BY BRANDON JOSPHAT POLICE say they could not sanction the venue that Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) intended to use for their star rally, as it needed approval from other stakeholders. This comes after police had stopped CCC from holding their star rally in Bindura today. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has given unscrupulous business entities defying government economic policies a one week ultimatum to desist from hoarding basic commodities and manipulating the economy. This comes after authorities have claimed that there are some companies and individuals that want to sabotage the government’s economic development efforts so that citizens turn…
SOUTH AFRICAN opposition leader Julius Malema has offered transport to Zimbabweans living there who are registered to vote in this year’s general elections to come home and exercise their right. Addressing the media on Thursday, Malema, who leads the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), said his party was ready to hire buses to transport Zimbabweans so…
BY RUTENDO NGARA THE Airports Companies of Zimbabwe (ACZ) is eyeing the expansion of the Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo (JMN) Airport runway in Bulawayo, as well as rehabilitating other airports in the country. Speaking to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, chief executive officer of ACZ, Tawanda Gusha, said with the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport…
THE United Kingdom (UK) is so far encouraged by Zimbabwe’s preparations for next month’s crucial national elections. At the same time, Britain also says it stands ready to support Zimbabwe’s efforts to re-join the Commonwealth if the country meets the admission requirements. Speaking in the House of Lords on Thursday, the UK’s minister of State…
Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw OVER 12 000 accused persons were convicted and sentenced in the first quarter of this year, with armed robberies, rape, assaults and domestic violence being the main crimes committed during this period. This was confirmed by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) which blamed poverty and unemployment as the main drivers of…
Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have stopped the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) from holding a star rally in Bindura tomorrow. In a letter yesterday to CCC’s provincial administrator, Susan Mawire, the Bindura District police superintendent, Gladman Chiparaushe, said the desired venue for the rally posed a high-risk security threat to participants. He said…
THE High Court yesterday reserved judgment in an application filed by Zanu PF activist Lovedale Mangwana, seeking to have the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) nullify presidential hopeful Saviour Kasukuwere’s nomination to contest in the August election. On June 30, Zec cleared 11 presidential aspirants as eligible to contest in the August 23 general elections, including…
ANOTHER bogus ‘agent’ is facing three counts of fraud after he allegedly duped individuals who were seeking to immigrate to the United Kingdom (UK) of US$3 800 by promising them work permits. Francis Chitemerere, 45, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi last Friday before being remanded out of custody to August 28. The State is…
BY KETTY NYONInyonik@dailynews.co.zw MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora says he will not speak or act with rancour towards his opposition counterpart Nelson Chamisa ahead of next month’s crunch national elections. Speaking last night on independent television station 3Ktv’s popular news and current affairs programme, Vantage, Mwonzora added that he was approaching the elections with this spirit,…
