HARARE – There was pandemonium in Parliament after National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda ejected opposition MDC Members of Parliament from the house for refusing to stand up in honour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Daily News can report. Mnangagwa had come to the august House to listen to the 2019 National Budget presentation by Finance…
HARARE – There was pandemonium in Parliament after National Assembly Speaker Jacob Mudenda ejected opposition MDC Members of Parliament from the house for refusing to stand up in honour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. [Adz] [GoogleAd]
HARARE – Member of Parliament for Buhera South Joseph Chinotimba has accused administrators at Parliament of fuelling the current price madness in the economy, the Daily News can report. This was after the prices at which the lawmakers buy soft drinks and the staple sadza within the Parliament Building went up by significant margins. On…
HARARE – Former first lady Grace Mugabe’s sister, Shuvai Gumbochuma, who is facing allegations of fraudulently selling State land before paying for it, was yesterday remanded to January 8. Gumbochuma, who has been on remand since September, appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa without her lawyer Lovemore Madhuku. Prosecutor Shepherd Makonde advised the court Madhuku…
HARARE – Former Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) Commissioner-General Gershem Pasi who stands accused of criminal abuse of office appeared in court yesterday for routine remand where his case was postponed to January 11, by Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa. Pasi is accused of inflating prices for the acquisition of Information Management Systems (IMS) from $11 819…
HARARE – Zimbabwe is one of the seven African countries where clinical trials for a long-lasting injectable antiretroviral drug developed in Uganda would be conducted. Uganda, which has already started recruiting women for trials for the injectable drug for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, is taking the lead with Zimbabwe joining Kenya, Malawi, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa and…
HARARE – Former City of Harare town clerk Tendai Mahachi was yesterday denied bail and remanded in custody to December 6. He faces allegations of criminal abuse of office after he allegedly corruptly contracted Augur Investments to undertake the $80 million Airport Road rehabilitation project. Michael Mahachi was then Commission for the City of Harare…
BULAWAYO – Popular songbird Sandra Ndebele has finally dragged to court her former “business partner” Lindiwe Ndlovu who allegedly defrauded her of $100 000. Ndlovu appeared before magistrate Adelaide Mbeure yesterday and was not asked to plead. She was remanded out of custody to December 14 on $300 bail. It is the State’s case that…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) rarely admits to wrongdoing, officials from the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) told a Commission of Inquiry probing the August 1 post-election violence that claimed six lives. The commission yesterday heard testimonies from journalist Maynard Manyowa, an ‘‘A’’ Level student Simeon Chipukaso who was shot in the…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF reacted angrily to its former members’ testimonies before the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 killings, calling for the police to investigate the “violent thugs.” Former ruling party officials who included former Harare province youth chairperson Jim Kunaka and legislator Shadreck Mashayamombe spilled ruling party beans…
