LABOUR has pleaded with the government to urgently resolve the crippling power cuts to avoid retrenchments of employees across different sectors due to low production. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary-general Japhet Moyo said the current load-shedding could lead to job cuts due to below-capacity production…
POLICE yesterday arrested a 54-year-old church caretaker after he was found growing more than 700 dagga plants at Baptist Pinnacle Church premises in Westlea, Harare. Police national spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi confirmed to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday that they have since arrested one Lawrence Mtizwa, a caretaker at the church, on suspicions…
ZIMBABWE is set to hold its harmonised elections this year. This election could see the Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) extend its rule to 48 years. Historically, the African Union and Southern African Development Community (Sadc) continue to take up the regional burden of disputed Zimbabwean elections. Consequent political instability and violence in…
By Rutendo Ngara CONSTITUTIONAL law watchdog, Veritas, says the government breached the country’s Constitution by tabling the preliminary delimitation report on the 11th day instead of seven days after President Emmerson Mnangagwa received it from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). The watchdog said the delay would give Parliament a limited period to review and deliberate…
POLICE in Mpumalanga have arrested a 43-year-old undocumented Zimbabwean national, and charged him with kidnapping, extortion, armed robbery, and illegal possession of…
FOUR suspected armed robbers arrested on Thursday in Goromonzi and Harare for a spate of crimes across the country appeared in court yesterday before they were remanded in custody. Two members were remanded in hospital after they were injured following a shoot-out with the police. Thulani Munetsi and Zondai Previous Ngarande appeared before Harare magistrate…
HARARE businessman and music promoter Aggrey Tawengwa has died. The director of the popular Mushandirapamwe Hotel in Highfield, Tawengwa, passed on at a private hospital in Harare yesterday from diabetes. Family spokesperson Tendai Tawengwa, a brother to the late Aggrey, said he would be buried in Marondera at a date to be announced. “This is…
THE two Harare bouncers, Gideon Sanyangore and Blessing Kumunda, who were arrested in December after allegedly causing havoc at pubs and various music events, will continue to languish in remand prison after a magistrates court yesterday dismissed their application for bail. The two, who are facing attempted murder charges, appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje…
By Yvonne Ncube A BULAWAYO man Anele Moyo, 38, is in trouble after he was arrested for assaulting and burning his daughter with hot cooking oil on Christmas Day during a fight with his wife. He appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Malvin Shortgame yesterday where he pleaded guilty to two counts of assault. The allegations are…
INFORMATION Communication Technology minister Jenfan Muswere has commissioned the country’s first multi-million dollar rail fibre optic project in the resort town of Victoria Falls. It was bankrolled by international group Bandwidth and Cloud Services (BCS) in partnership with DFA Zimbabwe and is not only aimed at addressing the much-needed network diversity and redundancy in Zimbabwe,…
