By Rutendo Ngara TWO Harare businessmen Moses Mpofu and Mike Chimombe will know the fate of their bail application at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts next Tuesday. This comes after the two accused were arrested on June 26 over alleged US$7 million fraud after they failed to supply over 600 000 goats under a presidential scheme….
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to officially launch the Gukurahundi community hearings in Bulawayo this Sunday to mark the rollout of the victim-centred reconciliation outreach programme in the Matabeleland region. This comes as the hearings are aimed at bringing closure to the unrest that occurred in the early 1980s and fostering lasting peace and unity…
By Ketty Nyoni nyonik@dailynews.co.zw OVER 210 000 people are expected to be vaccinated against cholera across the country as health authorities take measures to end the communicable disease that has killed over 700 since February last year. The oral cholera vaccination campaign, which starts at the end of this month, is targeting people who missed…
THE city of Harare is owed more than US$70 million by various stakeholders with residents being the biggest debtors, an official has…
ZANU PF is moving to stop its structures from continuing to urge President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his stay in office, the party’s national political commissar, Munyaradzi Machacha, said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Machacha said the former liberation movement would — in this regard — rein in the chanting of slogans suggesting that…
By Shamaine Chirimujiri chirimujiris@dailynews.co.zw TOP economist, businessman and presidential biographer, Eddie Cross, has drawn attention to the alarming levels of corruption in government. In his latest weekly blog, the independent minded Cross made the stunning revelation that he had recently been asked for a US$250 000 bribe by a senior government official to facilitate a…
THE United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) says Zimbabwe is lagging behind in achieving its National Health Strategy (NHS) on Neonatal Mortality Rate (NMR) reduction. According to Unicef, the first 28 days of life — the neonatal period — is the most vulnerable time for a child’s survival as it faces the highest risk of dying…
HEADS are set to roll at the state-run Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA) as a forensic audit in the operations of the organisation is expected to be completed at the end of this month. ZTA suspended its board and senior officials in December to allow the carrying out of the audit. Chief executive officer Winnie Muchanyuka…
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora has claimed that courts have ordered the Citizens Coalition for Change to pay his party US$90 000 after the rival opposition seized and occupied its offices. He said the MDC took the CCC to court after forcefully occupying its offices in Bulawayo, Masvingo, Gwanda, Kwekwe, Hwange and Gweru.The MDC has since…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE lawyer representing businessmen Mike Chimombe and Moses Mpofu in an alleged US$7 million fraud case yesterday told a Harare magistrate that Blackdeck’s contract to supply 600 000 goats to the Agriculture ministry was still valid. This emerged when Tapson Dzvetero cross examined Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) lead investigating officer Henry…
