CHURCHES have raised concern over the significant increase in the number of domestic violence cases during the lockdown, the Daily News can report. Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) general secretary Kenneth Mtata said they have since came up with a template to record the number of domestic violence cases across the country. “Due to hunger…
IT NEVER rains but pours for beleaguered MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa as he is now failing to pay party workers while his erstwhile comrades in the divided opposition party are plotting to lay criminal charges against him, the Daily News can report. This comes as it emerged that scores of MDC MPs are on…
BULAWAYO Progressive Residents Association (Bpra) has petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa so he can declare the water situation in the city a state of national disaster. Bulawayo City Council (BBC) increased water shedding to five days per week with effect from yesterday. It also comes after BCC wrote to the Lands ministry in January requesting the…
THREE suspected robbers clad in full police uniform allegedly mounted a fake roadblock along Robert Mugabe Street in town on Tuesday last week before stealing US$59 000 from a local businessman, a court heard. The court heard that Simba Kanyepi, 24, who worked for the complainant — Luke Kwezera — tipped his accomplices that his…
THE State has made a dramatic U-turn in the case of a Chitungwiza man who is accused of generating a fake press statement in the name of President Emmerson Mnangagwa announcing a 13-day extension of the current national coronavirus lockdown. After prosecutors had initially consented to Lovemore Zvokusekwa’s bail at magistrate’s court, the State yesterday…
A FAWCETTS security guard allegedly ganged up with fellow employees and stole mercury flasks valued $621 000 from a Chinese mining company that they manned, a court heard. Morgan Mputeri, 21, was charged with unlawful entry into premises in aggravating circumstances when he appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa. He was remanded in custody to…
THE lack of knowledge exhibited by the public pertaining to the deadly Covid-19 is worrisome, police have said. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi told the Daily News yesterday that more needs to be done to educate the public about the pandemic as some continuously defy lockdown measures out of ignorance and this trend was noticed…
©️ THE government is dispatching monitors across the country this week, to clamp down on retailers resisting its recent order to reduce their prices to March 25 levels. Economic experts who spoke to the Daily News last night immediately warned anew that the move to re-introduce price controls, and to employ monitors, would lead to…
©️ HEALTH Services Board (HSB) bigwigs have controversially awarded themselves hefty additional allowances, at a time that frontline health workers are getting measly salaries and incentives despite the onset of the global coronavirus pandemic. An HSB payment schedule that is in the possession of the Daily News shows that its top office bearers recently got…
©️ FIREBRAND independent legislator for Norton Temba Mliswa was arrested yesterday for undermining the authority of the police, the Daily News can report. Mliswa was captured on video, which went viral on social media, allegedly shouting at the police in Norton, accusing them of failing to enforce social distancing at a supermarket as a measure…
