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By Bulawayo Correspondent
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has defended President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s repeated promulgation of statutory instruments (SIs) as a way of addressing multiple economic and political challenges facing the country.
Last year, Mnangagwa’s administration promulgated a record 300 SIs, and in the process violated laid down procedures on most of these subsidiary laws.
This year, the government has also gazetted a couple of SIs with the latest being the controversial SI 127 of 2021.
The new law has already triggered massive price hikes for most goods, and services.
However, addressing journalists at the Bulawayo Media Centre Thursday, Ncube admitted a lot of people have confronted him, several times, voicing their concerns over the continued introduction of SIs.
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He will be back in court on July 14 to admit to the offence.
This will be his second drink-driving conviction. In 2014, he was fined and disqualified from driving after he was convicted of a similar offence.
Details on the fine amount and disqualification period were not revealed in court documents.
Pow could end up behind bars this time as repeat drink drivers can be jailed for up two years and fined up to $20,000.
First-time offenders can be jailed for up to a year and fined up to $10,000.
Pow allegedly committed his latest drink-driving offence at around 11.20pm on Sept 17 last year.