THE State believes they have a case against war veterans accused of singing liberation war songs at a gathering at the Africa Unity Square in the capital while demanding better pensions saying they should proceed to trial. The war veterans launched a fresh bid for the charges to be dropped with a new application for…
ZIMBABWE’S health authorities must tread with caution amid reports that the number of new Covid-19 cases in South Africa has risen by 20 percent. According to recent figures, yesterday South Africa’s National Institute for Communicable Diseases had ominously recorded 1 954 new Covid-19 cases in South Africa in the latest 24-hour reporting period. The new…
PRESSURE is building within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) for the party to move with speed to strengthen its governance systems, including putting in place a formal constitution and holding its inaugural congress ahead of the 2023 elections. Party insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said while it was generally accepted that it would…
A Harare woman Victoria Tunha has been ordered out of a Borrowdale Villa, Hogerty Hill property, in Harare after breaching an agreement of sale clause she signed with Sunshine City Investments (Private) Limited. Tunha showed interest in the US$69 000 valued property and committed to paying the deposit of US$35 000 and the balance within 12…
IT WAS a hive of activity at the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) yesterday, as the showcase expo opened for business visitors. A visit by the Daily News to the packed exhibition centre revealed the hustle and bustle of this year’s well-patronised fair. Exhibitors oozed confidence, with many saying they were confident of sealing important deals…
SIX people were killed whilst 17 others were injured after a mushikashika kombi collided with a haulage truck in Bulawayo yesterday morning. The incident happened at the intersection of Khami and Masiyephambili roads in Nkulumane when the kombi which was carrying commuters collided with a truck before overturning several times, killing six. Speaking to the Daily…
THE government has reviewed upwards the producer prices of all crops amid complaints by farmers that they were no longer viable owing to incessant increases in prices of fuel and inputs in the country. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing yesterday Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa, pictured, said it had been noted that in order to maintain…
THE leadership circus at Harare City Council (HCC) continued yesterday after the government vetoed the election of Enock Mupamaonde as the acting mayor by Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors as illegal. Mupamaonde was elected last week to act as mayor in the place of Stewart Mutizwa who was in charge in the absence of…
A FORMER soldier from Shurugwi has been jailed for an effective three months after he was arrested while demanding to gain entry into State House. Joseph Muhoni, 36, appeared in court answering to allegations of criminal trespassing which he denied when the trial opened before Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti. He was also charged with unlawful…
THE country is hospitalising more Covid-19-vaccinated people because they have other comorbidities, authorities have. National Covid-19 chief coordinator in the president’s office, Agnes Mahomva, pictured, yesterday told the Daily News that vaccination remained the best defence against coronavirus in the world. “It does not necessarily mean that everybody who is admitted is because of the Covid-19, but…
