A UNITED States (US) court has convicted an American lawyer for hiring an undercover agent to murder his former Zimbabwean partner — who is the mother of his two children. Allen Gessen, 48, was found guilty of hiring a Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) agent to murder Zimbabwe Fashion Week founder and model, Priscilla Chigariro….
By Rutendo Ngara PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says the lack of foreign funding in the country is derailing major infrastructural development and the government is struggling to provide social protection to citizens. Addressing a high-level debt resolution forum in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said the only solution to promote development in the country is to ensure that…
THE minister of Home Affairs, Kazembe Kazembe, and police commissioner general Godwin Matanga have been ordered to pay a local company, Lovigate Incorporated, more than US$600 000 after breaching a contract for the purchase of speed enforcement cameras. Lovigate had sued the two senior government officials at the High Court, demanding US$1 956 035 for…
By Brandon Josphat SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has stopped an inquiry that was set for Thursday by the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (Pac) into allegations of illicit gold flows in the country, saying the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) and the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission are seized with the matter. The committee had…
By Brandon Josphat and Rutendo Ngara THE government’s latest economic measures that were effected last week are still to be felt by hard-pressed consumers. This comes as the prices of basic goods in the country continue to rise despite Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s efforts to stabilise prices and the hapless Zimbabwe dollar. At the weekend,…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa THE mayor of Harare, Jacob Mafume, says city fathers are doing their best to contain the spread of cholera in the capital city. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, Mafume also said they remained puzzled by the increase in cholera cases being reported in the city. “We have intensifi ed…
By Nyasha KunyiswaSTAFF WRITER PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has called on the church to play a pivotal role in promoting peace as the country hurtles towards general elections this year. Speaking during the centenary celebrations of Zaoga Archbishop Ezekiel Guti in Harare yesterday, the president appreciated the role churches were playing in the country. “Ahead of…
By Yvonne Ncube A 16-YEAR-OLD girl from Masiyephambili College in Bulawayo revealed how she was rape by her uncle in a school composition which she titled “People can be monsters”. This came to light when Mthulisi Sibanda, 34, appeared before Bulawayo regional magistrate Joseph Mabeza at the weekend facing three counts of rape. He pleaded…
By Rutendo Ngara THE government has called for robust research on alternative pest and disease control methods as reliance on chemicals is unsustainable and ecologically unfriendly. Addressing delegates during an online meeting on commemorating the International Day of Plant Health at the weekend, the ministry of Lands chief director for Agricultural Research, Innovation and Development…
BY BRANDON JOSPHAT OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora is stepping up his bid to have this year’s crunch national elections postponed. This comes despite a seven-member panel of the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), led by Chief Justice Luke Malaba, having thrown out Mwonzora’s application last week, which challenged the validity of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s gazetted…
