Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS NEXT month’s Zanu PF conference in Mutare should concentrate on the country’s pressing economic issues, rather than focus on inane internal party disputes, analysts say. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — the analysts said while Zanu PF’s power struggles made for “lively…
THE police have intensified traffic enforcement operations in Harare’s central business district (CBD) following the deployment of 10 new state-of-the-art motorcycles. National police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said the motorcycles were released by the Commissioner-General of Police, Stephen Mutamba, to help officers restore order on the capital’s congested roads. “The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has intensified…
Cloud Fusire at RUFARO STADIUM CAPS United…………(0) Dynamos………………….(0)1 DYNAMOS enhanced their survival hopes after edging city rivals CAPS United one-nil here yesterday. DeMbare striker Jairos Kasondo’s 54th minute header from a corner by Leeroy Mavhunga was the difference in the second instalment of the Harare derby, a result which saw them move to 15th place…
Rutendo Ngara SENIOR STAFF WRITER ngarar@dailynews.co.zw A COUPLE accused of defrauding former Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe governor Gideon Gono of $137 million had their application for discharge thrown out last Friday by a Harare magistrate after almost a year of trial that began in October 2024. Clark Clever Makoni and Beverly Aisha Ndonda-Makoni are facing…
RUTENDO NGARA A HARARE man who allegedly unlawfully changed ownership of a three-storey house worth US$580 000 is expected to hear his bail ruling today. Elijah Meskano briefly appeared before Harare regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa on Friday facing fraud charges and he was remanded in custody. It is alleged that on February 11 2017, Maria…
PARLIAMENT is seriously concerned about the soaring cases of armed robberies in the country. In this regard, the parliamentary portfolio committee on Defence, Home Affairs, Security Services and War Veterans Affairs will today hear oral evidence from the Commissioner General of Police, Stephen Mutamba, on how law enforcement agents are tackling the national surge in…
THE Chevrons top-order batsman Brendan Taylor scored his maiden T20 hundred in Zimbabwe’s impressive 170- run victory over neighbouring Botswana in an ICC Men’s T20 Africa Qualifier at Harare Sports Club yesterday. Taylor, whose 123 from 54 balls was a key part of Zimbabwe’s an impressive 259/5, was visibly emotional when he notched his well-deserved…
THE air in Malawi is thick with the unique triumph of democracy, not because of the election results themselves, but because of the grace and maturity with which they were received. In conceding defeat to former president Peter Mutharika following a tightly contested election, outgoing president Lazarus Chakwera has given all of Africa a profound…
RUTENDO NGARA THE High Court has dismissed an application by Harare lawyer Emmanuel Mukwewa seeking to overturn a default judgment compelling him and businessman Richard Paswa to jointly repay US$176 000 to a Chinese investor, Huang Li Qiang, over a failed land transaction. In a recent ruling, Justice Siyabona Musithu said Mukwewa had failed to…
Yvonne Ncube in BULAWAYO A TRAINEE police officer at Ntabazinduna training depot has been arrested and brought to court after he was caught red-handed with a stash of dagga and crystal meth. Prince Chavaraka appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Takudzwa Gwazemba charged with contravening section 157 (1) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act. He…
