VICE President Constantino Chiwenga’s estranged and ailing wife Marry will stand trial in a matter she is accused of providing false information to a marriage officer after two prison doctors ruled that she is fit to follow proceedings. This is despite spirited efforts by Marry’s lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa asking the court for a postponement to…
PARLIAMENTARY portfolio committee on Defence, Home Affairs and Security Services chairperson Levi Mayihlome says the government is underfunding the country’s security sector, forcing officers to be involved in corrupt activities to eke out a living. Speaking during a post 2022 National Budget review in the capital on Monday, Mayihlome said the government must look into…
AUTHORITIES have launched an investigation into the puzzling death of prominent banker and businessman, Douglas Munatsi, pictured, who lost his life following a fire at his apartment in Harare’s Avenues area in the wee hours of yesterday. Munatsi, 51, was found dead in his bathroom after firefighters and police officers who were called to the…
THE family of the late former president Robert Mugabe says all is well after authorities and traditional leaders finally filled up the grave that he was supposed to be reburied in at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Mugabe’s eldest nephew, Leo, said Chief Zvimba and headman Johannes Karigamombe were present…
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube’s proposed 2022 National Budget is under the spotlight with economists and parliamentarians yesterday arguing that the Treasury boss must re-dollarise the economy. This comes as Ncube last Thursday presented a $927 billion budget in which he increased bonus tax-free thresholds — while also introducing tax cuts for struggling workers and effecting…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is set to fork out $3,7 billion to fund the impending 113 National Assembly and local government by-elections that are set for early next year. This comes as the preparations for polls are gathering pace with Zec set to strike off over 22 000 individuals from the voters’…
Rumbidzai Ngwenya ABOUT 20 percent of married men in the country are victims of gender-based violence (GBV) in the form of emotional abuse, Anti-domestic Violence Council chairperson and director of Padare Kelvin Hazangwi has said. In an interview with the Daily News in Harare yesterday, Hazangwi said as much as men were the biggest perpetrators…
MANY Zimbabweans have urged authorities to resist the temptation to impose a fresh hard national lockdown after a new coronavirus variant was recently identified in neighbouring South Africa and Botswana. People who spoke to the Daily News yesterday said the government should, instead, intensify its vaccination programme to give the country’s recovering economy a chance to heal further,…
Melisa Chatikobo HARARE City Council will intensify its preservation of wetlands in order to help the local authority reduce the resources it uses on procuring water treatment chemicals. HCC spokesperson Michael Chideme said pollution of water bodies had increased the chemicals needed for water purification. “We have set aside $83.5 million for the preservation of…
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has attributed the sharp increase in ratepayers who are settling their bills on time to the implementation of its new credit control policy. The policy was designed to assist ratepayers in managing their arrears while improving the council’s cash flow position. The local authority has been operating without a documented…
