Sindiso Mhlophe and Jeffrey Muvundusi STAFF WRITERS This comes as six lawyers namely, Patrick Tererai, Dumisani Dube, Choice Damiso, Tapiwa Makanza and Joshua Chirambwe, have been arrested in the past week mostly facing charges of obstruction of justice. The LSZ said while lawyers could be arrested like everyone else, the recent arrests of the lawyers…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw UNITED Nations (UN) human rights experts yesterday called on Zimbabwe to immediately end a reported pattern of disappearances and torture, saying they appear to be aimed at suppressing protests and dissent. The call comes after three MDC youth leaders, Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova were allegedly abducted…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu has backed ruling party secretary for war veterans Douglas Mahiya for launching the war veterans’ league. This comes after Zanu PF political commissar Victor Matemadanda slammed Mahiya for organising a party meeting without the knowledge of the commissariat department. In a video…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw POLICE yesterday swooped on the three MDC Alliance youth leaders, who participated in a flash demonstration in Warren Park, Harare recently and arrested them on fresh charges of reporting fake abduction and torture. The trio, Joana Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marova, were first arrested last month and appeared…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw A 32-YEAR-OLD maid reportedly vanished with her employer’s daughter and various wares a day after assuming employment. Vimbai Taonezvi appeared in court answering to the allegations and she will know her fate today when magistrate Richard Ramaboa hands down sentence. State counsel Benjamin Chikerema told the court that on December…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court has upheld a conviction passed against reinstated MDC chairperson Morgen Komichi for disrupting announcement of 2018 election results after his appeal was dismissed for lack of merit. Komichi was fined $200 or two months in prison after he was convicted of disrupting the announcement of the July…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE woman has appeared in court on allegations of fraud with the State alleging she was linking herself to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Chirambe Chikafu, 44, allegedly used the name Chantelle Mnangagwa in the offences before her real identity was discovered. She was not asked to plead to two counts…
Blessings Mashaya and Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITERS ©️ SECURITY chiefs yesterday dismissed talk of a pending military coup against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government — warning that they will descend heavily on all the purveyors of such information, the Daily News reports. In addition, they also warned former senior Zanu PF officials…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE government is seething with anger after regional powerhouse, South Africa, commented on Zimbabwe’s long-running political and economic crises earlier this week, the Daily News can reveal. This comes after Pretoria’s International Relations minister, Naledi Pandor, was interviewed by the Johannesburg-based Power FM radio station — where she,…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw TEACHERS’ unions have rejected the government’s decision to reopen schools between June 29 and July 28, saying the country has not yet proved that it has put all the safety measures in place to curb the spread of Covid-19. This comes at a time when Covid-19 cases have…
