By Brandon Josphat ZIMBABWE was plunged into mourning yesterday following the death of Evangelist Ezekiel Guti, the founder of Pentecostal church, Zimbabwe Assemblies of God Africa (Zaoga) Forward in Faith. He died on Wednesday afternoon in his sleep at the age of 100. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, various church officials described Guti as…
THE Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court ruling which had foiled National Pharmaceutical Company (NatPharm)’s attempt to walk away from its US$20 million contract with Drax Consult Sagl. Supreme Court judges — Joseph Musakwa, Chinembiri Bhunu and George Chiweshe — dismissed NatPharm’s appeal and ruled that its contract with Drax was valid. “I prepared…
THE attempted murder trial of Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s former wife, Marry Mubaiwa, continued yesterday at the Harare Magistrates Court, with a State witness insisting that the former model tried to kill her then-husband in 2019. When the trial commenced before magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka, the State’s fourth witness, Major Godfrey Nyoni, who accompanied Chiwenga for…
A MAN from Hatfield in Harare, who is facing fraud charges after he allegedly stole a credit card and used it to make purchases worth nearly U$3 000, has appeared in court. Blantyre Ndomene, 29, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Wednesday, where he was granted US$100 bail. The court heard that in February…
THE government’s recent policy interventions are starting to bear fruit, amid high hopes by business for the further stabilisation of the Zimbabwe dollar and prices of basic goods. In its latest inflation and currency developments update, the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) — one of the country’s biggest business lobby groups — said Treasury and…
BUSINESS tycoon Zunaid Moti yesterday rubbished claims that he received undue assistance in setting up his business empire in Zimbabwe. He also dismissed widespread reports of his purported links to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. “They (amaBhungane) have already exposed whatever they said is an exposure but I see nothing, no value in it. “I still challenge…
Brendon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw THE government has equipped the police with 132 more vehicles to add to their existing fleet to enable them to effectively execute their mandate ahead of the fast approaching elections next month. This comes as police commissioner-general Godwin Matanga recently told Parliament that the law enforcement agents were severely under-resourced, a situation…
By Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITERkunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw MORE than 8 000 people have been arrested since the police’s anti-drug blitz started in January while at least 53 bases have been shut down, police spokesperson Paul Nyathi has said. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Nyathi indicated that the majority of drug peddlers arrested during the ongoing operation were…
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw WOMEN legislators from Zimbabwe and South Africa have called for collaborative efforts in the fight against gender-based violence (GBV), emphasising the importance of community involvement. This comes as the Multi-Party Women’s Caucus of South Africa’s Kwazulu Natal legislature is currently in the country to exchange notes with their Zimbabwean counterparts on issues…
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is battling to resolve its double candidates mess ahead of next month’s crunch national elections. This comes as its defi ant followers that the party wants to withdraw from key parliamentary and municipal contests insist that they will not do so, arguing that they were duly chosen as party…
