By Blessings Mashaya and Brighton Muronzereyi ZANU PF followers should maintain their discipline and avoid sparring with those who are opposed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa staying in office beyond 2028. So says the ruling party’s national political commissar, Munyaradzi Machacha, who further told a gathering of the former liberation movement in Chinhoyi at the weekend…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are engaging all key stakeholders, including business, in a bid to ensure that consumers continue to enjoy relatively stable prices of basic goods. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Industry minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu said their goal was to see to it that all the factors that had caused prices to…
THE government is reviewing fining ZiG manipulators and perpetrators of unjust price hikes to a maximum of US$5 000. This was confirmed by Information minister Jenfan Muswere while addressing a post-Cabinet press briefing in Harare last night. “Penalties are being enforced against all perpetrators of unjust price hikes, manipulation of the ZiG currency, smuggling, and…
A DAY is a long time in football. Just hours after Genesis ‘‘Kaka’’ Mangombe left his post as Dynamos head coach yesterday, he was handed the reins at ambitious Northern Region Soccer League (NRSL) side Scottland FC with the goal of leading them to the premiership. Mangombe signed a two-year deal with the team that…
HARARE City Council (HCC) is running its day-to-day operations without an electronic management system (EMS) and its properties are maintained manually, a senior official has confirmed. This comes as the local authority is struggling to offer efficient service delivery to its ratepayers and over 2 000 properties are not properly registered resulting in corrupt practices….
BY MASIMBA MAKWEMBERE THE government yesterday distanced itself once again from claims by Timothy Chiminya Mujuru that he is King Munhumutapa. In a statement, the minister of Local Government, Daniel Garwe, said they did not know the individual and emphasised that the country’s Constitution does not have a provision for kingship. “The ministry of Local…
By Brandon Josphat THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has reinstated Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mashonaland East proportional representation (PR) Member of Parliament, Constance Chihota, following a High Court order. This comes after Chihota, among other CCC members, had fallen victim to parliamentary and local government recalls that were initiated by Sengezo Tshabangu, who claims…
By Masimba Makwembere makwemberem@dailynews.co.zw A DOMBOSHAVA man, 30, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after he robbed a motorist of his vehicle, US$16 and a mobile phone at gunpoint. Tinashe Nyambuya was recently convicted and sentenced by a Harare magistrate on robbery charges. According to the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), on July 17,…
HIGHER and Tertiary Education deputy minister Simelisizwe Sibanda who was reinstated recently after he was fired for misconduct says he has learnt his lesson and he will not repeat the same mistake. President Emmerson Mnangagwa had fired Sibanda after he was caught in the eye of a storm following his interrogation of a Shona-speaking female…
BY RUTENDO NGARA ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE State led by prosecutor Anesu Chirenje says it is investigating the alleged torture of four human rights activists when they were arrested at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport last week. The four, Robson Chere, Namatai Kwekweza, Samuel Gwenzi and Vusimuzi Moyo are facing disorderly conduct charges. “It is our view…
