PRESS freedom is the life blood of any democracy, hence the government’s pronouncement on Friday that it will do everything in its power to guarantee the safety of journalists during the forthcoming harmonised elections is welcome. Over the years, the country witnessed the arrest, harassment, and insult and in some cases physical assault of journalists…
THE founder of a Harare based real estate agency, Hukuru Housing and Development Trust, Lawrence Taurai Jena appeared in court yesterday on allegations of duping a home seeker out of US$8 800 in a botched residential stand sale deal. Jena appeared before Harare magistrate Evelyn Mashavakure facing charges of fraud before being released on free…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brighton Muronzereyi WHILE it is too early to know the full implications of the results of Zanu PF’s dramatic primaries on the country’s body politic, the indications are that this could consolidate the ruling party’s power after this year’s national elections, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the analysts…
By Ketty Noyni PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the country’s judiciary system to act in a non-partisan manner when dealing with political violence cases, as the country hurtles towards general elections set to be held before the end of August. Speaking during the official opening of magistrates’ court in Epworth yesterday, Mnangagwa called on…
A SECURITY guard and an employee at a leading food processing company, National Foods, have been arraigned before the Harare Magistrate’s Court after they allegedly staged a heist before stealing over US$160 000. Edward David Mudowaya, 34, employed as a guard by Safeguard Security and Charlotte Tarisai Munetsi, 36, who is National Food’s debtors’ clerk…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans from all walks of life to unite in mobilising resources for the victims of cyclone Freddy in neighbouring Malawi. This comes as the weather phenomenon left a trail of destruction in some Southern African countries including Madagascar and Malawi, where scores of people died, while in Zimbabwe’s Manicaland…
THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it is committed to supporting the government’s biodiversity in agriculture for the country to establish sustainable agri-food systems. Biodiversity refers to all different kinds of life and these include animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms like bacteria that make up the natural world. In its latest report on the…
BELARUSIAN minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Aleinik and minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Zimbabwe Frederick Shava held a meeting…
CHINA Energy Engineering Group has proposed to build a 1 000-megawatt floating solar farm for Zimbabwe, a nearly US$1 billion project, on…
THE Supreme Court has ordered former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her company, Ruzirun to settle a debt owed to a couple, Sabrina and Tony Sarpo. Mujuru owes over US$226 000 to the Sarpos after she refused to use the interbank rate to pay for farming equipment that she had purchased through their company Peppy…
