Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw THE Law Society of Zimbabwe is seeking leave to serve summons on legal practitioner Abel Mvuu through the media as he has become unreachable after he allegedly used fake documents during a court application. In an application at the High Court, the Law Society of Zimbabwe are seeking authority to…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government yesterday awarded a 40 percent salary increment to civil servants, which will see the lowest paid public employee receiving $14 528 monthly, while teachers will get an extra 10 percent risk allowance. This is effective from November 1. This comes as teachers are on a strike that…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ALARMED by the rising numbers of new coronavirus infections in the country, health experts have implored authorities to do more to prevent the breakout of a second wave of the lethal disease among the populace, the Daily News reports. On its part, the government has expressed grave concerns over…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw CENTRAL Intelligence Organisation (CIO) operative Steven Tserayi, who is facing charges of smuggling and unlawful possession of gold together with Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, suspects those in charge of investigations in the case are trying to pin him to the offence. He told the court yesterday that the…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is among Sadc countries facing an acute shortage of food along with Zambia, Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Food Programme (WFP) has said. This comes as the government has embarked on an ambitious Pfumvudza agriculture programme targeting 1,8 million households with the aim of…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw A SISTER of one of the women who perished in a blaze that engulfed Genius Kadungure’s car after Sunday’s horrific accident, has expressed bitterness with her sibling for keeping company with the late Harare socialite. Mitchelle “Moana” Amuli was one of three passengers in Ginimbi’s Rolls Royce from which the…
VETERAN comedian and actor Lazarus Boora, popularly known as Gringo, passed on yesterday morning in Harare after a long illness. He was 47 years old. Boora had been admitted at Westview Clinic in Harare since Thursday last week. Mourners are gathered at Number 6653 Zimre Park, in Ruwa. His eldest son, Taurai Boora, aka Gringaldino…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government is hopeful that United States of America (USA) president-elect, Joe Biden, pictured, will be open to mending the strained relationship between Harare and Washington, the Daily News reports. This comes after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was among the first leaders around the world to congratulate Biden — a…
Vasco Chaya LIFESTYLE WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw SOCIALITE Genius Kadungure, popularly known as Ginimbi, died together with three passengers yesterday morning after his vehicle burst into flames following a horrific crash in Harare, the Daily News reports. The flamboyant businessman, known for his colourful and often controversial life, was only 36. Kadungure was travelling from a friend’s…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynew.co.zw CASH-STRAPPED Harare City Council (HCC) has blamed its water provision challenges on shortages of aluminium sulphate, a major chemical used to treat raw water. The local authority said it is currently receiving a third of its daily aluminium sulphate requirements. “We are currently experiencing depressed water production and onward…
