LEGISLATORS have pressurised Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to increase their supplementary budget vote to $15 billion which will cater for their welfare and Constituency Development Fund (CDF). This comes after Parliament last week arm-twisted Treasury to avail an additional $2 billion budget which pushed Parliament’s vote to $4,8 billion. Debating the recently passed supplementary budget,…

THE government will in future allow healthcare professionals to go on strike when they are not satisfied with their conditions of work. This was revealed in Parliament on Wednesday by Health and Child Care deputy minister, John Mangwiro, during the second reading of the Health Service Amendment Bill. Mangwiro said the proposed law would be…

HIGH Court judge Garainesu Mawadze’s son, Munyaradzi, accused of killing a cellphone dealer by slitting his throat with a kitchen knife before disappearing with seven iPhone cellphones, has been indicted to stand trial in the High Court. Munyaradzi is jointly charged with Elvin Dungo Saungweme and Dellion David Balani for the alleged murder of Sipho…

SOME leading opposition figures have expressed fresh concerns that time is running out for those who are at variance with the ruling Zanu PF to unite ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 crunch elections. MDC national chairperson, Morgen Komichi, was among those who reiterated to the Daily News yesterday that the opposition would be annihilated by…

A 58-YEAR-OLD father was sent to remand prison after he was arrested for allegedly raping his 16-year-old daughter and tried to take poison when the matter came to light. Allegations are that between May and July this year, the father raped the teenager after she was left in his custody by her mother who had…

A REGIONAL magistrate has ruled that ailing Marry Mubaiwa, left, accused of trying to kill her ex-husband and Vice President Constantino Chiwenga can stand trial in Zimbabwe despite the alleged offence having been committed in South Africa. Magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka ruled that local courts have jurisdiction to hear the matter because it involves Zimbabweans and…

ZANU PF MP for Gokwe Nembudziya, Justice Mayor Wadyajena and his Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) bosses co-accused were yesterday shipped to remand prison pending continuation of their bail application today. Wadyajena is alleged to have acquired 25 trucks from alleged Cottco money that was sent to a United States firm under the guise of…