A GOKWE businessman Dully Huni has once again approached the High Court seeking an order to evict a group of machete-wielding men who have invaded his gold mine. This comes after Huni initially went to the High Court early this month seeking an interdict against the same group allegedly being led by George Fichani. Huni…
A CHINESE employer, He Chisheng Mike, allegedly assaulted one of his employees, Charles Muswaka, in Matopo in Matabeleland South Province on Thursday before sacking him under unclear circumstances. According to Muswaka, his boss, who runs a mining firm, Yakuts Investment, broke down the door into his room, before assaulting him and telling him that…
ZIMBABWE is increasing its strategic grain reserve from 500 000 tonnes to 1.5 million tonnes, so it is working on ensuring that the…
THE ugly divisions that are ravaging the MDC Alliance’s youth assembly are exacerbating the coalition’s deeply-set infighting, with the pact’s bigwigs and their cheerleaders now brawling openly on social media. This comes as it emerged yesterday that ongoing factional discussions on a report spotlighting the violence which rocked the alliance’s youth assembly in May this…
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development has called on the government to come to the rescue of former employees of liquidated mining firms through providing them with free housing and running water. The committee’s chairperson Edmund Mkaratigwa told Parliament last week that the government should intervene as the lower-level employees were the…
TWO Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers have dragged police commissioner general Godwin Matanga to the High Court challenging his decision to transfer them to other stations. In the application filed last week, detective inspector Rwafa Baramasimbe and a police constable Tasangana Chakanyuka cited the chief staff officer, Matanga and the director of the Criminal Investigations…
THE Zimbabwe Youth Council (ZYC) has added its voice to calls for Parliament to expedite the passing of the Marriages Bill into law in order to end child marriages. This comes as civil society organisations, churches and the United Nations recently called for the Bill to be quickly passed promulgated following the death of a…
LEGISLATORS have called on the government to empower members of the “coloured” community, who have been facing segregation as a result of their classification on national registration certificates. This comes after the committee on Defence received a petition from the “coloured” community complaining that the “00” code on their national identity (ID) cards was to…
BULAWAYO mayor Solomon Mguni, is fuming over the government’s Emergency Roads Rehabilitation Programme 2 (ERRP2), saying it has left them as by-standers in their own area of jurisdiction as road and devolution funds are now being given to third parties. Mguni told Daily News at the weekend that the city fathers were now in a dilemma over…
THE Lands ministry has launched online digital platforms — lead farmer training, in-service training and the ZimAgriHub applications — aimed at constantly informing, equipping and capacitating players in the agriculture sector. Officially launching the digital platforms, described as key ingredients for the agricultural transformation journey, Lands ministry permanent secretary John Basera last week said the…
