HARARE – A Mutoko man who allegedly raped and murdered a Roman Catholic nun threatened to kill Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa in court yesterday. Enock Potani of Chiuriri Village under Chief Mutoko made national headlines after he allegedly raped and murdered Plaxedes Kamundiya while she was praying at the Glorious Cross of Life. Potani allegedly…
HARARE – The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) is today going to conduct public interviews for candidates to fill in the position of prosecutor-general following Ray Goba’s resignation. JSC deputy secretary Munamato Mutevedzi confirmed to the Daily News that the interviews will be held today at the Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare. “The interviews are proceeding….
BULAWAYO – Bulawayo mayor Solomon Mguni will from today (Wednesday) embark on a two-day programme to tour the city’s dilapidated industrial sites with the view of having first-hand information of the crisis on the ground. This, the mayor said, will see the city fathers coming up with a position paper which will support ailing industries…
BULAWAYO – Nelson Chamisa had ordered Bulawayo deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami to step down and pave way for the party’s preferred candidate Mlandu Ncube. In a letter to Kambarami dated October 29, the MDC instructed the dreadlocked deputy mayor to step down from his position within seven days. “Failure to comply within the stipulated period…
HARARE – The 2018 harmonised elections were marred by massive intimidation, isolation and violence in rural communities, the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace in Zimbabwe (CCJPZ) has reported. In a statement yesterday, CCJPZ said the July election narrative was centred on fear which was motivated by promises of a return of 2008 political violence,…
HARARE – Deputy chief secretary to the president and Cabinet, Justin Mupamhanga, has been embroiled in a nasty farm wrangle in Bindura, following a boundary dispute which has spilled into the High Court. According to the court application, Soul Gomwe is the applicant, while Mupamhanga and Lands minister Perrance Shiri are cited as respondents. Gomwe…
HARARE – Vice President Kembo Mohadi’s estranged wife Tambudzani has pulled yet another stunt, after dragging the magistrate who dealt with her husband’s application for a protection order to the High Court, accusing the court official of bungling legal procedures. In the latest application filed at the High Court on Monday, Tambudzani is now seeking…
HARARE – The Harare City Council (HCC) is failing to fully accommodate all the vendors at sites designated for them. As such, some of the vendors who could have been allocated space at district markets cannot find space as the city centre is now swamped. According to minutes of HCC’s informal sector committee, a total…
HARARE – A number of product lines that have become household names in Zimbabwe are being smuggled out of the country, thereby depriving the fiscus of millions of United States dollars. The Daily News can reveal that a number of popular brands manufactured in Zimbabwe are finding their way into countries such as Zambia and…
HARARE – As long as Finance minister Mthuli Ncube doesn’t play the politics of his appointing authority as well as of the ruling Zanu PF party he will keep on tripping over himself, analysts contend. These sentiments come after Ncube recently appointed Acie Lumumba as chairperson of the ministry’s Communications Taskforce, only to fire him…
