Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw THE MDC Alliance is hopeful that South African envoys will be able to nudge President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF to finally hold much-needed dialogue with the opposition and other key stakeholders to end Zimbabwe’s decades-old political crisis, the Daily News reports. So hopeful is the Alliance, that…
HARARE City councillor for Highfield, Lusaka Lovemore Makuwerere, has been arrested on allegations of criminal abuse of office. He is accused of collecting housing offer letters on behalf of two residents, which the State says is inconsistent with his duties. Makuwerere was not asked to plead to the allegations when he appeared before Harare regional…
THE Deaf Zimbabwe Trust (DZT) has approached the High Court seeking to have a provision of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act declared unconstitutional for failing to facilitate fair court hearings for persons with hearing impairments. DZT, which is represented by the Legal Resources Foundation, are the applicants in the matter, with Justice minister…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw DOCTORS and nurses are disappointed that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga — the new minister of Health and Child Care — is yet to meet them to end their industrial action, the Daily News reports. In addition, they say both Chiwenga and new Health permanent secretary, Jasper Chimedza, are taking…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw TRANSFORM Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume and convener of the foiled July 31 demonstration has once again approached the court seeking bail on changed circumstances, stating that the date of the planned protest had since passed. Ngarivhume, who is facing allegations of inciting people to participate in a violent demonstration, was…
Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw A SUSPECTED illegal Chinese immigrant is alleged to have fraudulently acquired Zimbabwean identification particulars and used them to attain 51 percent share ownership in investment deals. This was revealed in a High Court application by the Registrar General’s Office seeking an order declaring null and void Bruce Charles’ Zimbabwean national…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw Government should expedite the process of offering assistance to vulnerable households whose sources of income have been eroded by the impact of the coronavirus (Covid-19), the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (Wcoz) has said. This comes as the government has stalled on paying the vulnerable and increasing the $300 cushioning…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw HARARE City Council (HCC) has come under fire for failing to control and put out a fire at Pomona dumpsite that has been raging for three days, amid serious environmental and health implications in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) programmes manager Reuben Akili…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sworn in the new Energy minister, Soda Zhemu and Agriculture minister Anxious Masuka, who immediately indicated that they were ready to improve the energy and agricultural sectors respectively, the Daily News reports. Zhemu, a relatively unknown Zanu PF Member of Parliament for Muzarabani North, replaced…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO MDC-Alliance Bulawayo province has reacted angrily to the recall of five of its city councillors by the Thokozani Khupe camp, describing the move as naïve and anti-people. Former deputy mayor Tinashe Kambarami, who is already barred from office pending the outcome of a Supreme Court appeal on his legitimacy, Concillia Mlalazi,…
