FORMER Zimbabwe Power Company board chairperson Stanley Kazhanje has been granted bail pending appeal against his conviction. He was convicted for receiving a $10 000 bribe to stop the cancellation of a Gwanda solar project tender. Kazhanje’s appeal took a dramatic twist after it was discovered during the bail hearing that he was in the…
MDC Alliance Glen View North MP Kennedy Dinar has died. He was 42. Dinar died at Chitungwiza Central Hospital yesterday morning where he had been admitted after a short illness. Announcing his death, the MDC Alliance said it had lost a loyal and dedicated cadre. “We are saddened to learn of the untimely death of…
KEY stakeholders in the Zimbabwean tourism sector yesterday convened in Harare to deliberate on the progress in terms of disbursement of the $500 million economic stimulus package provided to them by government in May this year. The stimulus package included a set of economic measures put together to stimulate a floundering economy with the objective…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw JAILED rapist Munyaradzi Kereke is fighting to have his family occupy a Mazoe farm he bought in August while in prison after illegal occupants who have lived there since 2002 refused to vacate the property. Kereke assumed 100 percent ownership of subdivision A of Graham Extension of Burley Bottom, also…
Tarisai Machakaire FORMER chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe yesterday said he was going to apply for discharge at the close of the State’s case in which he is facing criminal abuse of office charges. This was after prosecutor Whisper Mabhaudhi led evidence from his last witness, retired senior regional magistrate Hosea Mujaya, and closed his case….
ASSISTANT EDITOR THE 3rd National Citizens’ Convention organised under the banner of the Citizens’ Manifesto and running under the theme: “None but Ourselves: Reimagining the future we want after Covid-19”opened yesterday with events taking place across the country. Citizens’ Manifesto Convener, Briggs Bomba in his opening remarks said the convention running until the 6th is co-convened…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw MANY Zimbabweans have welcomed the push by the MDC to hold talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF, with a view to forming a new government of national unity in a bid to end the country’s myriad challenges. Among those who have hailed the move are ordinary citizens…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT has summoned Primary and Secondary Education minister Cain Mathema to appear before it next week to explain measures the government has put in place to address the crisis in the education sector. This comes as teachers have been on a nationwide boycott of classes since schools reopened in…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Nurses Association (Zina) yesterday came out guns blazing and requested President Emmerson Mnangagwa to intervene in its impasse with the government, saying the situation regarding their welfare is now out of hand. This comes as the Health Services Board (HSB) removed 1 032 defiant nurses from its payroll…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ECONOMISTS and captains of industry yesterday predicted a continued stability of prices of goods and services into next year, the Daily News reports. During a state of the economy report by Africa Economic Development Strategies (AEDS) hosted by the Daily News yesterday, renowned economist Gift Mugano said the foreign…
