LEGISLATORS have questioned why the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda stopped a parliamentary committee inquiry into illicit gold inflows in the country. This comes as Mudenda has blocked the probe by the public accounts committee (Pac) over the illicit flows of gold in the country and had summoned the Reserve of Bank of…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has confirmed the arrest of over 400 council officials across the country with the highest number of arrests recorded in Harare and Chitungwiza municipalities in the past three years. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, on the sidelines of a local authorities training by the anti-corruption agency,…
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) is scaling up its efforts of eradicating rabies in the country through controlling the population of stray dogs and intensifying the programme of vaccinating dogs and cats. This comes after the recent ministry of Health surveillance report showed that by February, 2023 cumulative figures for suspected cases of rabies were…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) senior member Job Sikhala and Chitungwiza North MP Godfrey Sithole yesterday sought to stop the State from playing an alleged video, in which the two opposition politicians appear inciting public violence. The pair is currently facing trial before Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti after they allegedly incited violence that broke out…
CASES of intra-Zanu PF confl ict are rising, amid ongoing fallouts over the party’s recent primaries. This has compelled the former liberation movement to organise peace meetings across the country, ahead of the country’s crunch national elections. The meetings — meant to pacify losing parliamentary and council candidates, as well as their supporters — are…
By Shamaine Chirimujiri THE Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ), the publishers of the Daily News and the Daily News On Sunday, will tomorrow hold a Drugs and Substance Abuse Conference at the Cresta Lodge in Msasa, Harare, where various stakeholders will deliberate on sustainable solutions to tackle drug and substance abuse in the country. The…
By Brandon Josphat POLICE say they will intensify their surveillance at all ports of entry ahead of the expected return of thousands of Zimbabweans based in South Africa when their Zimbabwe Exemption Permits (ZEP) expire next month to flush out wanted criminals. The South African government has declined to renew the ZEP permits. Speaking to…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES say they have launched a nationwide blitz against unfair business practices that have become rampant and offenders will be penalised. This was said by the minister of Information, Monica Mutsvangwa, last night while addressing a post Cabinet media briefing in Harare. “The nation is being assured that the quality assurance and…
By Ketty Nyoni HIGH global demand for cholera vaccines has seen local health authorities failing to secure enough stocks for the country. The shots required to help control the spread of cholera in the country are procured from the World Health Organisation(WHO)’s International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday,…
AUTHORITIES say they plan to fast-track the passage of the Electoral Amendment Bill in Parliament. This is intended to happen so that the mooted changes to the country’s laws can be used in this year’s crunch national elections. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said claims that reforms that would come…
