POLICE Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga, pictured, says the crime rate in Zimbabwe has declined by 17 percent due to Covid-19-induced restrictions as well as efforts by the police in combating the scourge. Speaking during the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Commander’s Conference held in Harare yesterday, Matanga said the police had managed to contain crime last year,…
TWO managers employed by a money transfer institution — Mukuru — have been arrested on allegations of stealing US$100 000 secured in a vault on behalf of a client. Mukuru’s Harare Sam Nujoma branch manager Alexander Zengeni and his assistant Raphael Ruduvo have since been charged with theft of trust property. It is the State’s…
LEGISLATORS yesterday demanded that the Local Government ministry must table in parliament the Justice Tendai Uchena Commission’s land audit report which exposed massive illegal land grabs by politicians and businesspeople in and around urban areas. The matter arose during the National Assembly question and answer session, with Zanu PF legislator Energy Mutodi asking Local Government…
WITH preparations for the 2023 national elections now earnestly under way, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will soon start engaging all key stakeholders for a common roadmap for the polls. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Zec spokesperson Qhubani Moyo said the engagements were aimed at enhancing the electoral management body’s credibility in the eyes of all…
ZANU PF has intensified its preparations for the 2023 elections and the upcoming by-elections after the ruling party deployed politburo members to various provinces to mobilise and recruit new members. Speaking during the ruling party’s policy meeting at the weekend, Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu said the party was making sure everything is…
THE State wants Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent Chamakandiwona Nyahunda incarcerated as a way of sending a strong message against corruption after he allegedly connived with suspected gold smuggler Tashinga Masinire. Nyahunda, who also goes by the alias Vincent Moyo, is accused of orchestrating Masinire’s smooth passage at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport before he…
AS EXPECTED, the government has appealed against the weekend ruling by the High Court which nullified the recent extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s tenure in office. Speaking to the Daily News last night, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the appeal meant that the High Court’s judgment in the Malaba case had now been suspended. “We filed…
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, says he is working on mending rifts in the party’s Bulawayo structures as he seeks to stabilise the party ahead of the 2023 elections. This comes as a group of women walked out of the party’s women assembly belated Women’s Day celebrations in Bulawayo over the weekend, expressing displeasure over the…
THE much-talked about move by the ruling Zanu PF to close ranks with and re-admit all its members who were turfed out of the former liberation movement at the height of the party’s tribal, factional and succession wars has hit the rocks. This is despite Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu’s recent clear…
ALL eyes will be on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the government in the coming days and weeks, after the High Court ruled yesterday against the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s tenure in office. In the judgment that may not be appealed, the High Court said the recent Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2 — which…
