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IT REMAINS to be seen whether a cordial interaction between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Rwanda this week will help to mend Zimbabwe’s frosty relationship with the United Kingdom (UK). This comes after the two men appeared to go out of their way to be nice to each other…

THE matter in which an ex-army captain was nabbed on allegations of trying to influence illegal entry of 31 AK 47 rifles into the country from South Africa has taken a new twist with his lawyer seeking to have the matter heard in camera. Leonard Matambo is in custody waiting for a ruling on his…

By Dionne Kanyowa THE trial of the former Harare mayor, Herbert Gomba and three former council executives accused of abusing public office by disposing of land worth over $26 million without proper procedure continued yesterday. As part of the allegations, Gomba, Stanley Ndemera, Hosiah Chisango and Charles Kandemiiri are said to have sold a Vainona…

THE State says senior lawyer Simplicius Chihambakwe, accused of corruptly concealing a transaction after his firm was engaged to provide debt collection services for the Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company, getting over US$3 million in commission at a time he was a board member, has a case to answer. This is after he had…

By Brighton Muronzereyi THE Citizens Coalition for Change says its leader Nelson Chamisa will from now onwards be referred to as the CCC’s change champion in chief, with all other people who identify with the party known simply as change champions. Confirming the Daily News’s story of Monday in this regard yesterday, affable CCC deputy…

LAWYERS representing politicians Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have called for the incarceration of senior public prosecutors Michael Reza and Lancelot Mutsokoti on allegations of contempt of court. This was after the politicians’ lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Jeremiah Bamu argued that the prosecutors had failed to give them State papers to prepare for their clients’…

By Brandon Josphat STOCK theft cases have this year marginally decreased to 3 214 from 4 053 that were recorded last year although rustlers were still targeting cattle, police have said. In a statement yesterday, national police spokesperson Paul Nyathi said so far 336 culprits of stock theft had been arrested this year while last…

By Ketty Nyoni CLOSE to one million Zimbabweans have left for other countries mainly to seek employment, the Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) says. Announcing the 2022 population and housing census preliminary results on migration in Harare yesterday, Zimstat director general Taguma Mahonde said the data only included persons living outside the country whose households…