THE High Court has delivered another blow to Nelson Chamisa and his Citizens Coalition for Change party after a judge dismissed an application filed by the second batch of senators and counsellors who were recalled from Parliament. The 17 MPs were removed from their seats in the August House last year, barely a month after…
Nyasha Kunyiswa SENIOR STAFF WRITER kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are stepping up their fight against worsening drug and substance abuse in the country. In this regard, police received an antinarcotics laboratory fitted with modern equipment capable of detecting drugs and explosives from China yesterday. Speaking during the handover of the laboratory in Harare, Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe,…
TEN fringe opposition political party leaders yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to fight for electoral reforms in the country collectively under the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) banner. Nera is an organisation lobbying and advocating for electoral reforms in the country. The country’s major two political parties, Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) says it is struggling to improve service delivery due to various stakeholders owing the municipality US$51 million in unpaid rates. Speaking at a residents meeting on Wednesday, Bulawayo mayor David Coltart said residents were the highest debtors, with a total debt of US$31 million. “Our city is owed a vast…
THE High Court has saved 800 families in Norton from eviction after a judge issued an order barring government officials, who allegedly claimed to have been sent by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, from forcing them to leave. The ruling came after the affected homeowners approached the court after officials from the Lands ministry, the district administrator…
THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) has called on relevant authorities to expedite the review of the Parks and Wildlife Act to combat continued elephant poaching and other related wildlife crimes. This comes after at least six adult elephants died from cyanide poisoning at a watering hole in the Gwayi, Shangani wildlife conservancy near Hwange…
POLICE in Gwanda have confirmed the arrest of a woman and her husband after they allegedly assaulted their three-year-old child to death. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the Matabeleland South provincial assistant police spokesperson, Stanford Mguni, said Mpumelelo Ncube died after being assaulted by his mother, only identified as Bridget and his stepfather, Clifford…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE department of migratory pests and biosecurity in the ministry of Agriculture says there is an outbreak of African armyworms in the Midlands and Mashonaland Central provinces. This comes as the government has warned farmers that due to the El Nino phenomenon, caterpillars, which favour warm conditions, have the propensity to multiply;…
A HARARE man is facing theft charges after allegedly stealing US$20 000 that he had been entrusted to deliver to China for the purchase of a vehicle. Godwin Mutata, 42, was arraigned before Harare magistrate Apolonia Marutya, who granted him US$200 bail and he will return to court on March 4 for his routine remand….
MY HEART bled the other day while reading an article about Bulawayo CBD carried in the Daily News of Wednesday 10, 2024. The story was about how Bulawayo City Council (BCC) was having to deal with the problem of human faeces in its CBD. The article went on to mention how the director of city…
