GOVERNMENT has committed to embark on radical economic changes, saying it is the only way for it to achieve its vision 2030 targets. In his opening remarks during the Zimbabwe Economic Development Conference in Victoria Falls yesterday, deputy Finance minister Clemence Chiduwa, pictured, said there is a need for new strategies for the country to…
Dionne KanyowaSTAFF WRITERkanyowad@dailynews.co.zw THE High Court has ordered Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner-General Godwin Matanga to pay $3 million as compensation to a now paralysed police brutality victim who was shot during protests against fuel hikes in 2019. This comes after Pardon Chitongo, 25, dragged the government officials to court seeking damages…
AILING Marry Mubaiwa, who is Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s ex-wife, was yesterday brought into court on a wheelchair for the cancellation of an arrest warrant that was issued against her by a regional magistrate on Friday. Marry is facing allegations of attempting to kill Chiwenga in South Africa when he was ill.On Friday, Marry failed…
ZIMBABWE is pinning its hopes on re-joining the Commonwealth after receiving backing from Rwanda which is currently chairing the group. Speaking during a post-cabinet media briefing in Harare yesterday, Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said: “Rwanda is committed to assist Zimbabwe in its bid to be readmitted to the Commonwealth, taking advantage of Rwanda’s chairpersonship of…
FORTHRIGHT liberation stalwart and former Cabinet minister, Tshinga Dube, says there is all likelihood that the looming Zanu PF congress will restore a woman as one of the party’s top three leaders. Speaking last Thursday on independent television station 3Ktv’s popular programme, Vantage, Dube noted that the wishes of the women’s league had historically always…
Rutendo Ngara and Brighton MuronzereyiSTAFF WRITERS THE government is committed to improving the welfare of security forces so that they can continue to do their work diligently, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday. Speaking in Harare during National Defence Forces Day commemorations, Mnangagwa said authorities were doing everything in their power to increase the salaries of…
FORMER MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe has challenged opposition political parties to adopt new strategies to lure more voters ahead of the crunch 2023 harmonised elections. Khupe, who was speaking recently on a twitter space organised by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Mthwakazi, a group of the party’s supporters based in the diaspora, said…
Melisa ChatikoboSTAFF WRITERchatikobom@dailynews.co.zwTHE Harare City Council (HCC) says it has man- aged to secure water treatment chemicals to ease water shortage in the capital. In a notice, HCC urged residents to use water wisely as chemicals were still in short supply.“Please note that water treatment chemicals have started trickling in and there is minimum pumping…
Blessing MasakadzaSENIOR STAFF WRITERAmasakadzab@dailynews.co.zwTRUCK driver has been nabbed on allegations of conning a local business- man of over 500 000 rand in a botched groceries supplies deal. Admire Mubaiwa allegedly misrepresented that he was in the business of importing groceries from South Africa for a fee before supplying his bank account on the guise that…
Rumbidzai NgwenyaSTAFF WRITERngwenyar@dailynews.co.zw AUTHORITIES have issued a temporary amnesty to all people who possess illegal firearms, as the government bids to stem soaring cases of violent crime involving guns in the country. National police spokesperson, Paul Nyathi, said yesterday that the reprieve had been granted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and was effective until the end…
