By Dionne Kanyowa THE trial of the former Harare mayor, Herbert Gomba and three former council executives accused of abusing public office by disposing of land worth over $26 million without proper procedure continued yesterday. As part of the allegations, Gomba, Stanley Ndemera, Hosiah Chisango and Charles Kandemiiri are said to have sold a Vainona…
THE State says senior lawyer Simplicius Chihambakwe, accused of corruptly concealing a transaction after his firm was engaged to provide debt collection services for the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company, getting over US$3 million in commission at a time he was a board member, has a case to answer. This is after he had…
By Brighton Muronzereyi THE Citizens Coalition for Change says its leader Nelson Chamisa will from now onwards be referred to as the CCC’s change champion in chief, with all other people who identify with the party known simply as change champions. Confirming the Daily News’s story of Monday in this regard yesterday, affable CCC deputy…
By Hazel Marimbiza POLICE have raised concern over growing cases of children being murdered by their parents or guardians. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said it was worrying that many children were being deprived of their right to life by people close to them. “Police have observed a disturbing…
LAWYERS representing politicians Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have called for the incarceration of senior public prosecutors Michael Reza and Lancelot Mutsokoti on allegations of contempt of court. This was after the politicians’ lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Jeremiah Bamu argued that the prosecutors had failed to give them State papers to prepare for their clients’…
By Brandon Josphat STOCK theft cases have this year marginally decreased to 3 214 from 4 053 that were recorded last year although rustlers were still targeting cattle, police have said. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said so far 336 culprits of stock theft had been arrested this year while last…
By Ketty Nyoni CLOSE to one million Zimbabweans have left for other countries mainly to seek employment, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) says. Announcing the 2022 population and housing census preliminary results on migration in Harare yesterday, Zimstat director general Taguma Mahonde said the data only included persons living outside the country whose households…
KENYA’S Supreme Court yesterday upheld results declaring William Ruto winner of last month’s presidential elections. Ruto, 55, won with 50.49 percent of…
Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Energy Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) claims it is literally giving consumers free electricity leading to failure to pay suppliers. Speaking during Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera) stakeholder consultation meeting on effective service delivery system between 2022 and 2025 yesterday, ZETDC managing director Howard Choga said the power utility was…
Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERmurozereyib@dailynews.co.zw INDUSTRY has welcomed the government decision to suspend the payment of US$ to government ministries, agencies and local authorities as a move set to arrest inflation. This comes after a directive from secretary of Finance George Guvamatanga, that any collection of fees and levies for services rendered in foreign currency by government,…
