By Nyasha Dube THE High Court has removed from the roll, the matter in which NetOne Cellular is seeking an extension to submit a new summons on the company’s former chief executive, Lazarus Muchenje for an eviction order from the company’s plush home in Borrowdale, Harare. This is the second time that the State-owned telecommunications…
WEST Property Zimbabwe scored big at the Megafest Holdings Top 20 Business awards yesterday in Harare after it’s executives were rewarded for…
By Blessings Mashaya and Brighton Muronzereyi PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday pledged continued economic stability, while also appealing to politicians to protect the country’s current peaceful environment ahead of next year’s elections. Delivering his State of the Nation Address (Sona) at the new Parliament building in Harare, Mnangagwa said it was imperative that all Zimbabweans worked…
By Nyasha Dube IMPRISONED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala will continue to languish in remand prison after Harare magistrate Tafadzwa Miti dismissed his ninth bail application yesterday. In denying Sikhala bail, Magistrate Miti said the lawmaker had been arrested multiple times before, proving that he was an “unrepentant criminal” who…
By Hazel Marimbiza POLICE have expressed concern over rising cases of illegal abortions in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said law enforcement agents would step up efforts to combat the practice. This comes as statistics show that between 60 000 and 80 000 unsafe abortions take place…
By Regis Chingawo THE Association of Child Protection Professionals has called for a long-lasting solution to stop the spread of commercial sexual exploitation of children, particularly the girl-child, which it claims is on the increase following the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country in 2020. According to the report, child exploitation has gotten…
By Nyasha Dube HIGH Court judges, Happias Zhou and Benjamin Chikowero, have thrown out an appeal against both the conviction and sentencing of a Harare man who is currently serving a 13-year prison term for raping his juvenile step-sister in 2015. Court papers show that on the night of November 28, 2015, Robert Kabisira sneaked…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is scheduled to make his State of the Nation Address (Sona) in Harare today, amid hopes that he will speak on the country’s relentless power cuts, and also assure Zimbabweans that prices will not go haywire ahead of Christmas. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the acting executive director of the Consumer…
ZANU PF says the opposition is dragging the much-needed dialogue by allegedly working with foreign nations to sow discord in the country and added that it must denounce sanctions for national talks to be successful. In an interview with the Daily News after their meeting with Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) recently, Zanu PF secretary…
A LARGE number of drug addicts are reported to have turned to the abuse of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, among other pharmaceutical substances, the Zimbabwe situational analysis on drug use and injections has revealed. According to a recent report, while crystal meth (also known as mutoriro) was the most abused substance in Zimbabwe, it was discovered…
