© A serial thief who was caught on camera while smashing a car window and stealing a bag in Avondale, Harare was yesterday sentenced to an effective three years in jail for the offence. Michael Robinson, 49, was caught on Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) in mid-May while committing the offence and the video went viral…
© President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has been hailed and slammed for repealing the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act, in the face of seemingly insurmountable big-business opposition to a law that gave Zimbabweans the right to take over and control foreign-owned companies in the country. [GoogleAd] Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s repeal of the Indigenisation and economic…
© A vicious turf war is brewing after a Chirumhanzu chieftainship dynasty approached the High Court seeking an order compelling Midlands Provincial Assembly of Chiefs to name the correct successor to the deceased Jerald Mudzengi. [GoogleAd] A meeting of the traditional leaders’ steering committee convened by the Chirumhanzu chieftainship dynasty and held at Rutunga Business…
© PARLIAMENT is piling pressure on government to act quickly as fresh water is fast becoming a dangerously scarce resource, driving a surge in fights to secure supplies in both rural and urban communities. [GoogleAd] In the National Assembly, MDC legislator for Warren Park Shakespear Hamauswa demanded that the Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural…
© LEGISLATORS have tasked government to deal with debt collectors who are being contracted by public institutions to harass their constituents. [GoogleAd] The matter was raised last week by Zanu PF Chegutu West MP Dexter Nduna who asked the deputy minister of Home Affairs, Mike Madiro what government was doing to deal with the contentious…
© MDC legislators hagrilled Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Settlement minister Perrance Shiri, pictured, over Statutory Instrument (SI) 145 of 2019 which directed farmers to sell all maize to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB) only. [GoogleAd] Government in June this year banned the selling or buying of the staple by individuals in a bid…
© Government has increased prices of both petrol and diesel — making this the fifth price hike in seven months –— in a move which is set to ignite further rises in the cost of basic consumer goods and services. [GoogleAd] This comes as Finance minister Mthuli Ncube last Thursday heaped more misery on long-suffering…
© THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulator of Zimbabwe (Potraz) yesterday made a desperate call to government for exemption of load shedding to mobile phone operators as the debilitating power shortages had left the industry in distress. [GoogleAd] This comes as the country’s largest mobile cellular network, Econet — is being aggressively weighed down by power…
© DESPITE the Zanu PF government continuing to make much song and dance about the West’s targeted sanctions against Harare, many Zimbabweans say the biggest impediments to the country’s development are the rampant public sector corruption and the ruling party’s incompetence. [GoogleAd] Political analysts and opposition leaders who spoke to the Daily News on Sunday…
© OPPOSITION MDC MPs claimed that they were yesterday barred from Parliament where Finance minister Mthuli Ncube presented his mid-year budget review and supplementary budget statement, which largely introduced sharp price increases in a number of sectors. [GoogleAd] Former MDC chief whip and Standing Rules and Orders committee member Innocent Gonese said they were barred…
