By Rutendo Ngara THERE are fears that many students from poor backgrounds will drop out of State universities, after these institutions of higher learning sharply hiked their fees — which will see some of them charging scholars more than $1 million per semester. This comes amid ongoing struggles by hard-pressed parents and guardians, who are…
By Dionne Kanyowa FORMER Harare City Council mayor Herbert Gomba and three former council bosses want their charges of abuse of public office dropped, ostensibly because the State failed to establish a case against them. Gomba, Stanley Ndemera, Hosiah Chisango and Charles Kandemiiri stand accused of selling a Vainona stand to a company called Hardspec…
By Rutendo Ngara ELEVEN notorious armed robbers were arrested in Karoi after police received a tip-off. In a statement yesterday, the police said the group was involved in nine cases of armed robbery and one case of unlawful entry where they got away with cash and valuables worth more than US$130 000.The 11, Gift Asafu…
CHIEF magistrate Faith Mushure is today expected to deliver a ruling on an application for discharge filed by opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activists Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri accused of faking their abduction. The two have denied the allegations saying they never told anyone that they had been abducted or kidnapped. They insist…
By Brandon Josphat CITIZENS` Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says his party will contest in next year`s general elections with or without electoral reforms. This comes as the opposition outfit recently submitted a position paper to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) appealing to the electoral body to arrange a meeting so that they…
IN A welcome respite for hard- pressed consumers, the prices of basic goods in the country — in- cluding mealie-meal, cooking oil,bread, flour, sugar, rice and milk — continue to be relatively stable. This comes as both the Zimba- bwe dollar and month-on-month inflation have also been steadying in recent weeks, with the coveted greenback…
By Rutendo Ngara 100 Zimbabweans led by academic Ibbo Mandaza have petitioned President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the continued detention of opposition MPs Job Sikhala, Godfrey Sithole and other 14 Nyatsime residents. The petitioners described the group’s incarceration as politically motivated injustice.“We petition your excellence to bring to your con- sideration a most unusual situation obtaining…
By DIONNE KANYOWA HIGH COURT judge, Justice Edith Mushore, has been fired from the bench by President Emmerson Mnangagwa for misconduct after having failed to report for duty in over a year without a valid reason. Her dismissal came shortly after a three-member tribunal tasked with investigating her absenteeism in April submitted their findings to…
THE inimitable Daily News, a sister paper to the Daily News On Sunday, is the only national daily newspaper that is growing…
By HAZEL MARIMBIZA THE World Health Organisation (WHO) has intensified efforts to help the government to strengthen genomic sequencing in order to improve public health. This comes after Zimbabwe recorded five variants of S$5S-&ov-2, the virus that causes Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, with the ministry of Health introducing genomic sequencing in May…
