By Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat POLICE have enlisted the help of the military and other security agents as authorities escalate their crackdown on armed robbers, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Kazembe said the move was meant to stem the rising cases of armed robberies in the…
By Brandon Josphat THE proposed Health Service Amendment Bill will dissolve the Health Service Board (HSB) and replace it with the Health Service Commission and the latter will have an oversight role to guarantee that citizens have access to public health care, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, says. The VP, who doubles as the Health minister,…
INTERPOL South Africa and the National Intervention Unit arrested a Zimbabwean businessman in Sandton on Thursday. Law enforcement agents arrested 43-year-old Frank…
By Nyasha Dube HIGH Court on Wednesday ruled that the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) secretary, Walter Chikwanha had a right to file an application contesting the legality for fired judge Erica Ndewere to remain in the possession of a government vehicle issued to her during her course of employment. The JSC approached the High Court…
By Hazel Marimbiza HEALTH authorities in Bulawayo say public hospitals in the city are facing blood shortages with some patients dying due to haemorrhage, while those with anaemia cannot undergo lifesaving surgical procedures. Bulawayo provincial medical director Maphios Siamuchembu told the Daily News yesterday that 2022 had been a bad year for patients in need…
By Regis Chingawo and Brighton Muronzereyi FISSURES have been reported in the MDC, with some senior party officials accusing their president, Douglas Mwonzora, of delaying an elective congress. One of the candidates eyeing the presidential post, Norest Marara, told the Daily News yesterday that Mwonzora tried to eject him from a national standing committee meeting…
A LEADING retailer, TM Pick n Pay, has pledged more financial support for cancer treatment and donated $15 million to the Cancer Association of Zimbabwe (Caz) yesterday. The money was handed to Caz chairperson Eugene Mlambo by TM Pick n Pay managing director Malcolm Mycroft. “Cancer does not only happen in October, it happens all…
By Nyasha Dube THE HIGH Court has ordered a private game park, Antelope Park, to pay over $5 million to the National Employment Council (NEC) for the Tourism Industry in outstanding amounts for pension and levy contributions. The employment council had approached the courts seeking its intervention and to order Antelope Park to pay it…
HARARE City Council directors Cainos Chingombe and Tendai Kwenda, who were nabbed on allegations of abuse of office over the purchase of luxury vehicles using money meant for service delivery, have been acquitted. The two were found not guilty of the allegations by regional magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti Guwuriro who ruled that there had been no…
By Nyasha Dube CHITUNGWIZA North MP Godfrey Sithole who was arrested earlier this year for allegedly inciting violence, was yesterday granted bail at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts’ after spending 149 days in remand prison. Sithole was arrested last June together with fellow Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP Job Sikhala and 13 other party activists…
