SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE spokesperson for MDC leader Thokozani Khupe, Khaliphani Phugeni has stepped down from his position following allegations of raping an unnamed woman in Bulawayo, the Daily News on Sunday reports. Last week, Phugeni, 44, who is also the MDC national spokesperson appeared before Western Commonage regional magistrate, Sibongile Marondedze, who charged him…
THE ruling Zanu PF has rged Foreign minister Sibusiso Moyo, to move with speed to engage with American president-elect Joe Biden — in a bid to mend Harare’s strained relationship with Washington, the Daily News On Sunday reports. Speaking in Harare on Friday, Zanu PF spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa said although Zimbabwe was alive to…
The Ministry of Mines does not have a database of mining claims and relies on mining registration cards and monthly revenue returns for information on existent mining operations, the Auditor-General (AG) Mildred Chiri, pictured, has said. In a statement on the value for money performance report on the management of occupational health and safety in…
SELF-STYLED People’s Democratic Party (PDP) official Benjamin Rukanda who could not be located when the High Court barred his attempt to recall Harare mayor Jacob Mafume and two councillors has now surfaced and wants the matter revisited. High Court judge Justice Webster Chinamora granted an interdict against Rukanda by consent after Mafume, and councillors Simon…
THE late socialite Genius Kadungure aka Boss Ginimbi’s hearse was involved in yet another accident on Friday afternoon as his body was being carried home from a funeral parlour, his father told mourners at his burial yesterday. The late 36-year-old socialite was buried at his Domboshava mansion at a ceremony graced by notable figures who…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, is facing a rebellion from former legislators and councillors who were recently recalled from their positions by Thokozani Khupe — after he ordered them to go through primaries for the forthcoming by-elections for those posts, the Daily News reports. This comes as Chamisa…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw A HARARE magistrate yesterday refused to bail the controversial leader of the suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF), Henrietta Rushwaya, and three other co-accused — in a case of alleged gold smuggling, the Daily News reports. At the same time, businessman Ali Mohamad — who is jointly charged with the four…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynew.co.zw SMUGGLED inferior goods, including second hand clothes and imported used defective vehicles, have flooded Zimbabwe to the detriment of the local industry, according to a recent report by Auditor- General Mildred Chiri, pictured. In a report tabled in Parliament recently and aimed at examining the extent of the efficiency…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THE government and civil servants will meet on Monday after the public employees yesterday asked for time to consult on the 40 percent salary increment offer they described as “improved”, the Daily News reports. This comes as the government employees had initially rejected the offer when it was announced…
THE Chitungwiza Municipality wants the High Court to grant a stay of execution against an order for the closure of Chigumba Stands Dumpsite until it is properly secured and approved by the Environmental Management Agency (Ema). This comes after High Court judge Justice Mary Dube granted an application by the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum…
