June 2021

SUSPECTED notorious armed robber Musa Taj Abdul, pictured, and eight of his gang members were yesterday slapped with three-year jail terms each after they were convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition.  Abdul, Liberty Mupamhanga, Prince Makodza, Godfrey Mupamhanga, Charles Lundu, Rudolf Kamhanga, Innocent Jairos, Tapiwa Mangoma and Carrington Marasha were each handed…

Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO  THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has challenged politicians in Bulawayo to mobilise their supporters to register to vote as the city is at risk of losing about three constituencies as “an average of zero people are coming forth to register”.  This comes as Zec resumed voter registration on April 1 after the…

JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has demanded Parliament to institute a probe into Norton independent legislator Temba Mliswa’s conduct after he labelled him a witch yesterday. Mliswa caused commotion before being ejected from the National Assembly after he blocked Ziyambi, who is also the leader of government business in Parliament, from answering questions, hurling insults at…

PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says Nelson Chamisa should banish any thoughts of ever having direct talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa outside the government’s Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after the MDC Alliance leader re-iterated his desire to hold direct dialogue with Mnangagwa, Charamba also said it was time Chamisa “moved on…

APOSTOLIC Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) president Amon Madawo, who recently won a Supreme Court case to lead the church, has petitioned the High Court seeking to interdict a breakaway faction leader Cossam Chiangwa from using a logo similar to that of his church. In the application filed last Friday, Madawo said Chiangwa had formed…

Tamary Chikiwa  in BULAWAYO   THE Covid-19 inoculation exercise has resumed in Bulawayo after the city had suspended the programme for a week owing to lack of first doses of vaccines.  This comes as the country’s second largest city has experienced a huge volume of people volunteering to take the jab in recent weeks.  At the…