By Rumbidzai Ngwenya A HARARE High Court judge, Emilia Muchawa, escaped death by a whisker on Tuesday night when a local man shot at her vehicle in Goodhope, Westgate, Harare. The shooting happened close to the judge’s residence when she was heading home after work. National Police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed the incident…
Parliament is pushing to make the Joint Operation Command (JOC) a constitutional body to ensure that its operations can be accounted for under the proposed National Security Council (NSC) whose bill is currently before the august House. In remarks after the second reading of the National Security Council (NBS) Bill in the National Assembly on…
THERE are renewed calls for the country’s divided opposition parties to bury their differences and contest this year’s crunch national elections as a united front, if they are to have a chance against the ruling Zanu PF. Among those pushing for this to happen is former MDC stalwart and Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo, who…
TWO Harare bouncers, Blessing Kumunda and Gideon Sanyangore, who have been in remand prison since their arrest last December on attempted murder charges and allegedly causing havoc in various pubs and musical shows, have been granted bail at the High Court. The two appeared before High Court judge, Justice Lucy Mungwari on Monday who granted…
Yvonne Ncube MOST major supermarkets in Bulawayo have run out of mealie meal after millers stopped deliveries due to non-payment of previous supplies. As of yesterday, only a few outlets had the commodity amid reports the situation was set to worsen as millers were demanding payment on delivery. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Grain…
By Ketty Nyoni JUDICIAL Service Commission (JSC) secretary Walter Chikwanha says the ongoing decentralisation of courts will enhance the justice system as it brings courts closer to the people. Speaking during a tour of the new Epworth Magistrate’s Court yesterday, Chikwanha said the idea was meant to “decongest our city centres and the only courthouses…
BELARUS President Alexander Lukashenko, who is on a three-day state visit to Zimbabwe, has advised his counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa not to believe in miracles, but work hard to win this year’s harmonised elections He was speaking to the media after the signing of eight bilateral agreements between his government and Zimbabwe at State House, Harare,…
By Rutendo Ngara THE ruling Zanu PF has exhorted all its structures to behave themselves, saying it wants to win this year’s national elections cleanly and even more decisively than it did in 2018. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a Zanu PF provincial coordinating committee (PCC) meeting in Masvingo at the…
A STATE witness in the trial of Citizens Coalition for Change official Job Sikhala has testified that the Zengeza West MP was plotting to start a civil war in the country in 2020. Sikhala is currently on trial for allegedly using video and audio clips that were uploaded on social media platforms to incite public…
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has appealed to visiting Belarus businesspeople to ramp up their investments in the country, which would create more jobs for locals. Addressing the Belarus-Zimbabwe Business Forum in Harare yesterday, Chiwenga also said the inaugural visit to the country by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko spoke to Minsk’s commitment to strengthening relations between…
