By Ketty Nyoni THE Harare City Council (HCC) is set to get tough with litter bugs amid plans to rope in City Parking officials to help with the enforcement of the city by-laws. Addressing journalists yesterday, Harare mayor Jacob Mafume said the move was designed to also help in the fight against cholera, which is…
SENATOR Chief Fortune Charumbira yesterday said he is still the president of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) and rubbished plans to replace him as illegal.This comes after a meeting of the PAP last week, chaired by acting president Ashebir Gayo, resolved that nominations for election of a new leader would be held on February 21.They…
TWO robbers have been sentenced to 10 years each after they were arrested and convicted of robbing US$30 from a shopkeeper in Matobo district, Matabeleland South Province.Police spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the sentence in a statement yesterday, adding that the two convicts appeared before a Plumtree magistrate recently, where they were found guilty.“The Zimbabwe Republic…
FUR is expected to fly when the at-war Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) meets in Harare this week, amid indications that its leader Nelson Chamisa will push to withdraw the party from Parliament. Well-placed sources who spoke to the Daily News at the weekend confirmed that Chamisa had renewed his bid to withdraw his party…
THE long-mooted plans to put in place an effective system to investigate complaints against members of the security forces will soon be realised. This comes as authorities have invited suitably qualified people to apply to serve as commissioners for the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission (ZICC). ZICC will investigate all complaints against the conduct of members…
POLICE in Gweru are investigating a case of theft which occurred at an unnamed bank on Friday afternoon after three unidentified men walked into the banking hall asking for US$100 notes with “stars printed on them”. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi yesterday confirmed the theft. “The suspects took advantage of the bank teller…
HIGH Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero has thrown out an application by jailed former deputy Finance minister Terrence Mukupe in which he was seeking to be released on bail pending appeal. Mukupe and his accomplices Same Kapisoriso, Ngonidzaishe Mutsvene and Joseph Taderera were convicted by the High Court of contravening the Customs and Excise Act…
By Ketty Nyoni HUMAN rights groups have welcomed the newly gazetted law signed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last Friday that imposes severe penalties for offenders found guilty of engaging in sexual intercourse with minors below the age of 18. However, they were quick to call on authorities to make sure that the law is properly…
AUTHORITIES need to come up with clear long-term policies that will help to lift the lives of poor people while allowing business and the economy to grow. So says the chief executive of the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce (ZNCC), Christopher Mugaga, who further advises that the government should not focus too much on augmenting…
THE debate continues to rage among both local clerics and ordinary people over the damning multiple allegations levelled against the late popular Nigerian preacher, Temitope Bologun Joshua. TB Joshua, who was popularly known as TB, died in 2021. He was a charismatic preacher and founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (Scoan) — one…
