Brandon Josphat RULING Zanu PF legislators who boycott this week’s special National Assembly gathering on Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 (CAB3) will face severe disciplinary action. So warns the former liberation movement’s national political commissar, Munyaradzi Machacha, who also revealed ominously at the weekend that the party was currently seized with the matter of its…
AS the minister of Finance, Mthuli Ncube, fine-tunes his mid-term budget review, the timing of Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda’s weekend address in Bulawayo could not be more critical. Mudenda issued a blunt, unavoidable truth to our legislators: a national budget that fails to protect the most vulnerable is a moral and structural…
Hazel Marimbizain BULAWAYO THE Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Service has warned against smuggling contraband and abusing drugs within correctional facilities.Speaking during the Commissioner General’s Behind the Wall Chess Tournament at Khami Maximum Prison on Sunday, Commissioner General Moses Chihobvu said successful rehabilitation begins with a change in mindset and a conscious decision by offenders to…
Tapiwa ChirumeSTAFF WRITERGWERU City Council will repossess 106 undeveloped and unpaid-for residential stands to curb rampant land speculation.The affected properties are located in Southview, Randolph Phase 2, Ascot Infill, Nehosho, Senga Area 2 and Old Senga, with some of the stands having been purchased as far back as 1999, but remaining undeveloped or with outstanding…
Brighton Muronzereyi AUTHORITIES have increased security at border posts as hundreds of citizens return home, and those from the region transit through Zimbabwe on their way to their countries. This comes amid the worsening Afrophobic attacks on black migrants in neighbouring South Africa. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper —…
Shamaine ChirimujiriSTAFF WRITER SADC has called for increased co-operation among member states to accelerate macroeconomic growth, investment and regional integration.This was stated yesterday by Sadc deputy executive secretary for regional integration, Angèle Makombo N’tumba, during a joint meeting of ministers of Health and Finance in Harare, which runs until Friday.“The Sadc Committee of Ministers of…
Rutendo NgaraSENIOR STAFF WRITER A HARARE man is in trouble for allegedly selling three high-end Toyota Fortuner vehicles that he had rented using forged documents.Blessing Mangwiro appeared before Harare magistrate Donald Ndirowei at the weekend facing three counts of theft of motor vehicles.He was remanded in custody tomorrow for bail consideration.The State alleges that on…
Hazel Marimbizain Bulawayo GOVERNMENT aims to convert all 460 irrigation schemes into profit-making business units by the end of the year.This aggressive climate resilience measure comes ahead of a projected difficult 2026/2027 summer cropping season.Speaking to the Daily News, the minister of Lands, Anxious Masuka, said the government was restructuring the schemes into business entities…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A 20-YEAR-OLD Magwegwe man was found dead after allegedly taking his own life hours after his parents confronted him over suspected drug abuse.Bulawayo provincial police spokesperson Nomalanga Msebele said the deceased, Dominick Ndlovu, had been restrained by his parents from taking drugs following a discussion at their home on Saturday night.“On June…
Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO A 25-YEAR-OLD self-proclaimed prophet from Mkoba 4 suburb in Gweru has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after being convicted of raping a 22-year-old domestic worker under the guise of performing a spiritual cleansing ritual.Tawanda Shumba appeared before Gweru regional magistrate Sibongile Marondedze recently facing one count of rape.He denied the…

