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Tapiwa Chirume MASVINGO and Plumtree have enacted strict new noise-control by-laws, with offenders, including churches, wedding organisers, and businesses, facing heavy fines, permit cancellations, and confiscation of equipment. The regulations, published in the latest Government Gazette, prohibit any noise that disturbs residents, such as loud music, shouting, drumming, and even the noise from animals like…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE High Court has or­dered the Home Affairs minister and the police commissioner to pay US$42 000 in compensation after a 2017 police chase of commuter omnibuses in Harare resulted in the death of a child and injury to her mother. On the day of the incident, Patricia Dengezi, who…

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa today reshuffled his Politburo, moving Secretary General Obert Mpofu to Secretary for Information Communication and Technology (ICT). Mpofu has been replaced by the outgoing Secretary for Finance, Jacob Mudenda, while Ziyambi Ziyambi, who was the Secretary for ICT, is now the Secretary for Legal Affairs. Patrick Chinamasa has been appointed as the…

THE country is bracing itself for more deportations of Zimba­bweans from the United States of America, after Washington declared many locals there illegal immigrants. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspapert — the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Raphael Faranisi, confirmed yesterday that the US would soon deport…

Brandon Josphat CHIEF WRITER THE ruling Zanu PF says it is now up to President Emmerson Mnangagwa to determine whether his term of office will be extended beyond 2028. This comes as Zanu PF’s powerful provincial chairpersons also remain dead set on achieving the ruling party’s goal to keep Mnangagwa in high office beyond 2028….

CHURCH leaders are pleading with the international community to cancel Zimbabwe’s external debt burden of nearly US$15 billion. Marking International Peace Day yesterday, the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) said doing this would free up resources for critical sectors that include health and education. “We urge international partners to consider debt cancellation to alleviate…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE High Court is set to hear a contested matter regarding the estate of the late Harare Pro­vincial Affairs minister, Oliver Chidawu, where his wife, Spiwe, is challenging the distribution of properties they reportedly amassed together. When Chidawu died in 2022, he left a will that bequeathed an 80 percent…

Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER TWO Vietnamese nationals who allegedly trafficked their compa­triots under the pretext of secur­ing them lucrative employment appeared in court yesterday. Huu Dao Phan and his accom­plice, Thi My Quyen Duong, face charges of human trafficking and violating the Immigration Act. They were remanded in custody until today for a bail…

By Takudzwa Dhambu THE current efforts to repeal the United States of America’s sanctions law against Zimbabwe will boost the country’s economy and the lives of ordinary citizens significantly if successful. So says economist and author, Gift Mugano, who adds that it is also critical that Zimbabweans abandon their toxic politics and start working together…

AUTHORITIES have once again put on notice social media trolls who stand accused of seeking to cause anarchy in the country. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — police national spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, said yesterday that they were going all out to bring to book all social media troublemakers. “We…