TWO more people have been nabbed in connection with the alleged siphoning of $158 million from POSB Bank in a case which has sucked in the bank accounts clerk. Hazel Makarau, 42, and Malvin Makarau, 39, appeared in court charged with fraud and were remanded out of custody on $5 000 bail each. It…
BULAWAYO High Court judge Nokuthula Moyo has dismissed with costs an application by a local civic society organisation Habakkuk Trust, which sought to interdict Parliament from conducting public hearings across the country on the proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 2 Bill. Habakkuk Trust, through its lawyers, had filed an urgent chamber application seeking an order directing…
PANICKY retailers and suppliers have started rejecting coins, $2 and $5 bond notes as the local currency continues to collapse on the country’s active black market, demanding, instead, to be paid in the much more stable United States (US) dollar. This comes as the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has introduced, with effect from today,…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITERS THERE is a renewed push to unite Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa ahead of the MDC’s extraordinary congress slated for late next month, the Daily News reports. This comes as Khupe and Chamisa have been involved in a fierce tussle for control of the country’s main opposition party…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw DOCTORS have warned authorities to fix quarantine centres to prevent a rise in coronavirus deaths and infections in the country, the Daily News reports. This comes as 179 returning residents — including one who tested positive for the lethal virus — have fled the quarantine centres, saying that they…
Blessings Mashaya SENIOR STAFF WRITER mashayab@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa hoodwinked the world into believing he was different from his predecessor Robert Mugabe, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, Kenneth Roth, has said. Mnangagwa was feted like a king when he replaced Mugabe in November 2017 after a military intervention, with crisis-weary Zimbabweans believing at…
Jeffrey Muvundusi in BULAWAYO VICTIMS of the flash floods that hit parts of Binga early this year are still living in tents at a time temperatures continue to drop during this winter season. Flash floods hit Binga’s Nsungulwe village in February, killing one, destroying homes, infrastructure, killing livestock and uprooting planted crops —leaving villagers stranded….
A PROPOSED new law which seeks to empower President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to handpick his deputies could see him deciding who takes over after him both as Zanu PF’s and the country’s new leader, analysts have told the Daily News On Sunday. This comes as Parliament is already holding public hearings across the country, ahead of…
GRAFT accused Health minister Obadiah Moyo yesterday appeared in court and was granted $50 000 bail, the Daily News On Sunday reports. The 66-year-old was arrested on Friday on graft charges linked to the US$60 million acquisition of coronavirus supplies. President Emmerson Mnangagwa Last week, Harare businessman Delish Nguwaya — who is the local representative…
PARLIAMENT last week embarked on nation-wide public hearings into Constitution Amendment (No 2) Bill to gather views of the people on the proposal to tinker with a number of provisions in the supreme law. The Daily News on Sunday senior reporter Blessings Mashaya last week had a chat with constitutional law expert and member…
