CRIMINAL Investigation Department boss Crispen Charumbira was yesterday slapped with fresh criminal abuse of office charges relating to an incident that he ordered constables to release a suspect that had been held for illegal gold dealing. Charumbira appeared before Harare provincial magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti-Guwuriro and was released on $10 000 bail with conditions to continue…
THE United States of America (US), the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) remain adamant that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration has not done enough to have sanctions imposed on the country in 2001 lifted, the Daily News reports. This comes as Sadc nations commemorate the AntiSanctions Day today under the theme “Resilience, Progress and…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Zimbabwe says more than 8 000 cases of sexual violence against women and young girls were recorded in 2019, while a staggering 800 000 others were exposed to threats of gender-based violence (GBV), the Daily News reports. This comes as advocacy organisation,…
Sindiso Mhlophe Senior STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has partnered International Finance Corporation (IFC) — a member of the World Bank Group — to launch the Victoria Falls Area Tourism Development Plan in a bid to boost tourism in and around Victoria Falls and help strengthen Zimbabwe’s tourism industry. This comes as the Tourism ministry…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynhews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Vulnerability Assessment Committee (ZimVac) has projected over five million people in rural areas are going to be food insecure during the peak hunger period between January and March 2021 owing to the combined effects of economic recession and the effects of coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. In its recently…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday made an impassioned call to all Zimbabweans to set aside their political differences and work together to build the country, the Daily News reports. At the same time, the 78-year-old Zanu PF leader proposed a raft of new legal instruments to deal with Zimbabwe’s detractors and to stem child abuse. All…
HARARE City Council (HCC) yesterday announced the temporary shutdown of the Morton Jaffray water treatment Plant after running out of key chemicals — leaving hundreds of thousands of the capital city’s residents facing a dry weekend, the Daily News reports. The closure of the plant comes as the city is owed nearly $1 billion dollars…
A SHOWDOWN is looming between health workers and the government after the Health ministry banned flexi-hours which will see nurses working everyday instead of selected days per week. In a letter to all hospital chief executive officers and provincial medical directors, permanent secretary in the Health ministry Jasper Chimedza said flexi-hours were giving more problems…
THE Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance leadership in Harare province is sweating over the turmoil that has engulfed party structures in the capital with accusations and counter-accusations of defections to Thokozani Khupe’s MDC. This comes as the MDC has been consumed by its senseless ructions ever since its muchloved founding father Morgan Tsvangirai died from…
POSTAL and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director general Gift Machengete, has said digital technologies are crucial for the success of the post coronavirus (Covid-19) economic recovery agenda as they offer access to new and previously inaccessible global markets, the Daily News reports. This comes as the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted global trade through…
