Maxwell Sibanda ASSISTANT EDITOR WHILE government insists on telling the world there is no crisis in Zimbabwe, analysts believe the time is now ripe for an honest assessment which should lead to collective efforts to find a lasting solution and to seek help from leaders in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and African Union….
INFORMATION Communication Technology (ICT) minister Jenfan Muswere says community information centres (CICs) being established across the country will assist both urban and rural communities in attainment of a digital economy in the face of the global Covid-19 pandemic. Muswere said this yesterday while officially opening the Mashava CIC in Masvingo Province set up by the…
By Blessings Mashaya and Mugove Tafirenyika MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson and spokesperson of the July 31 Movement, Job “Wiwa” Sikhala, pictured, was arrested by authorities in Tynwald North — west of Harare — yesterday, having spent nearly a month in hiding, the Daily News reports. At the same time, another organiser of the foiled…
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) took steps more than a year ago to have former Zimbabwe first lady Grace Mugabe extradited to South Africa for the alleged August 2017 assault of model Gabriella Engels in a Sandton hotel, AfriForum revealed on Thursday. The delay, however, seems to lie with the department of justice. The civil…
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has directed mobile money operators to immediately close all multiple wallets and allow just one wallet per individual. THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has directed mobile money operators to immediately close all multiple wallets and allow just one wallet per individual. This came out from the…
By Mugove Tafirenyika and Blessings Mashaya SOUTH Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) says its government should be frank and straightforward about what is happening in Zimbabwe before a solution to the country’s problems is found. ANC chairperson of the subcommittee on international relations Lindiwe Zulu, told a virtual Governance Accountability Platform (GAP) discussion…
ZIMBABWE Amalgamated Churches Council (Zacc) has accused Roman Catholic bishops of meddling in the country’s political affairs, saying they should instead pray for President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Addressing the media yesterday, Zacc patron Jimayi Muduvuri, pictured, said churches must support the president for the good of the country. “We are not happy with what bishops…
SENIOR regional magistrate Trynois Utahwashe says releasing Transform Zimbabwe leader and convener of the 31st July Movement Jacob Ngarivhume will endanger public safety and peace. Utahwashe, who declined granting Ngarivhume bail on his third attempt, said the courts were impartial and only dealt with the law, not politics. Ngarivhume, who is facing allegations of inciting…
Vasco Chaya STAFF WRITER chayav@dailynews.co.zw THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has urged the public to respect the sanctity of human life and avoid taking matters into their hands after 16 people were murdered within a week, the Daily News reports. “ZRP notes with concern the upsurge in murder cases during the period extending from August…
Austin Karonga STAFF WRITER Karongaa@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday sent a message of condolence to the family of former University of Zimbabwe history associate professor, Chengetai Jonas Mudadirwa Zvobgo, pictured, who passed on in Harare on Tuesday after a protracted stroke-related battle. He passed on at St Giles Medical Rehabilitation Centre aged 78. He is…
