THE Harare City Council (HCC) says it will embark on an exercise to re-evaluate some of the major deals it previously entered into, to ensure that they were benefitting residents. In a statement posted by the HCC’s communication department yesterday, mayor Jacob Mafume and the entire local authority were of the view that some of…
Brandon JosphatSTAFF WRITERjosphatb@dailynews.co.zw FORMER Speaker of Parliament, Lovemore Moyo has urged opposition leaders to “walk the talk” and show that they mean what they say when they criticise Zanu PF, by actively fostering democracy in their parties. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the opposition stalwart expressed grave reservations about the apparent reluctance by both…
Dionne Kanyowa THE appeal against conviction and sentence of the former Mines ministry permanent secretary Francis Gudyanga was postponed on Thursday after he requested extra time to supplement his arguments as he had found new information crucial to his appeal. Advocate Sylvester Hashiti, who was representing Gudyanga, told High Court judge Justice Benjamin Chikowero the…
Dionne KanyowaSTAFF WRITERkanyowad@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court has passed a 30-year jail sentence on a man who gruesomely murdered his 87-year-old uncle by striking him in the head with an axe several times in November 2019 in Domboshava. Justice Munanamato Mutevedzi found Killian Tagarira guilty of murdering Bernard Shonhai Majaji, who was a brother to the…
Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERmurozereyib@dailynews.co.zw CIVIL servants resolved yesterday to go on strike for two days next week, warning that if their grievances are not resolved by September they will undertake a bigger and longer industrial action. This comes despite last-minute attempts by authorities to engage government workers over the wage dispute, which has been rumbling on…
Brighton Muronzereyi STAFF WRITER murozereyib@dailynews.co.zw PARLIAMENT wants working men in the country to be allowed to go on one month paternity leave when their wives give birth in order to allow them to take care of their loved ones. In its report presented in the National Assembly during the second reading of the Labour Amendment…
CLERGYMAN Obadiah Musindo, who is an ardent supporter of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF, has warned the ruling party’s regrouping Generation 40 (G40) faction — saying it will be dealt with ruthlessly if it continues to attempt to foment chaos in the former liberation movement. Speaking last night on independent television station 3Ktv’s widely…
Rutendo Ngara AUTHORITIES have launched last-ditch efforts to avert next week’s strike by civil servants, by telling them that there is still room for further negotiations in the current pay dispute. This comes after Public Service minister Paul Mavima re-affirmed the government’s commitment yesterday to improving the welfare of its workers. “We will continue to…
ZENGEZA West MP Job Sikhala has launched a fresh bid for freedom after a regional magistrate threw out his challenge for placement on remand on a charge of obstruction of justice. Sikhala is alleged to have recorded a video and uploaded it online while addressing mourners at Moreblessing Ali’s funeral, claiming that she had been…
Ketty Nyoni HARARE City Council (HCC) has admitted to the failure of its billing system and called upon residents who have received overcharged bills to engage them. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, HCC acting spokesperson Innocent Ruwende bemoaned how their current billing system was crippling work at HCC. “Currently our system has…
