FORMER Cabinet minister Prisca Mupfumira has asked the court to reduce her reporting conditions from twice a week to once a month, citing health concerns. She was in court yesterday when she was given a trial date in a matter in which she is jointly charged with former National Social Security Authority (Nssa) director contributions,…
PRESSURE is mounting on the government over the holding of by-elections as more citizens are appealing for the High Court’s intervention for the electoral process to be authorised. This comes as the byelections were suspended after the government gazetted a statutory instrument, which indefinitely suspended the holding of by-elections, citing the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Last…
A WAR veteran who has been fighting former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere over a Mazowe farm has approached the High Court seeking an order barring his eviction from the premises. Efanos Mudzimunyi cited former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere, Seaflower Investments (Pvt) Ltd; Lands minister Anxious Masuka and the Sheriff of the High Court of Zimbabwe….
AN INVESTIGATOR in the case involving Stephen Kuwaza, 42, the officer-in-charge of police Theft From Car department — arrested for allegedly interfering with a witness in the probe against suspended Criminal Investigation Department (CID) national director Crispen Charumbira — wants him incarcerated. Michael Badzarigere, who is the investigating officer into the matter in which…
BULAWAYO’S Queens Park suburb became the latest suburb to record diarrhoea cases as the outbreak continues to wreak havoc in the city. This comes as water shortages have become part of daily life in the City of Kings. Water shortages have been cited as the major cause of the diarrhoeal outbreaks that the city is…
THE Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says the government must fast track the adoption and use of digital tools and artificial intelligence to improve food security and eradicate hunger, the Daily News reports. This comes as the World Food Programme (WFP)’s recent projections indicated that by year’s end, the number of food insecure Zimbabweans…
VENDORS and informal traders in the second largest city have thrown in the towel following the government’s “failure” to honour its pledge to disburse coronavirus (Covid-19) relief funds. Early this year, the government announced a cash transfer programme targeting the vulnerable in society, among them vendors and informal traders, whose means of earning a…
VARIOUS stakeholders yesterday called on legislators to clearly spell out the working conditions of colleges and polytechnics principals and equate their role to that of vice chancellors, the Daily News reports. This emerged during public hearings on the Zimbabwe Manpower Planning and Development Bill held online yesterday by the parliamentary portfolio committee. Joshua Mqabuko…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw AS TURMOIL consumes the country’s opposition, renowned professor of World Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, Stephen Chan, has once again warned Nelson Chamisa, pictured, and the MDC Alliance that they risk losing political relevance ahead of the crucial 2023 polls….
Sindiso Mhlophe FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube, pictured, says he will adequately fund security forces and anti-graft bodies going forward, in a bid to secure peace and the ease of doing business in the country, the Daily News reports. Launching the 2021 pre-national budget strategy in Harare on Friday, Ncube said securing a peaceful socio-political environment…
