TWO Health ministry officials appeared in court yesterday after allegedly making fraudulent requests for fuel involving $28 000. Enos Douglas Mangwenya, 61, and Simbi Raiva, 43, were released on $1 000 bail each when they appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa. They were ordered to report once a fortnight to the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission, not…
A SUSPECTED card cloner who allegedly manipulated international bank accounts to make online purchases locally has appeared in court. Allan Macdonald Makoni, 18, was charged with fraud, unauthorised use or possession of debit cards or alternatively contravening sections of the Money Laundering and Proceeds Act when he appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa yesterday. He…
NINENTEEN ex-Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) pastors who belong to a rival camp led by Cossam Chiangwa have been evicted from the church’s property in Bulawayo following a court ruling this week. In the application, filed before the Bulawayo Magistrates’ Court, AFM was the applicant, while Louis Donga and 18 others were cited as respondents. “In…
INTERNAL fights continue to rock the MDC in Bulawayo with the party yesterday banning mayor Solomon Mguni and five other councillors from accessing its provincial headquarters after they renewed town clerk Christopher Dube’s contract for another five years. The councillors endorsed Dube’s contract during a general purposes council meeting where they unanimously voted to extend…
Government is considering banning public gatherings until the world contains coronavirus, the Daily News can report. Although Zimbabwe is still to record any positive case of the deadly virus, authorities are not leaving anything to chance after the disease was confirmed in neighbouring South Africa where 13 people have been detected to have the killer…
THERE are fresh fears in the country — amid the continuing plunge of the Zimbabwe dollar on the black market and the ever rising prices of basic goods — that things could deteriorate to the horror levels of a decade ago, when the local economy imploded, causing immense pain to citizens, the Daily News reports….
THE Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health has expressed reservations about Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport’s capacity to effectively detect travellers with coronavirus (Covid-19) on arrival. This comes after a visit by the committee to the largest airport in the country and Wilkins Hospital in Harare to assess the state of preparedness to deal with the…
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has once again increased examination fees for Grade 7, ‘O’ and ‘A’ Levels, with the government offering to release $150 million towards subsidising part of the payment. The increase, which came barely a month after the hike was reversed following a public outcry, would see Grade 7 pupils in…
THE Daily News Breakfast Forum to be held at the Rainbow Towers Hotel tomorrow will provide a perfect platform for the guest of honour, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, to unpack the just-announced measures meant to stabilise the wobbly Zimbabwe dollar, organisers have said. Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Mangudya yesterday held…
THE ructions consuming the MDC are escalating, resulting in under pressure party leader Nelson Chamisa now telling his disgruntled comrades to leave the party if they so wish, while his restless supporters bashed each other in strife-torn Masvingo last weekend, the Daily News reports. This comes as the MDC is still struggling to heal the…
