THERE was drama yesterday at the Treadgold Building which houses Bulawayo Magistrates’ Courts after a 28-year-old man facing unlawful entry charges fled from the first floor courtroom through a window while his matter was in session. This was after Clarence Burayayi appeared to have been angered by magistrate Nomagugu Maphosa’s suggestion that he be checked…
LIBERATION struggle stalwart Rugare Gumbo, pictured, has implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa to “swallow their pride” and work together to help resolve Zimbabwe’s decades-long political and economic challenges. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the plainspoken Gumbo — a former Zanu PF bigwig and senior Cabinet minister — said…
THE government said yesterday that the country’s coronavirus situation remained under control as evidenced by the current reduced numbers of pandemic deaths and severe cases. Speaking to the Daily News, the Covid-19 national co-ordinator in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s office, Agnes Mahomva, also pleaded with Zimbabweans to remain vigilant againt the disease. This comes amid fears that…
THE government says it is on course to completing work on transforming the remaining 30 transmitters from analogue to digital terrestrial television…
ONE hundred and thirteen heads, directors and board members of illegal Harare schools face arrest with their institutions closed for contravening the Education Act, the government has said. Secretary for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Harare Province Tafadzwa Muguti yesterday said the province has zero tolerance towards lawlessness and corruption. “On the 17th of January 2022,…
FORMER Defence minister Sydney Sekeramayi, pictured, is set to lose his Marondera property after failing to pay back a US$250 000 loan advanced to him by one Exevia Maoneke. The 4 199 square-metre stand was tendered as security in the acquisition of the loan through mortgage bonds that were executed separately on September 7 last…
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora, pictured, says the need for national dialogue has never been more urgent in the wake of the country’s escalating prices and Zimbabwe dollar crisis. Speaking to the Daily News at the weekend, the MDC boss also warned that the country was headed for even more wretched political and economic times unless bickering politicians…
Brighton Muronzereyi AUTHORITIES have reduced the duty on imported basic goods, in a bid to further stabilise skyrocketing prices in the country. In measures announced at the weekend, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said the move was aimed at ensuring that ordinary people had access to fairly priced goods. “To ensure that citizens have access to…
The Lands ministry is working on measures to capacitate Agritex officers and also addressing their shortage. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the ministry’s…
Melisa Chatikobo THE Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company (ZETDC) have revised the price of electricity upward after it reverted to using the US$0, 63 cents per unit with effect from yesterday. In a statement yesterday, the power utility said the new prices were already approved by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (Zera). “ZETDC wishes…
