A CHIWESHE man was jailed 18 years by the High Court last Thursday for murdering a reveller. Kudakwashe Chikukwa was convicted and sentenced to 18 years in jail for murder by High Court judge Esther Muremba. [GoogleAd] Prosecutor Venancia Mutake proved that on April 12 last year Chikukwa was drinking beer with the now deceased…
THREE lawyers have been banned from practising in Zimbabwe following their de-registration. The three are Tayengwa Dugmore Muskwe, Rudo Ollyn Kanyenze and Tendai Amon Toto. [GoogleAd] This brings to nine the number of lawyers deregistered between 2018 and this year. Since 1997, at least 39 lawyers have been banned from practicing, according to the Law…
ZANU PF Bulawayo province is deeply divided over firebrand former war veterans’ leader Jabulani Sibanda, pictured, who is being tipped to take over the province’s chairmanship. The province was left without a chair after Callistus Ndlovu passed away last month. [GoogleAd] A few weeks later, President Emmerson Mnangagwa dissolved its entire leadership and assigned his…
ON three occasions, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, pictured, has been forced to cut short his foreign trips to attend to pressing matters back home — raising questions about the quality of advice he is getting from those around him. In January, Mnangagwa abandoned his annual holiday after his deputy Constantino Chiwenga failed to contain a strike…
WORKERS in the funeral industry have been awarded a seven percent salary increase to cushion them against the harsh economic conditions, government has announced. According to this week’s Government Gazette, the salary adjustment is with effect from January 1. [GoogleAd] The least paid employee in the funeral services sector was earning $297,05 a month prior…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday left the country for Angola on a one-day visit. In his absence, Vice President Kembo Mohadi will be the acting president. [GoogleAd] The ministry of Information posted on its twitter handle yesterday that Mnangagwa will be attending the commemoration of Southern African Liberation Day, the Cuito Cuanavale. The day was declared…
THE Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Potraz) board is said to have agreed in principle to a tariff adjustment by the country’s mobile network operators (MNOs). [GoogleAd] The Daily News on Sunday learnt yesterday that the newly-appointed Potraz board acceded to requests from MNO for an upward review in tariffs at its meeting…
THE Member of Parliament for Norton, Temba Mliswa and his Chegutu West counterpart Dexter Nduna have been dropped from the reconstituted parliamentary portfolio committees on Mines and Transport, respectively. On Thursday, Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda reconstituted the Energy committee as well as that of Transport, a few weeks after they had been…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has shattered the dreams of scores of locals wishing to own homes, telling them to “shut-up” if they cannot afford housing stands that have been priced in foreign currency (forex). [GoogleAd] This comes at a time residents have challenged the city fathers over the decision which they say discriminates against…
NEARLY 40 students from Dzingire Primary School in Chimanimani are feared dead as the country continue to count the cost of the devastation caused by Cyclone Idai. This comes as the death toll from the natural disaster that left a trail of destruction in its wake in Manicaland is envisaged to rise to 300. [GoogleAd]…
