FACING impeachment over serious violations of South Africa’s Constitution in the wake of the Phala Phala Farm Scandal, and having lost the political support of the ruling ANC, it was all over bar the shouting for President Cyril Ramaphosa last night. At the same time, political analysts said the findings of the parliamentary panel which…
VAR had a drink this week with a friend of a workmate of a cousin (it’s complicated) of opposition giant Egypt Dzinemunhenzwa,…
RECENTLY Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement minister Anxious Masuka, for the umpteenth time, threatened to repossess underutilised land and allocate it to over 270 000 potential farmers on its waiting-list. Speaking at the unveiling of the Agricultural Rural Development Authority Vision Incubator and Accelerator Model (Arda VIAM) in Harare on Wednesday, Masuka said the…
By Ketty Nyoninyonik@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has said white farmers, whose land was expropriated by the government to resettle black families, have agreed to a new financial settlement deal under the Global Compensation Deed with payments expected next year. If the deal sails through, it will bring to closure the negotiations that have been taking…
By Brighton Muronzereyimuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw POLICE say they are not adequately resourced to conduct their operations optimally ahead of the crunch 2023 national elections. Addressing a post-budget consultative briefing by the Home Affairs parliamentary portfolio committee on Wednesday, deputy police commissioner general Elliot Ngirande bemoaned the limited allocation availed to law enforcement agents in the 2023 National…
By Nyasha Dube THE High Court has acquitted a Murewa man, Jacob Maunde, who was arrested last year for allegedly killing an 18-year- old boy during a bar fight. Maunde was arrested together with his friends, Leonard Jambwa, Spencer Dube and Adrien Kugara, and were jointly charged with the murder of Clever Muduuri before Dube…
By Regis ChingawoSENIOR STAFF WRITER A LOCAL women’s rights group has urged the government to develop a framework that classifies requests for sex in exchange for money or any favours in exchange for opportunities at workplaces or tertiary institutions as corruption, citing reports that such cases are on the rise and go unreported. The director…
By Nyasha Dube A POLICE officer risks having his monthly salary garnished to settle damages arising after he arrested and tortured in police cells a Chitungwiza resident, Ednock Dube, for allegedly violating Covid-19 curfew guidelines. Dube successfully sued Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, and the police officer, only identified in court…
Tamary Chikiwa and Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITERS THE National Aids Council (Nac) is targeting boys and men to be peer models in their communities to improve the uptake of HIV prevention interventions and to bring to an end HIV/Aids in Zimbabwe by 2030. This comes as Zimbabwe has recorded a decrease in new HIV infections…
By Brandon Josphat OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has warned his party legislators against accepting the US$40 000 loans being offered by the government, arguing it was immoral for them to do so given the poverty levels in the country. This comes after Zanu PF, MDC and CCC legislators received US$40…
