PRESIDENTIAL aspirant Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday approached the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) to hear his case challenging a Supreme Court decision to bar him from contesting in the August 23 elections. Last Friday, a three-judge panel of the Supreme Court dismissed the former Cabinet minister and Zanu PF political commissar’s appeal in which he sought to nullify…
By Ketty Nyoni AUTHORITIES are keeping a close eye on the outbreak of mumps in Chitungwiza and Harare. Mumps, also known as parotitis, is a viral infection that affects the salivary glands of individuals. Health authorities in Chitungwiza and Harare confirmed the outbreak to the Daily News yesterday — adding, however, that there was no…
CLOSE to 400 land barons have so far been arrested while another 300 are currently under police investigation as authorities clamp down on illegal land grabbing, the government has revealed. Addressing a post-Cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said some of the arrested individuals’ cases were now pending at the courts….
A REGISTERED voter has filed an urgent application at the Bulawayo High Court seeking to nullify the nomination of Zanu PF’s parliamentary candidate Rajesh Kumar Modi for allegedly filing his papers out of time on June 21. This comes after the Bulawayo High Court last Thursday barred 12 parliamentary candidates from the Citizens Coalition for…
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has warned malcontents who are bent on disrupting the electoral process during this month’s elections. This comes as political tension in the country is rising amid reports of political violence ahead of the general elections. It also comes as opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has accused…
THE Swedish government yesterday availed more than US$2 million to support youth and women in agriculture to alleviate food shortages and to create employment. The grant was given to the Zimbabwe Agricultural Development Trust (ZADT) and will be used for a period of three years. Speaking at the handover of the grant, the head of…
A STATE witness in Marry Mubaiwa’s attempted murder trial yesterday told a Harare Magistrate Court that he saw some bloodied pyjamas in the South African hospital room where the former model allegedly attempted to kill her former husband, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. Her trial continued yesterday before Harare magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka, with army major Godfrey…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested a garden boy from Killarney suburb who allegedly connived with his friend to steal gold worth millions of dollars and cash worth US$18 000 from his former employer. Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube yesterday identified the accused persons as Andrew Charasa, 28 and Ngonidzashe Kunguya, 28….
THE MDC on Monday suffered a set-back after the High Court dismissed its appeal in which 87 of its parliamentary candidates were seeking to nullify the Nomination Court’s decision that disqualified them from contesting after failing to pay nomination fees before the deadline. The opposition party candidates’ nomination papers were rejected by the Zimbabwe Electoral…
SUNDAY, 30 July, marked the second anniversary of producer and actor Shona Ferguson’s death. He died of Covid19-related complications at the Netcare…
