Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw ©️ PROMINENT Harare lawyer Thabani Mpofu yesterday spent a second night in police custody and was slapped with a further charge pending his appearance in court today, the Daily News can report. Mpofu was on Monday arrested and charged with defeating the course of justice in a Constitutional Court application…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THERE is growing pressure on the government to ditch the collapsing Zim dollar and reinstate the multi-currency system, anchored by either the United States dollar or the South African rand, to stem the country’s looming economic implosion, the Daily News reports. This comes as prices of basic consumer…
Mugove Tafirenyika SENIOR STAFF WRITER tafirenyikam@dailynews.co.zw ©️ PROMINENT Harare lawyer Thabani Mpofu was arrested yesterday for allegedly defeating the course of justice in a Constitutional Court application that he filed last year challenging the appointment of Prosecutor General Kumbirai Hodzi, the Daily News reports. Mpofu is well-known for having successfully defended the 2017 military coup…
Tendai Kamhungira DEPUTY CHIEF WRITER kamhungirat@dailynews.co.zw ©️ THE United States has called on the Zimbabwean government to stop “State-sponsored violence against peaceful protesters, civil society, labour leaders and members of the opposition”. This comes after Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo summoned US ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols over claims by a senior US official Robert…
Helen Kadirire STAFF WRITER kadirireh@dailynews.co.zw WOMEN’S Coalition in Zimbabwe (WCOZ) has called on the government to investigate living conditions at coronavirus quarantine and isolation centres around the country, the Daily News can report. In a statement, the organisation said as the number of people returning from outside the country continues to rise, the government was…
©️ NON-Governmental Organisations and United Nations agencies have partnered with Harare City Council to repair and rehabilitate the city’s aged water distribution network in various suburbs. According to recent environmental management committee minutes, Unicef, Oxfam, VEI, Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) and Welthungerhilfe (WHH) have undertaken to fix boreholes and infrastructure rehabilitation. The…
©️ IN A surprising development at the weekend, the interim leader of the MDC — Thokozani Khupe — paid a visit to the rural home of the main opposition party’s late founding father, Morgan Tsvangirai, as the mindless bloodletting within the party escalates, the Daily News reports. The unannounced trip to Humanikwa Village, in Buhera…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts have once again bemoaned the rising cases of coronavirus in the country — especially those related to local transmission, the Daily News reports. This comes after the number of Zimbabwe’s Covid-19 infections jumped to 174 over the weekend. The president of the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for…
THOKOZANI Khupe, the acting MDC president, has recommended 12 sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) for recall as she consolidates her power in the party. Former co-Home Affairs minister Theresa Makone is among the 12 MPs who are expected to be recalled from Parliament tomorrow for taking sides with a camp of the MDC led by…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE Environmental Lawyers Association (Zela) has called on the government to fast track the legalisation framework of small-scale and artisanal miners in addition to improving the gold trading framework in efforts to curb the illicit sale of minerals. This comes as Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) recently introduced a…
