HARARE – The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) recently recovered property worth $7 800 from suspected burglars who had been terrorising Harare’s Hopley suburb over the past few weeks. Southlea Park ZRP arrested six suspects, of which one is a minor. The suspects include two women, Elizabeth Nekati, 23, and Patricia Gwangwava, 32, who were identified…
MUTARE – A two-year-old child that went missing during a Johanne Marange Apostolic Church gathering last week was found dead at the shrine in an advanced state of decomposition. The incident has since triggered social media frenzy with some fingering some prominent members of the sect of having killed the child for ritual purposes. Manicaland…
HARARE – Organised criminal networks, smuggling syndicates and gold cartels are costing government millions of dollars and complicating Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra)’s revenue collection efforts. This comes as Zimra has called for a collaborative effort, a national consensus and commitment to fight the scourge of tax corruption and evasion. The tax collector’s efforts to reduce…
HARARE – Godfrey Gandawa, a former Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister, is now on the run after he failed to appear before High Court judge Tawanda Chitapi yesterday to answer to allegations of abusing over $450 000 from the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (Zimdef). Prosecutor Clemence Chimbari applied for the issuance of a warrant…
HARARE – Confusion has rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC amid conflicting signals from senior officials over suspended mayors as well as the fate of those who stood as independent candidates in the July 30 elections, hence defying the party. This comes as MDC secretary general Douglas Mwonzora reversed a decision by the party’s Matabeleland North…
HARARE – Most boarding schools in the country are at the verge of shutting down early due to food shortages amid current price hikes. This comes after price hikes disarmed the buying power that many schools had at the beginning of the school second term in August. The more than 70 percent increase in prices…
HARARE – Teachers are headed for a showdown with government this week over deteriorating conditions of service as they plan to down tools on Friday and march in protest. Teachers’ unions told the Daily News yesterday that their members had become fed up with a government they see as unresponsive to their concerns. Progressive Teachers’…
HARARE – Government has resorted to charging United States dollars for the payment for all goods and services paid by foreigners at selected Zimbabwe’s Parks & Wildlife Management Authority (ZimParks) recreation facilities. This is despite President Emmerson Mnangagwa defiantly insisting that the United States dollar and the bond note remains at par. Mnangagwa is on…
HARARE – Hwange Colliery Company management is accused of plundering $6,4 million which was meant for exploration work, amid other corruption charges. This was revealed yesterday, during the Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development meeting, were Hwange Colliery board members affirmed that an audit had revealed the misappropriation of funds. The ring-fenced $6,4 million…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa says he will soon revise again under-fire Finance minister Mthuli Ncube’s controversial two cents per dollar transaction tax — which caused widespread panic in the country when it was introduced last month. This comes after the Daily News accurately reported at the time that when Ncube announced his tax that…
