Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO A MAN from Nyamandlovu appeared in court yesterday and was remanded in custody for allegedly raping and infecting his seven-year-old minor cousin with HIV and a sexually transmitted infection (STI). The 39-year-old man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim, was not asked to plead when he…
By Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER ZIMBABWE’S attempts to restore normal relations with Western powers could be in jeopardy after British prime minister Boris Johnson’s administration slapped sanctions on four top government officials. This comes amid concerns by analysts that the sanctions, which are likely to be followed by the renewal of America’s own decades-long…
AUTHORITIES arrested a senior police officer yesterday, as they continue to crack down on alleged cases of corruption involving government workers. The spokesperson of the Zimbabwe AntiCorruption Commission (Zacc), John Makamure, confirmed to the Daily News that they had nabbed the officer commanding Matabeleland North, Erasmus Makodza, over alleged abuse of office. Makamure said Makodza…
Emmerson Njanjamangezi SENIOR STAFF WRITER njanjamangezie@dailynews.co.zw COVID-19 continues to take its toll on influential Zimbabweans following the deaths of Justice Clement Phiri, Consumer Council of Zimbabwe(CCZ) boss Rosemary Siyachitema and politician Tendai Savanhu after complications from the disease. High Court judge Phiri succumbed to Covid-19-related complications on Sunday night at his home in Marondera. His…
LAWYERS representing incarcerated prosecutor Arthur Bosha have claimed that their client’s arrest has now set a bad precedent in the justice delivery system. Bosha’s defence team of Admire Rubaya and Stephen Chikotora made the allegations while presenting their arguments in a bail application at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday. The prosecutor was arrested last week…
By Tamary Chikiwa WOMEN in Bulawayo are failing to access contraceptives due to the current travel restrictions brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. Since January 5, the government has imposed a tough lockdown with only those working in essential services permitted free movement. A dusk-to-dawn curfew is also in place with ordinary citizens not allowed…
THE defiance of former president Jacob Zuma is not just a challenge to the Zondo Commission or to the Constitutional Court. It is a challenge to the whole constitutional order that we fought so hard to achieve. Section 2 of the Constitution, headed Supremacy of the Constitution, declares that “this Constitution is the supreme law of…
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa hailed the arrival of the first doses of COVID-19 vaccine on Monday as a chance to “turn the tide” on a disease that has devastated the country. Once testing of the batches is completed, the first shots will be given to health workers, who have been stretched during a second…
China’s top diplomat called on Tuesday for Beijing and Washington to put relations back on a predictable and constructive path, saying the United States should stop meddling in China’s internal affairs, like Hong Kong and Tibet. Yang Jiechi, director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, is the highest ranking Chinese…
ELEVEN people in different regions of England have tested positive for the South African coronavirus variant without having any links to people who have travelled, prompting mass testing in the areas to contain the outbreak. Britain, with the world’s fifth-highest COVID-19 death toll, has moved to tighten its borders out of concern that new variants…
