FORMER Public Service minister Prisca Mupfumira, who is on trial on charges of criminal abuse of office, has lost a bid to have her case dismissed after the High Court on Tuesday threw out her application for discharge at the close of the State’s case. Mupfumira, who was arrested in 2019 after she allegedly exerted…
THE Cabinet has approved a new draft law aimed at improving the country’s examination standards and ending the shameful scourge of rampant cheating by learners in many public schools. The proposed new law, the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Amendment) Bill, will entail far-reaching reforms that include the taking of oaths of secrecy by officials handling…
TWO men from Gweru, who were arrested last month for robbing a money transfer agent, Mukuru in Maboleni, Lower Gweru, the Midlands Province have been sentenced to six years in prison each. Courage Moyo and Tapiwa Zhazha both 31 were arraigned before the Gweru Magistrate’s Court facing armed robbery charges. According to the National Prosecuting…
THE Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), a group comprising some of the losing candidates in the 2018 presidential election, is still pushing for electoral reforms ahead of the country’s upcoming harmonised polls. Polad member and president of the National Constitutional Assembly(NCA), Lovemore Madhuku, told the Daily News yesterday that the group had been having regular meetings…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa POLICE have trained at least 7 000 junior officers on how to handle cases of politicallyrelated crimes ahead of the forthcoming general elections. Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, police officer commanding Harare province, assistant commissioner Taonei Nyazema said the law enforcement agents were told to be non-partisan during the training. “In a…
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has revisited its shoot-to-kill policy on all stray dogs that have been menacing in the second capital as it moves to curb increasing cases of dog bites and rabies. Rabies is currently prevalent in Bulawayo with the council saying it recorded 11 cases of rabies last year and residents were complaining…
By Yvonne Ncube GOVERNMENT is reported to have injected $500 million under its drug and substance abuse mitigation fund for the construction of patient psycho-social support centres across the country for people recovering from drug misuse. This was confirmed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday at the “Creating a young people-led economy by 2030 through fighting…
THE High Court has dismissed an application filed by former Cotton Company (CottCo) business development manager Maxmore Njanji who sought to block the seizure of his immovable properties by the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA). Njanji, together with Gokwe Nembudziya MP Mayor Wadyajena, former CottCo managing director Pious Manamike, Fortunate Molai and Pierpont Moncroix Mauritius director…
By Brandon Josphat POLICE commissioner-general Godwin Matanga has challenged senior police officers to come up with new crime fighting strategies as the country is witnessing a new wave in vice, especially robberies, murders and rape. This comes after the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstats) says Bulawayo Province, followed by Harare recorded the highest crime rates…
THE trial of a Harare-based police officer facing a charge of criminal abuse of duty as a public officer after he was allegedly linked to a drug syndicate responsible for trafficking drugs from India kicked-off yesterday. Harrison Muzarawetu, 35, appeared before magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa and the matter was postponed to April 24 to allow the…
