THE High Court has ruled that indigenous Zimbabweans who sue the Lands ministry after the State repossesses their land on the basis of their nationality have no legal recourse. This comes after a white farmer from Gweru, Frances Mary Bowers, filed an application at the High Court challenging the seizure of her farm by the…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa will soon announce the dates for this year’s crunch national elections after he gazetted the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission(Zec)’s delimitation report on Monday. Addressing thousands of people who gathered to commemorate National Youth Day in Lupane yesterday, Mnangagwa confirmed that he was ready to proclaim the dates for the harmonised polls. “As per…
By Ketty Nyoni PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged law enforcement agencies to take ruthless action against drug peddlers, saying that youth drug abuse is impeding economic development. Speaking at the National Youth Day commemorations held in Lupane, Matabeleland North province, yesterday, he said people selling illicit drugs must be removed from society. “I have directed…
MADAGASCAR suspended schools and transport in the path of tropical cyclone Freddy yesterday, which was expected to make landfall in the south-east…
By Yvonne Ncube BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) says it is clamping down on space barons who have allegedly been collecting bribes from desperate vendors, while promising them trading bays at the soon-to-be opened Egodini Mall and Fife Street Market. This comes at a time the menacing space barons have been illegally issuing vending bays in…
AN ALLEGED serial robber, who is believed to have broken into over 10 houses in Mabelreign, Avondale and Bluffhill in Harare over the past two years, has been denied bail. Lamusi Nthula was arrested in January and on Monday applied for bail, but the application was tossed out by Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi, who noted…
ZIMBABWE’S economy is expected to grow by more than 3.8 percent, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has predicted. Speaking at an engagement with National University of Science and Technology (Nust) students yesterday, Ncube attributed the growth to massive transformations in all sectors. “Zimbabwe’s economy is undergoing unprecedented economic transformation, which we have not seen in the…
AS THE Zimbabwe dollar continues to weaken against the much-coveted greenback, economic experts want authorities to introduce new measures urgently to promote the stability and use of the local currency. Speaking to the Daily News this week, as poor people increasingly feel the pinch of the Zim dollar volatility, the experts said it was crucial,…
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) Zimbabwe has warned the public to be on high alert for cholera following an outbreak in the…
By Regis Chingawo and Rutendo Ngara ZIMBABWE is on high alert as the entire Sadc region braces for more rains and floods this week. This comes after last week’s deluge of rains killed two people and also left a trail of destruction in many parts of the country, including Harare. In an update, the Meteorogical…
