THE High Court has given the government a six-month ultimatum to establish an independent complaints mechanism that will ensure the conduct of security forces is kept in check. The judgment has been delivered in the wake of Cabinet’s recent approval of an Independent Complaints Commission Bill, which is in line with the dictates of the…
THERE was joy and jubilation outside the courtroom yesterday after City of Harare officials Cainos Chingombe and Tendai Kwenda were set free after their corruption case collapsed. Chingombe, who is the human capital director at Town House, and finance director, Kwenda, were accused of prejudicing the council by awarding themselves huge bonuses and allowances. Shortly…
CHIEF Wasi Ndiweni of Mangwe district, Matabeleland South Province, is appealing to the government to intervene as his subjects continue to lose hundreds of cattle which are being shot after straying into Botswana. Botswana in 2016 introduced a shoot-to-kill policy to eliminate all cattle that stray into her territory. This has, however, seen over a…
IT HAS emerged that imposters are abusing the name of former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor, Gideon Gono, to scam unsuspecting people. Gono told the Daily News yesterday that a number of people had been duped into releasing huge sums of money into a fraudulent account in South Africa — adding that he had “absolutely…
By Tariro Sajeni ZIMBABWE has recorded a huge increase in malaria deaths and cases this year and the situation has been compounded by similarities of the disease’s symptoms to those of Covid-19, the Daily News can report. From January 1 to November 31, at least 392 people have succumbed to malaria while the country has…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police has promoted over 5 000 officers to various ranks, in one of the biggest changes in recent history, the Daily News reports. The latest changes were revealed in a radio communication dispatched on November 30 and was confirmed by national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi. The promotions came on the back of…
By Pepertua Rojasi THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) insists it will continue to provide essential service to travellers at Beitbridge Border Post despite eight Covid-19 cases being reported at the port of entry. Zimbabwe’s gateway to South Africa was finally opened to the public on Tuesday after eight months of closure due to the…
By Loyd Matare ZANU PF secretary for the war veterans in the politburo Douglas Mahiya has accused western countries of misrepresenting Zimbabwean history. Addressing a media briefing in the capital yesterday at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Museum of African Liberation, Mahiya said there was a knowledge gap between what foreign voices present and…
THE government has made a U-turn on its earlier decision to extend by six months the validity of provisional driver’s licences and defensive driver’s certificates which expired from March 30 onwards. Following the Covid-19 outbreak, the government imposed a strict lockdown which banned all public gatherings, with only essential services allowed to operate. The…
SIX people, who were arrested on allegations of mopping up foreign currency from the public in Mutare using mobile money in transactions involving $5 billion, claim they were conducting lawful business and that charges against them are defective. Simbarashe Charamba, Felix Tafadzwa Chikuse and their companies Family First Choice Supermarket and Bailey Charamba Investments are…
