HARARE – MDC Alliance elections official Morgen Komichi’s trial in a case he is accused of disputing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) election results announcement has been set for October 3. Komichi is being charged with contravening 186 of the Electoral Act which criminalises interrupting, obstructing or disturbing proceedings related to the announcement of the…
HARARE – A tribunal constituted to investigate former Prosecutor-General (PG) Ray Goba’s suitability to remain in office will no longer proceed to hear his case after he tendered his resignation. This effectively means that Goba is now off the hook. In July this year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa set up a three-member tribunal led by retired…
HARARE – The National Social Security Authority (Nssa) is conducting door-to-door inspections of companies within the Midlands and Mashonaland West provinces. The process, which started yesterday, will be completed on Friday. In the Midlands, Nssa inspectors will cover Gweru, Kwekwe and Kadoma, while companies in Chinhoyi and Kariba will be visited in Mashonaland West. “The…
HARARE – MDC youths leader Happymore Chidziva said the on-going clampdown on opposition party members will not silence them from demanding President Emmerson Mnangagwa to address the issue of legitimacy. This follows the arrest of several MDC activists and officials before, during and after the July 30 harmonised polls. Recently, Chidziva was given a $100…
HARARE – A soldier reportedly murdered his workmate during a heated dispute over a child’s paternity, a court heard yesterday. Taguma Chakanyuka who is stationed at Manyame Airbase appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa charged with the murder of Constantine Tapiwa Mudanda. Chakanyuka was not asked to plead to murder. He was remanded in custody…
BULAWAYO – In a case reminiscent of the former president Robert Mugabe era, where several citizens where dragged to court for undermining his authority, a commuter omnibus driver here, David Ndlovu, has been arrested for insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Ndlovu, 31, who was arrested on Friday and spent the night at Bulawayo Central Police cells…
HARARE – A Harare man yesterday narrated how businessman Frank Buyanga allegedly fraudulently processed change of ownership of his house before selling it behind his back, a court heard. Buyanga had advanced a $19 000 loan to Steven Nyoka and recommended title deeds of the man’s Mabelreign house as surety before selling the house to…
HARARE – The outbreak of cholera which first hit the capital city at the beginning of this month has spread to four other provinces. As a result, government has activated its emergence response systems in a bid to contain its spread. The death toll from the infectious disease caused by eating food or drinking water…
HARARE – Zanu PF bigwigs who failed to make it in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Cabinet including former Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu have been redeployed to work for the ruling party on a full-time basis. The decision was taken at yesterday’s Zanu PF politburo meeting held at the party headquarters in Harare yesterday. Addressing the…
HARARE – ZANU PF has decided to keep Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda in his position following a politburo resolution at the party’s headquarters yesterday, the Daily News can reveal. Speculation had been rife that Mudenda could face a challenge for the job to preside over the ninth Parliament from former Finance minister…
