Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw MINES and Mining Development minister Winston Chitando has been taken to court for allegedly delaying issuing a coke export licence to Hwange Coal Gasification Company (Pvt) Ltd (Hwange). The company wants the High Court to issue the licence. Hwange, which has been exporting coke for over a decade now, has…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw MACHETE gangs have struck again in Matabeleland North, robbing people of their goods and money, the police have said. This comes after two men were arrested in Inyathi for allegedly attacking a mine on Thursday. “Two men were arrested in Inyathi in connection with a case of robbery which occurred…
WITH ZANU PF continuing to reel from its long-standing demons of factionalism and tribalism, its national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has warned that the future of the party is on the line if its bigwigs don’t stop their destructive politicking, the Daily News On Sunday reports. Addressing Zanu PF structures in Harare last week, the…
WHEN the Covid-19 pandemic hit the globe in December 2019, many projected that like many outbreaks before, countries would contain it before devastating economies. But eight months later, the world is battling to contain the epidemic. Lockdowns have affected food production and grounded economies. Three weeks ago, Zimbabwe responded by unveiling the National Tourism Recovery…
THE ZIMBABWE government yesterday came out guns blazing, dismissing a statement made by western countries condemning alleged gross human rights violations saying they are being misled by the country’s detractors. This comes after the heads of mission of Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States of America said President…
RIGHTS groups have bemoaned government’s failure to end the strike by nurses and doctors at a time when Zimbabwe is struggling with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Zimbabwean healthcare workers went on strike over poor wages and the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) in early July, a situation the Human Rights NGO Forum (the Forum)…
AT LEAST 65 people have been arrested in Mazowe for destroying artefacts belonging to Mbuya Nehanda, the police have said. Mbuya Nehanda, also known as Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana, was one of the spiritual leaders of the Shona during the 1896-97 first Chimurenga war. She was convicted without trial and was executed in 1898. National police…
machakairet@dailynewsonsunday.co.zw TARISAI MACHAKAIRE Staff Writer RESIDENTS associations and civil society organisations across the country have raised concern over the recalling of councillors by the MDC faction headed by Thokozani Khupe. Since April when the Supreme Court upheld a previous High Court judgment that declared that Khupe was the legitimate MDC acting president, she has recalled…
ZIMBABWE has once again come under the spotlight over an alleged human rights crisis. Civil society groups, churches, political organisations in and outside the country have slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government over the alleged human rights violations following the crackdown on opposition political leaders, activists and government critics in support of the foiled…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw A GANG of alleged notorious armed robbers suspected to have committed a spate of robberies around the country appeared in court yesterday. Musa Taj Abdul, Liberty Mupamhanga, Prince Makodza, Godfrey Mupamhanga, Charles Lundu, Rudolph Kanhanga, Innocent Jairos and Tapiwa Mangoma are facing armed robbery allegations and unlawful possession of…
