ZIMBABWE Amalgamated Churches Council (Zacc) has accused Roman Catholic bishops of meddling in the country’s political affairs, saying they should instead pray for President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Addressing the media yesterday, Zacc patron Jimayi Muduvuri, pictured, said churches must support the president for the good of the country. “We are not happy with what bishops…
SENIOR regional magistrate Trynois Utahwashe says releasing Transform Zimbabwe leader and convener of the 31st July Movement Jacob Ngarivhume will endanger public safety and peace. Utahwashe, who declined granting Ngarivhume bail on his third attempt, said the courts were impartial and only dealt with the law, not politics. Ngarivhume, who is facing allegations of inciting…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has urged the public to respect the sanctity of human life and avoid taking matters into their hands after 16 people were murdered within a week, the Daily News reports. “ZRP notes with concern the upsurge in murder cases during the period extending from August…
Austin Karonga STAFF WRITER Karongaa@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday sent a message of condolence to the family of former University of Zimbabwe history associate professor, Chengetai Jonas Mudadirwa Zvobgo, pictured, who passed on in Harare on Tuesday after a protracted stroke-related battle. He passed on at St Giles Medical Rehabilitation Centre aged 78. He is…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw RESERVE Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor John Mangudya, pictured, yesterday said the country partly dollarised to allow citizens to use foreign currency they get from their relatives in the diaspora, the Daily News reports. Addressing a virtual press conference jointly held by the RBZ and the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority,…
TOURISM minister Mangaliso Ndlovu says the government is finalising the structuring of the sector’s satellite accounts, for Zimbabwe to accurately record the industry’s revenue, which he says is currently understated. This comes as the ministry is targeting to bring the sector’s revenue up to US$5 billion by 2025, from US$1,3 billion in 2018. “A lot…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw TRADITIONAL leaders should join the fight against soaring cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in the wake of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic- induced national lockdown, Heal Zimbabwe Trust has said. This comes as the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Gender Protocol Barometer 2020 recently revealed that 68 percent of women…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw AS EFFORTS continue to end Zimbabwe’s decades-long political crisis, MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti, pictured, says any meaningful national dialogue that is to take place in the country should necessarily involve the military. Speaking to the Daily News in an exclusive interview yesterday, the shrewd lawyer-turned-politician said the…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba has become the latest casualty of the MDC’s mindless bloodletting, after he was removed from office yesterday together with five other councillors, the Daily News reports. The Glen Norah councillor became the mayor of the capital city in September 2018, after the Harare City Council…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has seriously affected the second session of the 9th Parliament which will soon come to an end. This comes as both the National Assembly and the Senate are not sitting as the country is grappling with the spread of the deadly Covid-19. Legal watchdog…
