POLICE have issued a stern warning to teachers conducting illegal extra lessons saying they face arrest and imprisonment. Speaking at the 16th edition of the Commissioner General of Police’s Merit Awards at Mkushi Training Academy in Harare yesterday, deputy commissioner general in charge of administration, Stephen Mutamba, said it was a criminal offence for teachers…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw MORE than 60 percent of the crops planted in the 2023/24 summer farming season have wilted due to the dry conditions being experienced across the country, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said. In its latest situational report released yesterday, the WFP said this year’s crop harvest would be “poor and…
AN AGREEMENT between two men to purchase two fuel tankers from Turkey ended badly after one of them was later accused of hiring assassins to eliminate the other. The alleged assassins — Moses Monde, Malvin Manzinde, Malvin Tatenda Nyamuranga, Norbert Muponda, and Joshua Mapuranga — appeared at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday facing charges of…
AN ATTEMPT by lawyer Pettina Gappah, who is currently battling a US$1 million defamation suit at the High Court, to have Justice Jacob Mafusire recuse himself from the case, flopped after the judge dismissed the application. Gappah is being sued by Fadzayi Mahere after she posted a series of tweets claiming that the former Mount…
Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES say they are working hard to find lasting solutions to the country’s economic challenges, including the plunging Zim dollar and soaring prices of basic goods. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after business expressed concerns about a perceived policy paralysis within the government, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said authorities were busy…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw NEW HIV infections remain high among the youth despite the country doing a lot to end these infections…
By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE police, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) have set up digital systems to ease the processing of court dockets and bring efficiency and accountability in justice delivery. This was confirmed by prosecutor general Loice Matanda-Moyo at the handover of ICT equipment to the law…
BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has come out in support of thousands of informal traders displaced in the ongoing operation against illegal vending in the central business district (CBD). Recently, the local authority and the Provincial Affairs ministry resolved to remove vendors operating along the popular Fifth Avenue to pave the way for the refurbishing of…
TRADITIONAL leaders have expressed reservations on the new Marriages Act, arguing that some sections were against traditional norms and values. This follows the enactment of a new Marriages Act last year after the repeal of Customary Marriages Act and the Chapter 5:11 of the Marriages Act. The new Act consolidates all marriage laws in Zimbabwe…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF will not stand in the way of the long-mooted talks with the country’s main opposition, as long as this will be in the interest of all Zimbabweans. So says the secretary-general of the ruling party, Obert Mpofu, who told the Daily News yesterday that both Zanu PF and…
