POLICE are facing strong criticism in the wake of brutal attacks on vendors and desperate commuters in downtown Harare this week by rogue members of the force, acting under the guise of enforcing the country’s fortified coronavirus measures.The Daily News was told by hurting members of the public yesterday how delinquent and baton-wielding police officers…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday fired High Court judge, Justice Erica Ndewere for misconduct. This comes after he received a report from a tribunal he set up last year to investigate Ndewere on whether she was still fit to remain in office after a slew of misconduct allegations levelled against her. “The tribunal established in terms…
By Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO SOUTHAMPTON Building that houses police officers in the Bulawayo city centre was yesterday gutted by a fire, which is suspected to have been caused by an electrical fault. The 13-storey building, which also houses Bulawayo West Police headquarters situated on Joshua Mqabuko Street and 9th Avenue, caught fire on its…
CHIEF magistrate Munamato Mutevedzi has described crystal meth (mutoriro) as a great danger for Zimbabwe’s youth and called on the government to come up with ways to eradicate the illicit drug. Mutevedzi made the remarks while sentencing Mathew Hopkins to an effective two-and-half-years in jail for possession of the drug yesterday. The 29-year-old Hopkins pleaded…
ANOTHER Zanu PF regional meeting descended into chaos this past weekend, with party bigwigs said to have almost come to blows at the get-together — as ugly factionalism continues to ravage the ruling party. Insiders who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said the ruckus at the Mashonaland Central provincial co-ordinating committee (PCC) meeting was fuelled by…
SUSPECTED notorious armed robber Musa Taj Abdul, pictured, and eight of his gang members were yesterday slapped with three-year jail terms each after they were convicted of unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. Abdul, Liberty Mupamhanga, Prince Makodza, Godfrey Mupamhanga, Charles Lundu, Rudolf Kamhanga, Innocent Jairos, Tapiwa Mangoma and Carrington Marasha were each handed…
Tamary Chikiwa in BULAWAYO THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has challenged politicians in Bulawayo to mobilise their supporters to register to vote as the city is at risk of losing about three constituencies as “an average of zero people are coming forth to register”. This comes as Zec resumed voter registration on April 1 after the…
Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president and liberation hero, has died at a military hospital in the capital, Lusaka, where he was being…
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has demanded Parliament to institute a probe into Norton independent legislator Temba Mliswa’s conduct after he labelled him a witch yesterday. Mliswa caused commotion before being ejected from the National Assembly after he blocked Ziyambi, who is also the leader of government business in Parliament, from answering questions, hurling insults at…
PRESIDENTIAL spokesperson George Charamba says Nelson Chamisa should banish any thoughts of ever having direct talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa outside the government’s Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, after the MDC Alliance leader re-iterated his desire to hold direct dialogue with Mnangagwa, Charamba also said it was time Chamisa “moved on…
