By Yvonne Ncube A ZESA foreman has been dragged to court for employing ghost workers and receiving the non-existent employees’ salaries for personal gain. Moses Sithole on Monday appeared before Bulawayo magistrate Tavengwa Sangster facing fraud charges. He was not asked to plead. It is the State case that in 2020, Sithole indicated that he…
Regis Chingawo chingawor@dailynews.co.zw THE parliamentary portfolio committee on Primary and Secondary Education has summoned the Zimbabwe Schools Examinations Council (Zimsec) to provide an explanation for this year’s examinations paper leaks. This comes at a time when Zimsec’s legitimacy has been questioned for a while because of public examinations leaks, the most recent of which occurred…
THERE is mounting disquiet within the ranks of Zanu PF over the preliminary outcomes of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (Zec) delimitation exercise. At the same time, the national elections management body has defended its work, saying that this won’t affect voting in the station-based polling that will still be in use in the crunch 2023…
By Brandon Josphat AUTHORITIES are mulling increasing electricity tariffs as part of efforts to deal with the country’s debilitating power crisis. This comes after Parliament urged Zesa to charge realistic prices and also find ways of earning more foreign currency to help the embattled power utility to procure sufficient electricity for both ordinary consumers and…
By Nyasha Dube THE High Court has dismissed an application by a Harare woman Katarina Phiri who was seeking condonation in a matter where she is fighting an eviction order granted against her. According to court documents, Phiri entered into a lease agreement for a State-owned house in Chitungwiza with Local Government minister July Moyo….
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) says it has scaled-up its protection of child rights efforts, in a move meant to curb the rampant increase of cases involving the abuse of minors in the country. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, the executive secretary for ZHRC, Delis Mazambane said in its latest efforts the commission…
By Brighton Muronzereyi PROCUREMENT Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe (Praz) chief executive, Clever Ruswa, admitted yesterday that the authority did not exercise due diligence when it awarded tenders to two private companies to supply laptops to Parliament at inflated prices. Treasury was compelled to withdraw tenders early this year in which Parliament planned to buy laptops…
Nyasha Kunyiswa and Rutendo NgaraSTAFF WRITERS ZIMBABWE’s brutal power cuts are worsening another long-standing national crisis, the provision of reliable potable water to many places around the country. The Daily News established from a number of local authorities yesterday that they were battling to pump enough water for their communities due to the country’s relentless…
By Brighton Muronzereyi PARLIAMENT has implored the government to provide adequate funding for the country’s strategic fuel reserves to avoid unnecessary disruptions in economic activities. In a post-budget report presented in Parliament last week by the Parliamentary portfolio committee on Energy and Power Development, legislators noted that national strategic fuel reserves had been underfunded in…
By Nyasha Dube A MOUNT Darwin man Alfred Rupiya has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after the High Court found him guilty of striking his 68-year-old neighbour, Nichol Jimu to death with an axe. According to court documents, Rupiya and Jimu were estranged neighbours who always insulted each other whenever they met. On…
