THE government yesterday hiked ZBC listeners’ licence fees for a car radio to $600 a quarter and also legalised the payment of the fees in foreign currency. This was contained in Statutory Instrument 63 of 2020 gazetted yesterday. “A listener may pay any fee referred to in Subsection (1) in euros, British pounds, South African…
MDC vice president and Harare East MP Tendai Biti’s High Court appeal hearing against his conviction and sentence for illegally announcing the 2018 elections has been deferred to May 11 due to the prosecutor’s unavailability. High Court judges Felistas Chatukuta and Pisirayi Kwenda on Monday postponed the hearing due to prosecutor Editor Mavuto’s absence. Mavuto…
SENIOR regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya, who presided over businessman Genius Kadungure’s US$4 million tax evasion case, yesterday queried why the State expressed ignorance of talks for an out-of-court settlement between the accused and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra). This was after Kadungure and his company Piko Trading’s lawyer Jonathan Samukange had sought a postponement of…
AN alleged serial Gwanda robber who is part of a 10-member gang involved in 15 robbery cases using machetes and a gun has been arrested. Police national spokesperson Paul Nyathi confirmed the arrest, saying they were still hunting for the other nine. “Police in Gwanda have arrested Given Mumba, 33, of Murake Nyathi village, Chief…
A SUSPECTED Harare serial rapist who reportedly lured women to secluded areas and raped them after promising them jobs appeared in court yesterday. Costar Kabvuratsiye, 28, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzayi Mugwagwa charged with three counts of rape and was advised to apply for bail at the High Court. He was remanded to March 24….
ESCALATING cases of violence against women and girls in public and private spaces has sparked outrage from women’s organisations and civic society groups that are calling for tough measures to be put in place to protect and empower them. This comes as the world celebrated International Women’s Day on Sunday under the ‘Each for equal’…
SOUTH Africa-based FreeZim Congress party leader, Joseph Busha, yesterday came out guns blazing, saying the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) is an institution set up to promote the ruling Zanu PF’s propaganda instead of dealing with the country’s socio-economic crisis. This comes as the government recently announced that Polad members would soon embark on international trips…
PEOPLE living outside the country will be counted in the 2022 national census as the government strives to come up with a near-accurate population of the country, the Daily News can reveal. This was revealed at the launch of the 2022 Zimbabwe Population and Housing Census Publicity and Advocacy Strategy at a local hotel in…
HARARE residents will continue to suffer as the water crisis in the capital continues to deepen. Most suburbs in the capital have gone for weeks without tap water while others have gone for months. “The persisting water crisis in Harare is causing suffering to residents. They are now being forced to drink, and wash less…
WHILE Zimbabwe needs 350 more base stations, investors are not getting funding to implement the projects, Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) director-general Gift Machengete has said. Machengete told the parliamentary portfolio committee on Information Communication Technology (ICT) on Monday: “We would want to cover each corner of the country and from the…
