SECURITY forces maintained a heavy presence around the country yesterday, amid talk of more protests by the opposition and pro-democracy groups. This comes as Zimbabwe is under a dusk-to-dawn curfew that was imposed by authorities to combat the spread of the lethal coronavirus which is now running amok in the country. Yesterday, police…
SENIOR police officers, among them deputy commissioner-general Stephen Mutamba, have been accused of frustrating investigations into alleged fraudulent land deals by Delatfin (Pvt) Ltd owner Felix Munyaradzi. This emerged at the Harare Magistrates’ Courts yesterday when alleged land baron Munyaradzi appeared for initial remand before regional magistrate Ngoni Nduna facing four counts of fraud. Munyaradzi…
ZIMBABWE on Friday recorded 14 coronavirus (Covid-19) deaths, bringing the total to 67, the ministry of Health and Child Care said in an update. This comes at a time when the number of recoveries is going up. The country on Friday had 1 004 recoveries, after an increase of 80 — 65 in the Midlands…
THE International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has written to President Emmerson Mnangagwa asking his government to denounce Zanu PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa’s statement attacking labour unions. In the letter dated July 29, ITUC said Mnangagwa’s government and Zanu PF were violating workers’ rights. “On 27 July 2020, we noted a press conference convened…
FOUR former MDC employees have now applied for the High Court to issue a garnishee order against the party’s bank accounts to recover terminal benefits and salaries which they are owed. Wilson Box, Aleck Tabe, Geraldine Sibanda, and Lawrence Paganga previously sued the MDC Alliance, but recently directed their lawsuits against the Thokozani Khupe-led…
BUSINESSMAN Genius “Ginimbi” Kadungure has demanded that former First Lady Grace Mugabe’s son Russell Goreraza and her brother Samson Marufu pay him his full balance after a botched sale of his Mercedes Benz ML63 to the two. In a High Court case, Goreraza borrowed the car from Kadungure last year and got involved in an…
FIFTY people have died after being attacked by wild animals across the country in the first seven months of the year, while several others were injured as cases of human-wildlife conflict continue to increase. Most fatalities were recorded in communities near wildlife habitats including Hwange, Binga, Kariba and Chiredzi with elephants accounting for 50…
Mugove Tafirenyika and Jeffrey Muvundusi STAFF WRITERS SECURITY forces yesterday cleared the central business districts (CBDs) of Harare and Bulawayo — in the process preventing tens of thousands of people from reporting for work, the Daily News reports. The major operation came ahead of today’s planned mass protests against the government, and as the global…
Sindiso Mhlophe SENIOR STAFF WRITER mhlophes@dailynews.co.zw THE government has warned public hospitals turning away patients who do not have certificates or results to prove that they are coronavirus (Covid-19) negative. This comes as the Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) has raised concern over citizens who are being turned away for not having…
Blessing Masakadza STAFF WRITER masakadzab@dailynews.co.zw THREE soldiers from the Parachute Regiment at Inkomo Barracks, Darwendale, have been arrested for beating up a man to death after he had an altercation with his wife. Challenge Msengezi, Paddington Tinei Muketiwa and Milton Kamutikaoma allegedly fatally assaulted Fortune Mutyambizi of Mutyambizi Village, Madziva, Mashonaland Central. The three soldiers…
