HARARE City Council (HCC) has reviewed its housing policy and immediately banned the selling of land through housing cooperatives following an upsurge of illicit housing deals with land barons being at the centre stage. According to the city fathers, the reviewed housing policy restores the city’s authority to service and sell land to individuals on…
FORMER Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere’s lawyers have written to the registrar of the High Court, Don Ndirowei, seeking to have the politician’s matter — in which he is demanding an order directing the State to release his title deeds — heard by a judge other than Justice Edith Mushore. In the letter dated March…
FORMER Local Government minister, Ignatius Chombo, was yesterday removed from remand in a case he is accused of illegally facilitating the sale of a government house in Mutare to ex-Zanu PF legislator Fred Kanzama. This comes after the State failed to secure a requisite policy document. Chombo, who is jointly charged with former valuations and…
AILING Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, was in fact airlifted to China on Sunday, as health woes continue to dog the powerful former military commander. This comes after the Daily News reported exclusively in its Monday edition that Chiwenga was once again not feeling well, and that he had been ordered by his doctors to…
IN A welcome development, South Africa has confirmed that it will not close its key land border with Zimbabwe in the wake of the lethal coronavirus pandemic that has forced Pretoria to shut dozens of its ports of entry, the Daily News reports. This comes as Pretoria has introduced a raft of measures to contain…
THE Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta) and Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) are calling on the government to close all schools as a preventive measure against the coronavirus which has claimed thousands of lives globally. This comes as neighbouring South Africa announced that all schools will be closed from today until after the Easter holidays…
SAKUNDA Holdings yesterday said it executed above board the financing of Command Agriculture and challenged Parliament, if in doubt, to call for a joint sitting of the energy company and the ministries of Agriculture and Finance to iron out sticking issues. Appearing before the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chaired by MDC MP for…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday threw his Defence minister — Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri — under the bus when he rebuked her for claiming that the deadly coronavirus which has wreaked havoc across the globe is God’s punishment on western nations that have imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe. Muchinguri-Kashiri, who is the Zanu PF chairperson and one of the…
LINGERING health concerns forced Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, pictured, to abandon his State duties last week, compelling his doctors to order him to rest at home, the Daily News can reveal. This comes as speculation and conspiracy theories swelled last week after the powerful VP failed to attend a field day that was hosted at…
THE government is not contemplating closing Zimbabwe’s borders for now, as the lethal coronavirus continues to spread and to create havoc around the world, the Daily News reports. This comes as many countries are taking drastic measures ranging from closing their borders and banning big public gatherings, as part of desperate efforts to halt the…
