CHIEF magistrate Faith Mushure is today expected to deliver a ruling on an application for discharge filed by opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri accused of faking their abduction. The two have denied the allegations saying they never told anyone that they had been abducted or kidnapped. They insist…
By Brandon Josphat CITIZENS` Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says his party will contest in next year`s general elections with or without electoral reforms. This comes as the opposition outfit recently submitted a position paper to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) appealing to the electoral body to arrange a meeting so that they…
IN A welcome respite for hard- pressed consumers, the prices of basic goods in the country — in- cluding mealie-meal, cooking oil,bread, flour, sugar, rice and milk — continue to be relatively stable. This comes as both the Zimba- bwe dollar and month-on-month inflation have also been steadying in recent weeks, with the coveted greenback…
By Rutendo Ngara 100 Zimbabweans led by academic Ibbo Mandaza have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the continued detention of opposition MPs Job Sikhala, Godfrey Sithole and other 14 Nyatsime residents. The petitioners described the group’s incarceration as politically motivated injustice.“We petition your excellence to bring to your con- sideration a most unusual situation obtaining…
THE inimitable Daily News, a sister paper to the Daily News On Sunday, is the only national daily newspaper that is growing…
By DIONNE KANYOWA HIGH COURT judge, Justice Edith Mushore, has been fired from the bench by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for misconduct after having failed to report for duty in over a year without a valid reason. Her dismissal came shortly after a three-member tribunal tasked with investigating her absenteeism in April submitted their findings to…
By HAZEL MARIMBIZA THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has intensified efforts to help the government to strengthen genomic sequencing in order to improve public health. This comes after Zimbabwe recorded five variants of S$5S-&ov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, with the ministry of Health introducing genomic sequencing in May…
Brighton Muronzereyi and Brandon Josphat AS ELECTION fever heats up ahead of the fast-approaching 2023 crunch polls, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is rallying war veterans to go all out in mobilising support for Zanu PF. Addressing former freedom fighters in Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa described them as the bedrock of the ruling party who needed to ensure…
THE Anglican Church yesterday led moving local tributes to the late and long-reigning British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, who died in Scotland…
PREMIER Service Holdings Company (PSHC) and Premier Service Medical Investment (PSMI) bosses have appeared in court accused of diverting over US$100 000 and over $14 million in holiday allowances to board members. PSHC chief executive and group strategy and performance executive Farai Muchena and Victor Chaipa were charged together with PSMI executive director corporate services…
