June 2021

THE High Court says Chief Justice Luke Malaba, did not do anything wrong when he returned to work on the basis of recent appeals to the Supreme Court by authorities. This comes after three High Court judges — Jester Charewa, Happias Zhou and Edith Mushore — recently overturned President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s decision to extend Malaba’s…

THE police yesterday sought to serve summons on MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti as he left court for his appearance on a charge of assault allegedly perpetrated on a Russian national, Tatiana Aleshina. The summons relate to a case of public violence in which Biti is jointly charged with Jim Kunaka and Simangaliso Singo…

GOVERNMENT is set to ramp up production of locally-manufactured drugs and double it to 60 percent, with sales revenue expected to jump from US$32,5 million to US$150 million by 2025. Speaking at the official launch of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Strategy in Harare yesterday, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, who is also the Health minister, said the…

By Tamary Chikiwa COURT proceedings in Zimbabwe will soon be conducted virtually in light of the Covid-19 pandemic as the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is set to introduce the Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS), a platform which will digitise the justice system. According to JSC’s 2021 — 2025 strategic plan, the IECMS will be…

THE government is increasingly getting concerned with the surge in armed robberies amid claims that both the police and army are failing to stop the smuggling into the country of illegal guns being used by the bandits.  Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, deputy Home Affairs minister Mavhunga Maboyi admitted the failure by security…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has summoned bickering former freedom fighters to an urgent meeting in Harare on Saturday, as he bids to douse their factional wars that are gutting the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA). Well-placed sources who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said Mnangagwa was meeting the war veterans in an attempt to…

FIVE police officers were left nursing injuries yesterday, following attacks by an angry mob which reacted to the alleged burning of two commuter omnibuses by the cops during a raid on unregistered vehicles. The incident, which happened in the second city’s central business district (CBD), came during an operation targeting public transport vehicles not registered…