A RECENT report by the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (ZimStat) revealing that the country’s prison population has ballooned to over 22 800 inmates is a stark reminder of the need for urgent penal reform. This number exceeds the recommended capacity of 17 000, sparking concerns about the country’s ability to cope with the ever-increasing number…
HARARE City Council (HCC) top executives continue pocketing hefty salaries and allowances despite a directive from the Local Government Board to cut down their earnings. This comes amid reports the salaries awarded to the executives, including the suspended town clerk, Hosiah Chisango, were bleeding the council’s coffers, while the municipality was struggling to provide basic…
THE Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) yesterday took women entrepreneurs on a tour of National Foods Limited, Harare, for inspiration to scale up their businesses. The tour which targeted women operating small-scale businesses, as CZI marked the just-ended women’s month, exposed them to sophisticated production processes, product development and business models. Speaking to the Daily…
OK ZIMBABWE is seeking to raise US$30 million to address low stock levels and mounting debts to suppliers and banks, which have been attributed to both “endogenous and exogenous factors”. The chain supermarket group secretary, Margaret Munyuru, yesterday said the company planned to raise capital through several avenues that include rights issues that allow existing…
Blessings Mashaya and Brandon Josphat STAFF WRITERS THE government is mulling invoking international law to extradite errant citizens resident outside Zimbabwe who are agitating for violence, anarchy and uprisings in the country on social media. Speaking to the Daily News — the country’s most influential newspaper — Attorney General Virginia Mabiza confirmed last night that…
By Rutendo Ngara POLICE have arrested four men suspected to have been involved in last Friday’s attacks on the business premises of prominent figures — including a Cabinet minister. The four —Last Matarutse, Abel Jobe, Kizito Chinhanga, and Thomas Chanetsa, all from Chitungwiza — appeared separately in court before regional magistrate Marehwanazvo Gofa, who remanded…
TWO suspected armed robbers believed to have shot dead a Bulawayo police officer, Abel Masava, last week died yesterday at United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after being involved in a shoot-out with the police. In a statement yesterday, the national police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, said three other suspects were arrested. “Reference is made regarding the shooting…
By Thabiso Mutirwara THE Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) is targeting to collect US$7,1 billion in revenue this year, representing a 17 percent increase from 2024. This comes as Zimra last year launched a national crackdown, impounding goods worth millions of dollars in a multi-agency operation targeting importers and crossborder transporters involved in smuggling and other…
ONE of the eight armed robbers, who are in remand prison for robbing businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s in-laws of US$74 000, was yesterday sentenced to an effective 30 years in prison by Harare regional magistrate Jesse Kufa. Bigboy Nampungo of Chitungwiza pleaded guilty to six counts of armed robberies at Chivayo’s in-laws’ farm — Alpha and…
By Rutendo Ngara AN ARMED robber, Nyasha Rusike, was yesterday sentenced to 24 years in prison by Harare regional magistrate Musaiona Shotgame following his conviction last week. He was found guilty of robbing a miner of gold after luring the complainant from Masvingo to Harare promising him to buy the gold. Shotgame said during trial,…
