By Forward Madyira FINANCE secretary George Guvamatanga is a very colourful — and controversial man — from both an ideological, and social…
YESTERDAY, we carried a story on a US$5,5 million fund availed by the United Kingdom (UK) to help Zimbabwe carry out landmine clearance in Mashonaland East and Mashonaland Central. The assistance from the UK and other partners such as the United States, Switzerland, The HALO Trust and Norwegian People’s Aid is highly welcome as Zimbabwe…
MOST government departments will minimise the use of paperwork by digitalising their operations, ICT minister Tatenda Mavetera has said. She was speaking at the signing of the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) integrity pledge for senior officials in her ministry, where she said the digitalising move was part of the national ICT policy. “Integrity should be…
Rutendo Ngara THREE suspected fraudsters, who allegedly attempted to defraud Real Star, a security company, of US$190 000 have been granted US$100 bail each by Harare magistrate Patricia Kamwanda. Gladstone Mthulisi Tshabalala, Dalumuzi Moyo and Manase Manjovha were in court on Monday for allegedly attempting to hack an EcoCash account. Kamwanda ordered the trio to…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) ward 21 councillor, who is also the chairperson of the Harare City Council audit committee, Blessing Duma appeared in court yesterday facing extortion charges. Magistrate Stanford Mambanje remanded him in custody to today for his bail application. According to State prosecutor Mercy Masamvi, in June this…
By Brandon Josphat THE ruling Zanu PF has called for a crackdown against social media troublemakers who are allegedly continuing to try to create a rift between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zanu PF secretary for security in the party’s politburo, Lovemore Matuke, said all this…
By Beaven Dhliwayo GROUP FEATURES EDITOR in VICTORIA FALLS VICE President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday said Zimbabwe is intensifying its fight against corruption and is incorporating international anti-graft treaties into local laws. He made the remarks while officiating at the 2024 Chartered Governance and Accountancy Institute of Zimbabwe conference in the resort Victoria Falls town. The…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed into law the bill that protects children up to the age of 18 years from sexual exploitation. The Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Bill, which appeared in an extraordinary Government Gazette on Wednesday, will punish severely all convicted paedophiles. According to the new law, “any person who…
The Daily News’s sister paper, The Financial Gazette, published a birthday congratulatory message to President Emmerson Mnangagwa by the Zimbabwe Defence Forces…
LAW enforcement agents have not relaxed, but have instead reinforced their operations against illegal money changers across the country, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi has said. He was speaking to the Daily News yesterday following the resurgence in Bulawayo of illegal money dealers, known as osiphatheleni, who in recent months had gone underground following a…
