By Rumbidzai Ngwenya A HARARE High Court judge, Emilia Muchawa, escaped death by a whisker on Tuesday night when a local man shot at her vehicle in Goodhope, Westgate, Harare. The shooting happened close to the judge’s residence when she was heading home after work. National Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident…
Parliament is pushing to make the Joint Operation Command (JOC) a constitutional body to ensure that its operations can be accounted for under the proposed National Security Council (NSC) whose bill is currently before the august House. In remarks after the second reading of the National Security Council (NBS) Bill in the National Assembly on…
BELARUS President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in Harare on Monday for a three-day state visit aimed at strengthening his country and Zimbabwe’s diplomatic relations. It’s a reciprocal visit after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was in Minsk in 2019 where he and Lukashenko signed an array of economic agreements to benefit Harare, among them a multi-million dollar farm…
SOUTH Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party will hold a national shutdown on March 20 to protest continuing electricity loadshedding and call for President Cyril Ramaphosa to resign. EFF leader Julius Malema made the announcement at a press briefing at the weekend, saying the event would make the Zuma Must Fall protest look like “Micky…
THERE are renewed calls for the country’s divided opposition parties to bury their differences and contest this year’s crunch national elections as a united front, if they are to have a chance against the ruling Zanu PF. Among those pushing for this to happen is former MDC stalwart and Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo, who…
DECORATED Chimurenga musician Thomas Mapfumo has for now abandoned his new album Ndikutambire to start a different project that speaks to the current political and economic environment in Zimbabwe. The project Ndikutambire was supposed to be released on January 20. “The situation in Zimbabwe has reached another level hence we need to fight with one voice. “This has necessitated…
TWO Harare bouncers, Blessing Kumunda and Gideon Sanyangore, who have been in remand prison since their arrest last December on attempted murder charges and allegedly causing havoc in various pubs and musical shows, have been granted bail at the High Court. The two appeared before High Court judge, Justice Lucy Mungwari on Monday who granted…
A HARARE woman Charlotte Chavavarirwa has taken the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to court following the seizure of her four vehicles. It is alleged that Chavavarirwa was the girlfriend of a NetOne employee, Daniel Kalira, who was arrested last year after he allegedly stole $150 million from the company. According to Zacc, Kalira would steal…
Yvonne Ncube MOST major supermarkets in Bulawayo have run out of mealie meal after millers stopped deliveries due to non-payment of previous supplies. As of yesterday, only a few outlets had the commodity amid reports the situation was set to worsen as millers were demanding payment on delivery. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Grain…
By Ketty Nyoni JUDICIAL Service Commission (JSC) secretary Walter Chikwanha says the ongoing decentralisation of courts will enhance the justice system as it brings courts closer to the people. Speaking during a tour of the new Epworth Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Chikwanha said the idea was meant to “decongest our city centres and the only courthouses…
