Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw STRIKING doctors and nurses yesterday raised concerns over the lack of urgency by newly-appointed Health minister, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, and his team in bringing the much-needed change to the health sector, the Daily News can report. This comes as Chiwenga, over a week ago, tabled before Cabinet a…
STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw BUSINESSMAN and CAPS United boss Farai Jere, accused of swindling the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) of over US$3,5 million in a smart meters supply deal, has been denied bail. Jere, who is jointly charged with ZETDC employees Leonard Chisina and Freeman Chikonzo, were found to be improper candidates for…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE ghosts of factionalism and tribalism — which split Zanu PF in the middle during the troubled last few years in power of the late former president Robert Mugabe — are back with a vengeance, the Daily News reports. This comes as there are widening fissures in the former…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government is pushing the agriculture sector to approach farming as a business, and not as a “weekend and telephone” hobby, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country is grappling with food insecurity owing to poor planning and successive years of droughts caused by the effects of…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw HARARE magistrate Lazini Ncube yesterday threw out MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job ‘‘Wiwa’’ Sikhala’s application for refusal of placement on remand following his dramatic arrest last Friday in Tynwald North on allegations of inciting public violence. Dismissing the application, Ncube said the firebrand politician’s utterances calling for the foiled July…
THE trial of MDC Alliance youth leaders Joanna Mamombe, Cecilia Chimbiri and Netsai Marowa accused of faking their abduction after a demonstration in Warren Park, Harare, yesterday failed to kick off at the request of their lawyers. Their lawyer Alec Muchadehama told the court that they had not been served with all the papers to…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw THERE is no let-up to the mayhem devouring the divided MDC, with the party’s interim leader Thokozani Khupe now pushing to have her secretary- general Douglas Mwonzora disciplined, the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe and Nelson Chamisa have been involved in a similar and futile hammer and…
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe, pictured, has been sued by a local mining firm after he allegedly suspended issuing copper licences early this month. He allegedly made the announcement during a Bindura rally. The firm, Jadeyed Investments (Jadeyed), which supplies copper to Mimosa Mining Company and Zimbabwe Alloys, cited Kazembe and Attorney-General Prince Machaya as…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw MDC Alliance vice chairperson Job Sikhala, who is accused of inciting public violence, yesterday said utterances he is alleged to have made are just, but political banter synonymous with politicians. Sikhala is challenging his placement on remand, saying the allegations by the State do not disclose an offence and he…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw A MUREWA man has been slapped with the death penalty after murdering his seven-year-old daughter in 2017 as he sought to evade paying $30 maintenance. Charles Kavhumbura has been committed to custody while awaiting his execution for strangling his daughter to death. In his ruling, High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi…
