HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has released the Commission of Inquiry report on the politically-motivated violence of August 1, 2018, which blames the military and the police for the death of six civilians in the streets of Harare. The report vindicates the main opposition party, the MDC, for the violence; and heaps the blame on…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his main political rival, Nelson Chamisa, are being pushed into negotiations by the Commission of Inquiry into the politically-motivated violence of August 1, 2018, which claimed the lives of six innocent civilians. Sign up to receive DAILY NEWS mobile phone text alerts from 5 cents a day. Dial *109*2#…
HARARE – A 21-year-old man has appeared before a magistrate here for stealing 58 metres of underground telecommunications copper cables. Charles Faira was not asked to plead when he appeared before magistrate Tendai Mahwe. He is being charged with wilful damage to, interference with or theft of telecommunications lines apparatus in contravention of section 89(4)(b)…
MUTARE – Government has pledged to reconstruct ramshackle old suburbs as part of its efforts to lure investments into the country, a minister has said. Speaking recently at a Smart Cities Summit Expo, Provincial Affairs minister for Manicaland Ellen Gwaradzimba reaffirmed plans to improve Sakubva high density suburb by replacing its squalid housing structures with…
HARARE – Collective, organised, cessation or slowdown of work by employees to force acceptance of their demands by the employer is commonly known as a strike. In 2016, English doctors staged their first strike in 40 years over government plans to reform pay, conditions of service and working anti-social and dangerously long hours. This shames…
HARARE – Information flying around, of a crippling civil service strike early next year must be taken seriously. Civil servants have told their employer that if their demands are not met, they will embark on a nationwide industrial action capable of disrupting government operations. Already, junior doctors have been on strike for over three weeks…
HARARE – A 22-YEAR-OLD married man has been sentenced to an effective 12 years in jail after he was convicted of raping his mentally challenged juvenile sister. At the time of committing the offence in 2015, the man — who cannot be named to protect the identity of the victim — was aged 19 and…
HARARE – MDC leader Nelson Chamisa last weekend rescued his beleaguered deputy Elias Mudzuri whom party officials wanted booted out. The MDC convened meetings of its three top organs, the standing committee, the executive committee and the national council last weekend, where agitation for Mudzuri’s ouster reached fever pitch. Mudzuri’s rivals were pushing the MDC…
HARARE – The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has placed several law firms under curatorship and has advised members of the public not to associate with them. In a statement, LSZ said Allen Moyo Attorneys, Chibune and Associates, Chizikani Legal Practitioners, Gonesi and Partners, Machokoto and Partners, Marondedze and Makuku Legal Practitioners, Mhiribidi Company, James…
HARARE – The Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) has de-registered two lawyers over alleged misconduct. In a notice yesterday, LSZ said the two lawyers were de-registered last week. “The Law Society of Zimbabwe would like to notify the public that the following were deregistered by the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal (LPDT) sitting at Harare on…
