© WOMEN activists have come out guns blazing against Independent Norton MP Temba Mliswa who recently mocked women parliamentarians by calling them “benchwarmers”. [GoogleAd] Mliswa told a local online media house that women — who currently occupy 60 seats under proportional representation (PR) provided for by the Constitution — simply “sit and do nothing” in…
© THE country’s leading daily, the Daily News, in partnership with the Africa Economic Development Strategies (AEDS), will present the inaugural State of the Economy Report on May 7 at Cresta Lodge in Harare. [GoogleAd] To be produced on a quarterly basis, the report is meant to be an economic dashboard on key economic indicators…
© CHURCHES here have come together to pray for ailing Zimbabwe liberation war stalwart Dumiso Dabengwa, wishing him a speedy recovery. [GoogleAd] Dabengwa was early this week flown to India for urgent medical attention. The Zapu president is battling a liver problem and has been in and out of hospital since late last year. Close…
© A MAJOR shake-up is underway in the country’s biggest referral hospitals as Health and Child Care minister Obadiah Moyo, pictured, begins to flex his muscles following his appointment in September last year, the Daily News can report. [GoogleAd] The former Chitungwiza Central Hospital chief executive officer (CEO), who inherited a collapsed healthcare system that…
© ZANU PF’s ongoing restructuring of Harare and Bulawayo provinces is moving at a snail’s pace. In February, President Emmerson Mnangagwa dissolved the party’s two provincial executives and appointed his deputies Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi to oversee their restructuring. [GoogleAd] However, the exercise that began last month is still in its infancy as the…
© A DOMBOSHAWA man appeared before Harare Magistrate Richard Ramaboa yesterday facing charges of culpable homicide. Sydney Matope was charged with contravening section 49(a) of the Criminal Law Codification and Reform Act Chapter 9:23. [GoogleAd] It is alleged that on May 24, 2017 at around 1800hrs, the accused was riding a black mountain bicycle along Harare-Makumbe…
© Mutare-BASED garment manufacturer Job Torindo is on trial for allegedly illegally selling two houses belonging to his UK-based nephew. [GoogleAd] Job denied any wrongdoing when he appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe. He claimed he had power of attorney over his nephew Shame Torindo’s three houses. He was left in charge of the houses when…
© TWO Norton Town Council officials yesterday appeared before the Harare Magistrate’s Courts facing charges of culpable homicide. [GoogleAd] Appearing before magistrate Hosiah Mujaya, two council officials were charged with contravening section 49(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act Chapter 9:23. According to State papers, it is alleged that on an unknown date…
© A Marange man who fatally stabbed his cousin for trying to prevent him from assaulting his wife on Good Friday has appeared before a magistrate on murder charges. [GoogleAd] Kuziva Mukunguma of village 26 in Mt Zonwe under Chief Marange, was not asked to plead when he appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe. He is being…
© TAFARA — a small compound on the fringes of Ngangu high density suburb in Chimanimani, was completely razed by Cyclone Idai. [GoogleAd] Nothing but two patchy slabs remain, where more than 22 houses once stood. The rest of the place is now a rocky riverbed. It had been sitting atop an underground river that suddenly…
