Dionne Kanyowa A HARARE businessman’s attempt to get US$100 000 in damages from Lafarge Cement over late delivery of cement which he alleges caused him financial loss was quashed by the High Court for want of proof. In a judgment on Wednesday, Justice Gladys Mhuri found that Conscious Mativenga did not have a watertight case…
A SHOCKING number of women are shot dead by their partners in Zimbabwe every year — 11 in the first half of this year alone — prompting authorities to review the licensing of firearms to individuals in the country. The horrifying statistics emerged last night on independent national commercial television station 3Ktv’s hard-hitting and widely-followed…
AUTHORITIES are stepping up their efforts to stabilise the prices of basic goods in the country, with Treasury recently announcing further new measures to tame the rampant foreign currency parallel market. In this regard, Finance permanent secretary George Guvamatanga has temporarily suspended the disbursement of funds to all ministries, constitutional commissions and other government departments…
MDC leader Douglous Mwonzora says the Political Actors’ Dialogue (Polad) in its current form is not a convincing platform to bring about the much-needed national dialogue to change the country’s political and economic fortunes. Polad, which was set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa soon after winning the 2018 presidential election, is composed of leaders of…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya STAFF WRITER ngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw THE ministry of Primary and Secondary Education has engaged the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate schools which are charging fees using black market rates. This comes after the government recently approved schools to charge fees in US dollars, but in accordance with the prevailing interbank rate. However, some schools…
Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE European Union (EU) has urged the government to consult stakeholders on the Private Voluntary Organisation Bill, adding it has the potential of violating citizens’ constitutional rights. Addressing journalists during a courtesy call to National Assembly speaker Jacob Mudenda in Harare yesterday, outgoing EU ambassador Timo Olkkonen said there was a need…
Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERmuronzereyib@dailynews.co.zw FIREBRAND former war veterans leader and now Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson, Jabulani Sibanda, says the ruling party must jettison all corrupt bigwigs and reactionaries within its ranks. Speaking to the media on the side-lines of Heroes Day celebrations in Bulawayo on Monday, Sibanda said there were thieves and other uncouth people…
GOVERNMENT has committed to embark on radical economic changes, saying it is the only way for it to achieve its vision 2030 targets. In his opening remarks during the Zimbabwe Economic Development Conference in Victoria Falls yesterday, deputy Finance minister Clemence Chiduwa, pictured, said there is a need for new strategies for the country to…
Dionne KanyowaSTAFF WRITERkanyowad@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court has ordered Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to pay $3 million as compensation to a now paralysed police brutality victim who was shot during protests against fuel hikes in 2019. This comes after Pardon Chitongo, 25, dragged the government officials to court seeking damages…
AILING Marry Mubaiwa, who is Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wife, was yesterday brought into court on a wheelchair for the cancellation of an arrest warrant that was issued against her by a regional magistrate on Friday. Marry is facing allegations of attempting to kill Chiwenga in South Africa when he was ill.On Friday, Marry failed…
