ZANU PF activist Sybeth Musengezi, who was arrested on allegations of fraudulently acquiring the ruling party’s membership card, has filed an application for a stay of proceedings. He was arrested last year and charged with fraud after he allegedly falsified his address when he obtained a party membership card. Musengezi appeared before Harare magistrate Yeukai…
A CHITUNGWIZA man has appeared before the Harare Magistrate’s Court on charges of forging his wife’s signature in order to secure a divorce three years after their marriage. Travolta Reginald Tonderai Chitongo, 29, was hauled before magistrate Dennis Mangosi on Friday, where he was asked not to plead before being charged with forgery. He was…
A FRAUD suspect, James Landon, who duped Nyasa Air Charter in a botched US$1, 5 million partnership deal, has been arrested while…
By Ketty Nyoni FORMER Zanu PF youth league big wheel, Godfrey Tsenengamu, says the opposition seemingly has no appetite to take on and beat President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party in this year’s crunch national elections. Tsenengamu, who now leads the Front for Economic Emancipation Zimbabwe (Feez), also said his organisation would back a…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube says authorities are confident that the measures that they have introduced will stabilise the country’s economy. Speaking in London on Friday, Ncube said the country was on the right path despite its current economic challenges. “On the domestic macro-economic front, the current tight monetary and fiscal policies have allowed the government…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa launched a “presidential title deeds and settlement programme” yesterday and handed over 265 title deeds to residents of Epworth. He also pledged that the initiative would be beneficial to all irregular settlements around the nation. Speaking to a large crowd in Epworth, just outside Harare, Mnangagwa said the programme would help regularise…
POLICE are on the hunt for 15 men who allegedly murdered their friend at a bar in Matobo, Matabeleland South province. Provincial police spokesperson, inspector Loveness Mangena, confirmed the incident to the Daily News On Sunday yesterday, saying the victim, Ngubuko Sibanda, lost his life after being severely beaten up. “Police have launched a manhunt…
HARARE City Council junior councillors have joined the nation’s ongoing effort to combat drug abuse by launching an awareness campaign with the theme “Above the influence”. Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday yesterday, junior council chief of committees clerk Ashley Nyovhi said the junior councillors were seeking to help learners understand the dangers of…
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says current electoral laws do not allow the opposition to plan for elections optimally. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Chamisa also said the fact that election dates were proclaimed by the president bestowed significant electoral advantages on the country’s incumbent leader and governing party over their…
OWNERS of illegal structures in Bulawayo’s Central Business District (CBD) face charges as the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) conducts inspections meant to identify unapproved constructions. According to the latest council minutes, BCC said it was following up on all illegal structures in the city. “BCC is in the process of issuing final notices and charging…
