By Brandon Josphat POLICE say they will intensify their surveillance at all ports of entry ahead of the expected return of thousands of Zimbabweans based in South Africa when their Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) expire next month to flush out wanted criminals. The South African government has declined to renew the ZEP permits. Speaking to…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES say they have launched a nationwide blitz against unfair business practices that have become rampant and offenders will be penalised. This was said by the minister of Information, Monica Mutsvangwa, last night while addressing a post Cabinet media briefing in Harare. “The nation is being assured that the quality assurance and…
By Ketty Nyoni HIGH global demand for cholera vaccines has seen local health authorities failing to secure enough stocks for the country. The shots required to help control the spread of cholera in the country are procured from the World Health Organisation(WHO)’s International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday,…
AUTHORITIES say they plan to fast-track the passage of the Electoral Amendment Bill in Parliament. This is intended to happen so that the mooted changes to the country’s laws can be used in this year’s crunch national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said claims that reforms that would come…
By Rutendo Ngara PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the lack of foreign funding in the country is derailing major infrastructural development and the government is struggling to provide social protection to citizens. Addressing a high-level debt resolution forum in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the only solution to promote development in the country is to ensure that…
A UNITED States (US) court has convicted an American lawyer for hiring an undercover agent to murder his former Zimbabwean partner — who is the mother of his two children. Allen Gessen, 48, was found guilty of hiring a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent to murder Zimbabwe Fashion Week founder and model, Priscilla Chigariro….
THE minister of Home Affairs, Kazembe Kazembe, and police commissioner general Godwin Matanga have been ordered to pay a local company, Lovigate Incorporated, more than US$600 000 after breaching a contract for the purchase of speed enforcement cameras. Lovigate had sued the two senior government officials at the High Court, demanding US$1 956 035 for…
By Brandon Josphat SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has stopped an inquiry that was set for Thursday by the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (Pac) into allegations of illicit gold flows in the country, saying the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission are seized with the matter. The committee had…
By Brandon Josphat and Rutendo Ngara THE government’s latest economic measures that were effected last week are still to be felt by hard-pressed consumers. This comes as the prices of basic goods in the country continue to rise despite Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s efforts to stabilise prices and the hapless Zimbabwe dollar. At the weekend,…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE mayor of Harare, Jacob Mafume, says city fathers are doing their best to contain the spread of cholera in the capital city. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, Mafume also said they remained puzzled by the increase in cholera cases being reported in the city. “We have intensifi ed…
