Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS AUTHORITIES are expediting the crafting of a new law that will protect whistleblowers and witnesses who expose corruption, as the push to strengthen the war against rampant graft in the country escalates. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the spokesperson of the…
By Tapiwa Chirume STAFF WRITER chirumet@dailynews.co.zw HARARE mayor Jacob Mafume has admitted that the council is failing to deliver basic services, including the modernisation of public libraries and the provision of free Wi-Fi, blaming a lack of initiative within council departments. Speaking during a full council meeting on Thursday, Mafume called the city’s lack of…
PARLIAMENT has warned that deep-seated problems at the Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) pose a serious threat to the integrity of the country’s education system. This comes as Zimsec has been going all out to tighten the noose on exams’ cheats, following years of leakages of test papers and cases of corruption among some of…
CALLS are growing from legislators for the government to take bold steps toward decriminalising sex work as a key strategy in the fight against HIV and Aids. Speaking to the Daily News on the sidelines of a parliamentary portfolio committee of Health and Child Care meeting with sex workers in Bulawayo yesterday, Matabeleland South legislator…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw HARARE regional magistrate Lisa Mutendereki yesterday granted Robert Mugabe Junior US$300 bail in a matter where he is accused of unlawfully possessing dagga (marijuana) worth US$30. The magistrate ordered Mugabe to reside at his given address until the matter is finalised, not to interfere with witnesses, and to report…
Emmanuel Marambe CHIEF SPORTS WRITER THESE are heydays for Zimbabwean sport, after the country qualified yesterday for the next Cricket Men’s T20 World Cup to be hosted by India and Sri Lanka next year. In achieving this feat, the much-maligned senior men’s cricketers followed in the venerated footsteps of former Sports minister and decorated Olympian,…
AUTHORITIES are giving foreign investors a threeyear period to transfer their shareholding to local citizens in the reserved sectors of the economy. This policy push comes as the government strengthens its regulations governing these sectors to boost economic empowerment for locals. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the government…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has called for urgent reforms to the Immigration Act, which currently allows for the arrest and imprisonment of undocumented immigrants. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, ZHRC chairperson Jessie Majome said the commission is working in partnership with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to establish dedicated detention centres…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER THE late former President Robert Mugabe’s son, Robert junior, was yesterday remanded in custody on allegations of possessing dagga worth US$30. Mugabe, who slept through most of the court proceedings, appeared before magistrate Lisa Mutendereki. The State, led by prosecutor Mandirasa Chigumira, opposed bail, arguing that drug and substance abuse…
Tapiwa Chirume THE government has directed the Harare City Council (HCC) to allocate at least 30 residential stands in low-density suburbs to members of Parliament (MPs) as part of a countrywide housing scheme targeting legislators. The directive was revealed by Harare mayor Jacob Mafume during a full council meeting on Wednesday, where he read an…
