Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw SUSPENDED Registrar-General Clemence Masango, who is facing theft charges involving fuel coupons worth $108 000, has been freed on $10 000 bail. The State had opposed his admission to bail and on Wednesday he, together with his alleged accomplices Arthur Mathews and Benjamin Makiwa, spent the night in remand prison….
SUNSHINE Development land developer, Mandla Ndebele has approached the High Court seeking an interdict order against land invaders who allegedly stormed his project in Mabelreign and started pegging housing stands and constructing roads. The incident occurred yesterday at Stand 812 Mabelreign Township, where Ndebele’s company was developing housing stands on a piece of measuring 4,5509…
LAND baron Felix Munyaradzi has been sued for $2 million in defamation damages after allegedly filing a false complaint and causing the arrest of one of his clients. The court heard that Davison Jackson Nyambo had contracted Munyaradzi’s company Delatfin Investments (Pvt) Ltd for road works and would pay for the services by ceding a…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITERS MANY Zimbabweans are warming up to the recent calls for national dialogue and an internal resolution of the country’s decades-long political and economic crises, while also imploring President Emmerson Mnangagwa to move with speed to hold the much-needed talks with all key stakeholders. Among the groups which…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw NEWLY-APPOINTED Lands and Agriculture minister, Anxious Masuka, said yesterday that the government’s decision to compensate and restore land titles to white former commercial farmers was not a reversal of the country’s land reform programme. This comes after the government recently signed a US$3,5 billion Global Compensation Agreement with the…
Myles Matarise STAFF WRITER matarisem@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWEAN women should play a critical role in various sectors of the economy if the country is to attain its Vision 2030, a Cabinet minister has said. The impoverished southern African country, which is battling its worst economic crisis, is seeking to achieve an upper middle-income economy in the next…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE is likely to experience tropical cyclones in the forthcoming rainfall season which will result in floods, violent storms and damages to homesteads due to La Nina weather patterns, Environment minister Mangaliso Ndhlovu has said. A La Nina is a weather pattern that normally results in more rainfall as…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw SOME members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) have demanded the dissolution of the Christopher Mutsvangwa-led executive on account of neglecting them, the Daily News reports. Addressing the media in Harare yesterday, the former freedom fighters led by Ethan Mathibela, who was flanked by Ignatius Mutsinze,…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THE State fears former vice president Phelekezela Mphoko’s trial on corruption charges will expose government secrets and applied to have the matter heard in camera. State counsel Lovert Masuku told the court that they have gone through Mphoko’s defence outline and feel his testimony has sensitive information that should not…
Government has approved the principles of the Zimbabwe Youth Bill which provides for the empowerment and participation of the youth in development initiatives in the country. Speaking during a post-Cabinet media briefing held in Harare on Tuesday night, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the Bill would also provide for the setup of youth focal desks…
