BULAWAYO mayor David Coltart has come out in support of thousands of informal traders displaced in the ongoing operation against illegal vending in the central business district (CBD). Recently, the local authority and the Provincial Affairs ministry resolved to remove vendors operating along the popular Fifth Avenue to pave the way for the refurbishing of…
By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw THE police, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ) have set up digital systems to ease the processing of court dockets and bring efficiency and accountability in justice delivery. This was confirmed by prosecutor general Loice Matanda-Moyo at the handover of ICT equipment to the law…
TRADITIONAL leaders have expressed reservations on the new Marriages Act, arguing that some sections were against traditional norms and values. This follows the enactment of a new Marriages Act last year after the repeal of Customary Marriages Act and the Chapter 5:11 of the Marriages Act. The new Act consolidates all marriage laws in Zimbabwe…
By Brandon JosphatSENIOR STAFF WRITERjosphatbl@dailynews.co.zw ZANU PF will not stand in the way of the long-mooted talks with the country’s main opposition, as long as this will be in the interest of all Zimbabweans. So says the secretary-general of the ruling party, Obert Mpofu, who told the Daily News yesterday that both Zanu PF and…
By Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERngarar@dailynews.co.zw THE newly-appointed Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Michael Reza has pledged to ensure thorough investigation of graft cases before suspects are handed in for prosecution. Speaking to the media after his swearing-in at State House, Harare, by President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday, Reza, who has served for over 20 years in the…
Rutendo Ngara STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw ZIMBABWE received a major boost in its quest to ensure food security for all in the midst of a drought afterPresident Emmerson Mnangagwa took delivery of a consignment of wheat and fertiliser donated by Russia yesterday. The consignment had been blocked by the European Union (EU) in October last year…
ZIMBABWE Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya was yesterday granted US$500 bail after allegedly defrauding an Indian businessman of US$1 million. She appeared before Harare magistrate Stanford Mambanje facing fraud charges, and will return on April 10 for routine remand. State prosecutor Lancelot Mutsokoti told the court that Rushwaya managed to convince Ashok Jain to…
A cure for HIV could be on the horizon after scientists eliminated the virus from cells in a laboratory. Using a gene-editing tool known as Crispr-Cas, researchers were able to target HIV DNA and remove all traces of the virus from infected cells.Working essentially as scissors, the Nobel Prize-winning technology can cut DNA at certain…
By Ketty NyoniSTAFF WRITERnyonik@dailynews.co.zw HEALTH experts have warned that the country is facing another major cholera outbreak, after the virulent diarrhoeal disease killed 16 people on Monday alone. Very worryingly, this — in turn — came after another 14 people around the country lost their lives to the disease three days earlier, taking the cholera…
ISHMAEL Chokurongerwa — the alleged cult leader who is also known as Madzibaba Ishmael — will spend two weeks in remand prison after he was denied bail yesterday. This comes after Chokurongerwa was arrested last week on charges of running a cult in Nyabira, in Mashonaland West. He was nabbed together with seven other officials…
