AN APPLICATION seeking removal from further remand filed by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s former wife, Marry Mubaiwa, was dismissed yesterday by a Harare magistrate. She was arrested in 2019 and faces over US$1 million in money laundering and fraud charges. During her appearance before the court yesterday, the State made an application to have the…
GOVERNMENT has implored road authorities to wind up State-sponsored Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) projects, stating that the initiative will not be extended next year. With the projects launched in 2021 under ERRP2, the government aimed to rehabilitate 10 000km of roads nationwide. Speaking during a Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) workshop in Bulawayo yesterday,…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat THERE has been universal condemnation of power utility Zesa’s move to switch off and force many of the country’s big companies to pay for their electricity needs in hard currency. This is being implemented despite load-shedding in the country continuing to make life miserable for both ordinary consumers and…
RESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will announce the dates for this year’s harmonised elections before the end of next month. Speaking at the rehabilitation of the Zimbabwe Platinum Mines-sponsored Mhondoro-Mubaira hospital project yesterday, Mnangagwa also implored citizens not to fight over the polls. “Tatarisana nesarudzo … mwedzi unouya uyo ndichakuudzai (We are approaching the elections and I…
By Brandon Josphat THE United Kingdom’s House of Lords has called upon its government to investigate allegations surrounding media reports of corruption and money laundering levelled against Zimbabwe’s Ambassadorat-Large Uebert Mudzanire, better known as Prophet Uebert Angel. This comes after a global television network, Al Jazeera, aired four episodes of a documentary, Gold Mafia, on…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) aspiring candidates are going through rigorous screening procedures, during which they must, among other things, provide proof of the new voters they helped register, their current employment status, evidence that they are paying municipal rates and a police clearance. In a form seen by the Daily News yesterday, candidates are…
By Yvonne Ncube A 32-YEAR-OLD man from Nketa suburb, Bulawayo, has appeared in court facing charges of raping his 25-year-old pregnant girlfriend. This emerged yesterday when Zenzo Sibanda appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Col – let Ncube, where he pleaded not guilty to the charge. The State alleges that on December 25 last year, the…
INCARCERATED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior member Job Sikhala, who has been in remand prison since his arrest last June, has been hit with fresh criminal charges. Sikhala, who is currently on trial on three separate charges consisting of two counts of obstruction of justice and one count of incitement to violence, is now…
AFTER the brief distraction of a rare midweek Cup game in the form of the Independence Cup pitting Highlanders and Dynamos on Tuesday, the focus returns to the Castle Lager Premier Soccer League which enters match day six this weekend. One of the biggest sub-plots of round six of the local top flight will obviously…
VIVACIOUS Miel Tiger, 21, was crowned the inaugural Miss MG (Maxwell Gissi) Independence 2023 at City Sports Bar in the capital on Tuesday. Fresh from Advanced level, Tiger outshone other nine finalists including Natasha Gaswa, 19, and Ruvimbo Chitengwende, 22, who were adjudged first and second princess respectively. “I was not expecting this; someone should…
