in the stands scandal case he had been granted bail by the High Court last week. Prosecutors told a Harare Magistrate’s Court that Mafume was picked up on Monday by investigators while trying to bribe suspended Harare…
By Aaron Nhawu HARARE Body Building and Fitness Association (HBBFA) is set to host their only event of the year, the Harare Classic Open at the Zimbabwe College of Music in the capital this Saturday. The athletes are scheduled to battle for supremacy in various categories including senior men body building, men physique, men…
A SECOND memorial service for the late socialite Mitchelle “Moana” Amuli is on the cards as the rift between her parents continues to widen. This comes as the Amulis (her father’s side) held their own memorial service dubbed Sadaka three days after Moana’s burial. Now her mother Yolanda Kuvaoga is in the process of organising…
HISTORY is repeating itself at the country’s embattled national airline – Air Zimbabwe – and the question is at what cost to the taxpayer and the national fiscus. On Tuesday, Cabinet considered and approved Air Zimbabwe’s balance sheet and its business plan post reconstruction and, among other things, ministers agreed that the government should assume…
JAH Master’s 2020 hit song Hello Mwari has been singled out among the best productions for the year so far. The Zimdancehall song became more of a national hymn after its release thanks to the young musician’s creativity; it has generated more than three million hits on Youtube since August. “In terms of popularity,…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWEAN dairy farmers should strive to ensure they maintain their genetically modified organisms (GMO)-free status which has seen their products in demand in regional markets, the Daily News reports. Veterinary Services Department deputy director Hardword Machakwa told a recent seminar in Harare on dairy products value chain addition that local products…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THREE Chinhoyi men yesterday appeared before a Bulawayo court for allegedly selling “fake” gold worth US$70 000 to a mine company in Matopo, Matabeleland South Province. Nyasha Marumahoko, Kudakwashe Pfavai, both 28, and Daniel Pfavai, 29, allegedly sold a two-kilogramme sack full of sand to Phinias Munda, a manager at…
