Tarisai Machakaire STAFF WRITER machakairet@dailynews.co.zw A JUNIOR police officer has applied for the civil imprisonment of Commissioner General Godwin Matanga for allegedly failing to abide by a High Court order that suspended his transfer to Chimanimani. Constable Chomumwe Tapiwa cited Matanga and the Police Service Commission (PSC) as respondents in the application for contempt of…
Sindiso Mhlophe STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa conferred with President Emmerson Mnangagwa before he appointed his two special envoys to Zimbabwe last week — amid allegations of human rights violations in the country — it has been confirmed. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba told the Daily News yesterday that Mnangagwa had “nothing to hide”…
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) on Friday arrested 13 people along the Limpopo River for violating coronavirus (Covid-19) regulations. Among those arrested, one had 125 litres of fuel which the police said was destined for the black market. “On 5 August police officers patrolling undesignated crossing points along the Limpopo River, arrested 13 people. “At…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw A 23-YEAR-OLD man from Dzivaresekwa, Harare, is in trouble for allegedly raping his tenant’s two year-old toddler. Ernest Dube was not asked to plead to allegations of rape when he appeared before Harare magistrate Barbra Mateko at the weekend. He was remanded in custody to August 18 and was advised…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations (UN) says Zimbabwe urgently needs US$85 million to respond to the country’s health crisis, as well as the needs of vulnerable citizens in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, the Daily News reports. This comes as the country’s health system has hit an all-time low —…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has released over US$2,5 million to scale up the country’s provision of gender-based violence (GBV) and sexual reproductive health services during the Covid-19 pandemic. This comes as GBV cases in the country have significantly increased, with advocacy organisation Musasa Project recently revealing that…
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has launched a blistering attack on the South African government, the ruling African National Congress (ANC), Economic Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema and former Botswana president Ian Khama for alleging “unverified” human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, the Daily News reports. This comes as Zanu PF has also…
AS THE government is thrust back into the spotlight, following recent allegations of torture and savage beatings of its opponents, Professor of World Politics at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, Stephen Chan, has warned that the world cannot keeping waiting for Zimbabwe and it’s time it corrects its ills and wrongs,…
Perrance Shiri obituary by Chris Mutsvangwa AS Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association, we are in total shock and deepest pain at the passing on of Hon Perrance Shiri, Minister of Agriculture and Retired Air Marshal of the Air Force of Zimbabwe. Comradre Perrance Shiri first distinguished himself as a provincial field commander of Zanla’s…
PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa’s cautious intervention in the current Zimbabwean crisis has got off to a rocky start, with the opposition warning yesterday that they will not be railroaded to accept any deals that they disagree with, as had happened a decade ago when the country’s unity government was put in place, the Daily News On…

