By Brighton Muronzereyi PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is confident that the once frosty relations between Zimbabwe and the European Union (EU) are thawing and the development is likely to benefit the southern African nation and the European bloc. In his weekly column in the public media yesterday, Mnangagwa said that he is excited by the new…
By Brighton Muronzereyi POLICE are investigating a case in which a 13-year-old girl from Chitungwiza was raped and got pregnant. In a statement yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the probe was underway. “The ZRP is investigating a case of rape in which a 13-year-old girl was raped in July 2022 at a workshop…
IN 2007 as inflation walloped the Zimbabwean currency, rendering it valueless, then 54-year-old Langton Musaigwa of Mataruse village west of Zimbabwe in…
BY BLESSINGS MASHAYA & BRANDON JOSPHAT THINGS are looking even more ominous for the opposition ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 national elections, after Zanu PF said on Thursday that it wanted the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to review the number of constituencies in urban areas at the end of the current delimitation exercise. This, the…
BY KETTY NYONI THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has called on the government and lawmakers to speedily push for the implementation of the Whistleblower Protection Act to protect informants, as they are currently reluctant to appear before the courts in fear of victimisation. The proposed Act has been approved by Cabinet and awaits Parliament and…
BY BRIGHTON MURONZEREYI THE police have confirmed that the nine-year-old Tsholotsho girl who recently gave birth at a Bulawayo hospital was made pregnant by her 13-year-old cousin. In a statement yesterday, police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed that DNA results released last Friday showed that the 13-year-old boy was the father of the off-spring. “The…
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior official, Tendai Biti, has raised a red flag on the Patriotic Bill, claiming the proposed law was an attempt to close the democratic space ahead of next year’s polls. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Biti said citizens’ rights to freedom of expression would be infringed…
By Nyasha Dube THE High court has postponed the hearing of an application in which the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is seeking to repeal a magistrate’s decision to dismiss Zimbabwean businessman, Frank Buyanga’s arrest warrant. The application, which was set to be heard before Justice Pisirayi Kwenda last Wednesday was postponed indefinitely. Buyanga was arrested…
By Blessings Mashaya and Regis Chingawo FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube’s proposed $4,5 trillion 2023 national budget has received mixed reactions, with consumer rights groups calling on authorities to come up with more measures to cushion the poor. Ncube unveiled his budget at the new Parliament building in Mt Hampden on Thursday, which he said was…
By Nyasha Dube TWO Harare men were this week struck to death by lightning, while another male in the capital was severely injured and currently battling for his life at a local hospital, the police have reported. The Harare incidents, which happened in two separate cases, took place on Tuesday. The police reported that Leonard…
