Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw THE trial of former chief magistrate Mishrod Guvamombe continued yesterday, with the State leading evidence on the first count where he is accused of exerting pressure on a subordinate to recuse himself from a fraud trial. Guvamombe is answering to two counts of criminal abuse of office before High Court…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw THE United States (US) President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief (Pepfar), through the US Agency for International Development (USAid), yesterday launched two projects worth a combined US$78 million to provide critical HIV healthcare services for over 500 000 Zimbabweans. USAid Zimbabwe mission director Art Brown said the US is…
LABOUR minister Paul Mavima has dissolved the National Social Security Authority (Nssa) board less than two years after it was appointed by his predecessor Sekai Nzenza. In a statement yesterday, Mavima said the Cuthbert Chidoori-chaired board would be replaced within three months. “Nssa is currently engaged in a strategic reorganisation and restructuring exercise which has…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw CHITUNGWIZA General Hospital has begun arrangements for paupers’ burials for 31 bodies that have not been claimed from its mortuary since last year. The hospital announced this week that the mortuary, which has a carrying capacity of 43 corpses, was now congested “No one has come to collect the bodies…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITERS THE interim MDC leadership is keen to hold talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF, with a view to forming a new government of national unity (GNU), the Daily News can reveal. Speaking separately to the Daily News yesterday, acting MDC national chairperson Morgen Komichi and party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE government will soon establish an independent commission to investigate complaints against members of the security sector after the Cabinet yesterday agreed on the principles for the Zimbabwe Independent Complaints Commission Bill. Speaking during yesterday’s post-Cabinet media briefing, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the move was in line with…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya yesterday exonerated First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa and claimed ownership of the gold that was seized from her at the airport. Rushwaya also said she is licensed to possess gold. She said she is a victim of politics and the involvement of the Criminal…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL servants have rejected a 20 percent salary adjustment tabled by the government during yesterday’s National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) meeting in Harare, the Daily News reports. This comes as teachers have been on strike since schools reopened in September demanding better working conditions. Speaking to the Daily News…
SEVERAL Zanu PF bigwigs, including Cabinet ministers, survived a nerve-racking and tension-filled process at the weekend as the ruling party chose candidates for its divisive district co-ordinating committees (DCCs), the Daily News reports. Well-placed Zanu PF insiders told the Daily News yesterday that meetings of the party’s provincial co-ordinating committees (PCCs) that were held in…
THE State has opposed bail for an alleged gold syndicate, which includes Zimbabwe Miners Federation president Henrietta Rushwaya, businessman Ali Mohamad, Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officers Steven Tserayi and Raphios Mufandauya, and Gift Karanda, claiming they will flee from the country. The State added that a hovering minimum five-year-jail sentence each for unlawful possession of…
