PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pledged to issue out worshiping places to the apostolic faith sect in a bid to avoid evictions and disturbances by local authorities. This comes as Mnangagwa rallied the apostolic sect through the Vapostori for ED to vote for him ahead of last year’s general elections.Addressing a Zanu PF “Thank You” rally…
THE Death Penalty Abolition Bill could be passed into law by the end of June this year, an opposition parliamentary chief whip has said. This comes as the Death Penalty Abolition Bill, which seeks to abolish capital punishment by proposing a number of amendments to laws that provide for the death penalty, has received widespread…
THE reality of a national coalition government sunk in for most South Africans yesterday after the results of this week’s tightly-contested elections confirmed that the governing African National Congress (ANC) will not garner a majority. In this regard, ANC deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane revealed that the party’s stunned leadership would meet last night to “reflect…
By Rutendo Ngara BUSINESSMAN Neville Mutsvangwa and his alleged two accomplices were granted bail by the High Court yesterday, after spending weeks in remand prison. In his ruling, Justice Rogers Manyangadze said Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi had erred when he did not grant the accused trio bail. He added that instead of denying the men…
By Masimba Makwembere PUBLIC universities in Zimbabwe are now offering psychometric tests as a way of determining the right students to admit for a particular course. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, permanent secretary in the ministry of Higher Education Fanuel Tagwira said it was up to universities to decide their admission criteria. “Universities can…
By Rutendo Ngara ngarar@dailynews.co.zw SUPREME Court judges yesterday dismissed an appeal filed by former Bikita West MP Munyaradzi Kereke where he was challenging his 14-year jail term for raping his then 11-year-old niece at gunpoint. He was jailed in 2016, but was released on $500 000 bail in 2021 pending his appeal against both conviction…
By Brandon Josphat SENIOR STAFF WRITER josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw POLICE have warned the public against installing beacon lights and sirens on their vehicles saying they are a preserve of the country’s presidium only. This comes as it has become habitual for some motorists in the country to install bar and beacon lights on their vehicles as well…
FORMER South African president Jacob Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party was last night poised to deal the governing African National Congress (ANC)…
By Nyasha Kunyiswa kunyiswan@dailynews.co.zw ANGRY United Methodist Church (UMC) parishioners marched in Harare yesterday to protest the recent decision to permit same sex marriages by their global general conference. The congregants described the decision that was made in the United States of America (USA) in the conference that sat between April 23 and May 3…
By Brandon Josphat josphatbl@dailynews.co.zw GOVERNMENT is set to employ university graduates without pedagogy as Advanced Level teachers of mathematics, physics, chemistry and biology as part of moves to address shortage of skilled personnel in the education sector. In a letter dated May 20 addressed to the secretary in the ministry of Primary and Secondary Education…
