HARARE – High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi — who recently freed businessman and socialite Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure on bail on his tax evasion charges — has said duty judges have an obligation to hear urgent chamber applications any time, to ensure the smooth flow of the administration of justice. Chitapi said this in a judgment…
HARARE – Suppliers are apparently refusing to release fuel to Zimbabwe until the government settles what it owes to them, the Daily News was told yesterday. This comes as the prices of fuel are going down elsewhere in the region, while Zimbabweans have to contend with more anxiety and snaking queues at garages — as…
HARARE – In yet another controversy that has engulfed problems-prone Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has blocked him from appointing economist and former opposition kingpin — Eddie Cross — as his special advisor, the Daily News can report. The development comes barely two months after Ncube was left with egg on his face,…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe School Examination Council (Zimsec) Board and Management has announced the national release of grade seven examination results, with candidates expected to start collecting their results from schools on Tuesday. Speaking during a press briefing, the Board chairperson Eddie Mwenje said this year’s national pass rate improved by 7.35 percent as compared…
HARARE – SAfAids, Viamo, Clinton Health Access Initiative through funding from Aidphones has partnered with young people and peer educators in Bindura to launch an audio magazine programme that seeks to engage young people on HIV prevention and sexual reproductive health rights information. The audio magazine is targeting young girls and boys between the age…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Water Authority (Zinwa) is offering discounts of up to 50 percent to ratepayers who settle their water bills before December 31. In a notice issued in the press yesterday, the water authority said the discount offer is open to all its clients, including irrigating farmers, mines, local authorities, schools, government…
HARARE – One faction of the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) in Zimbabwe says it has elected a new leadership led by Reverend Amon Dubie Madawo as the new president. Reverend Clever Mupakaidzwa was elected as Madawo’s deputy. The AFM church had split into two factions — one led by former president Aspher Madziyire and another…
HARARE – “One afternoon all hell broke loose when the rebels started raping women and killing men in our village. “Afraid of being the next victims of the impromptu war, we left Rwanda in the evening and never looked back. I had just witnessed the killing of my aunt by our neighbour because we were…
HARARE – Former Mines and Mining Development permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga — accused of forcing the Minerals Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe (MMCZ) to illegally pay $1,6 million to a foreign firm — has implicated the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) in the alleged fraud. This was revealed in court last Friday when the State led by…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is set to receive $165 million of Chinese aid for the full construction of a new Parliament building in Mt Hampden, yet Finance minister Mthuli Ncube has allocated $3,8 million in the 2019 National Budget to bankroll construction of the same building. This comes just after President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday commissioned…
