© CIVIL society leader and activist Mfundo Mlilo has filed a High Court application seeking Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi to issue a certificate for the private prosecution of Finance minister Mthuli Ncube over alleged criminal conduct which has negatively affected the economy. [GoogleAd] Mlilo wants, among other things, Ncube prosecuted for criminal abuse as a public…
© PARLIAMENT’S Mines and Mining Development com- mittee yesterday demanded an end to Fidelity Printers and Refiners (FPR) gold buying monopoly, as well as the scrapping of the 55 percent retention threshold, which it says are contributing to the decline in gold deliveries. [GoogleAd] This comes after gold deliveries to FPR in September dropped 19…
© HUAWEI Technologies Zimbabwe yesterday launched the Zimbabwe National Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Competition which is expected to feature 200 students from Zimbabwean universities and technology institutions. The company’s managing director, Jason Shao, said the global ICT competition — featuring about 200 coun- tries, with Zimbabwe joining it for the first time this year…
© PARLIAMENT is looking at a controversial new law that will see MDC legislators fined or even imprisoned if they disrespect or show contempt for President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he is in the National Assembly, the Daily News reports. This comes as most Parliamentary business has lately been negatively affected by the deepening rift between…
© ANGERED by the authorities saved clampdown on dissenting voices in the country in recent months the MDC yesterday warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government that it had now pushed Zimbabweans too far, the Daily News reports. At the same time, political analysts also warned yesterday that the alleged shooting at opposition leader Nelson Chamisa in…
© EXPENSIVE SUVs swooshed past the grass-thatched homes as the noise from a helicopter shattered the Wedza rural peace, marking the return of one of their own, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga. [GoogleAd] Saturday, November 30, was a big day at Chiwenga’s rural home as multitudes of people celebrated his return from China where he had…
© AN AIDE to opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, has claimed that the MDC boss escaped an assassination attempt yesterday after security agents allegedly fired shots at him during a tree-planting event in Marondera, the Daily News reports. [GoogleAd] However, police immediately denied that they had shot at Chamisa — admitting only to “firing teargas”…
© THE trial of MDC councillor Arnold Batirai Dube, who is facing charges of distributing flyers at a polling station during the 2018 elections in violation of the Electoral Act, has been further postponed. [GoogleAd] Dube is also accused of forging MDC chief of staff Sesel Zvidzai’s signature to enable him to take part in…
© HARARE mayor Herbert Gomba, pictured, has said the city council must have garnishing powers to enable it to recover millions of dollars owed by residents and other organisation. The council has been using debt collectors in the past but Gomba told the Daily News yesterday that its wish is to be given powers to…
© A CHITUNGWIZA man who was arrested after he was found with a live python around midnight has appeared in court. [GoogleAd] Lovemore Machingauta, 24, told Harare magistrate Yeukai Chigodora that he had been instructed by his grandfather, who owned the snake, to bring it to Harare from Murewa. Machingauta was charged with contravening the…
