By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE commander of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Anselem Sanyatwe, says the ruling Zanu PF will remain in power “forever”. Sanyatwe — who succeeded David Sigauke as the boss of the country’s army last year — also argued this past weekend that there was nothing wrong with the military getting involved…
By Blessings Mashaya mashayab@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES are working on major penal reforms to decongest the country’s overcrowded prisons and to focus more on the rehabilitation of offenders. In this regard too, the government wants to establish more open prisons and pre-trial diversion programmes for child offenders. This comes as the country’s jails have once again far…
THE United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says Zimbabwe should capitalise on the African Continental Free Trade Area (ACFTA) as it is a unique opportunity for the country to integrate into regional economies. The ACFTA is a free trade area encompassing most of Africa. It was established in 2018 by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement,…
By Rutendo Ngara HARARE businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe have clocked a week in remand prison as they seek bail following their arrest last week on Wednesday on allegations of defrauding US$7 million from the State in a presidential goat scheme. They are back in court today after magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday postponed their…
By Ketty Nyoni and Masimba Makwembere THE life expectancy of Zimbabwean women has increased from 66,5 to 68 years between 2021 and 2024, while their male counterparts’ remain static at 61 years, the government has said. Addressing a post-cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Jenfan Muswere said this was revealed in the National…
FORMER deputy minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Simelisizwe Sibanda, has apologised for his call for the transfer of a non-Ndebele speaking teacher stationed in the Matabeleland region, which was deemed to have tribal connotations. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday relieved the Bubi constituency legislator of his duties as the deputy minister…
THE Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency (Zida) outperformed itself as it secured nearly US$10 billion in projected investment last year. Zida is the…
ZANU PF youth and the party’s Masvingo structures are apparently not going back on their push to have President Emmerson Mnangagwa remain in office beyond 2028. Speaking during an inter-district meeting in the province at the weekend, Zanu PF youth league deputy secretary and member of the party’s politburo, John Paradza, said Mnangagwa should consider…
By Rutendo Ngara JAILED former Bikita West MP, Munyaradzi Kereke, who is serving a prison term for raping his niece at gunpoint, has applied for the State to remove him on remand on a separate charge of allegedly defrauding US$400 000. In his submissions before Harare magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa yesterday, Kereke accused the State of…
By Rutendo Ngara THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) lead investigator Henry Chapwanya yesterday described Harare businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu as “economic saboteurs”, arguing that the accused should remain in remand prison until their trial is finalised. The two were arrested last week on charges of defrauding the State of over US$7 million in…
