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THE State wants Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agent Chamakandiwona Nyahunda incarcerated as a way of sending a strong message against corruption after he allegedly connived with suspected gold smuggler Tashinga Masinire.   Nyahunda, who also goes by the alias Vincent Moyo, is accused of orchestrating Masinire’s smooth passage at Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport before he…

AS EXPECTED, the government has appealed against the weekend ruling by the High Court which nullified the recent extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s tenure in office. Speaking to the Daily News last night, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the appeal meant that the High Court’s judgment in the Malaba case had now been suspended. “We filed…

MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora, says he is working on mending rifts in the party’s Bulawayo structures as he seeks to stabilise the party ahead of the 2023 elections. This comes as a group of women walked out of the party’s women assembly belated Women’s Day celebrations in Bulawayo over the weekend, expressing displeasure over the…

  THE much-talked about move by the ruling Zanu PF to close ranks with and re-admit all its members who were turfed out of the former liberation movement at the height of the party’s tribal, factional and succession wars has hit the rocks. This is despite Zanu PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu’s recent clear…

ALL eyes will be on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the government in the coming days and weeks, after the High Court ruled yesterday against the extension of Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s tenure in office. In the judgment that may not be appealed, the High Court said the recent Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2 — which…

TAMARY CHIKIWA PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has reiterated that businesses should stop mourning over sanctions, but work on transforming the economy taking advantage of export and investment incentives availed by the government to promote the sector. While touring Tregers group of companies in Bulawayo on Friday, Mnangagwa said the responsibility of building an upper middle income…

MANICALAND provincial education director Edward Shumba says non-government schools are only eligible to increase fees after getting approval from the permanent secretary. This comes in the wake of an increase in school fees by institutions owned by the Anglican Church in the province, a development Shumba said violated the Education Act. “It has been brought…

WITH 2023 now around the corner, the MDC Alliance has reiterated the urgent need for national dialogue, especially relating to essential electoral reforms ahead of the beckoning polls. The alliance said earlier this week, following a meeting of its national standing committee in Harare, that the much-talked about dialogue should include the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission…

LEGISLATORS have given the government a seven-day ultimatum to allocate them residential stands they were promised, failure of which they said they will take legal action. Speaking in the National Assembly on Wednesday, Norton Independent MP Temba Mliswa said if the government failed to give them the residential stands he was going to approach the…

WITH 2023 now around the corner, the MDC Alliance has reiterated the urgent need for national dialogue, especially relating to essential electoral reforms ahead of the beckoning polls. The alliance said earlier this week, following a meeting of its national standing committee in Harare, that the much-talked about dialogue should include the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission…