By Audience Mutema MDC leader Nelson Chamisa turned up unexpected at a Harare city council event Wednesday and took over the ground-breaking formalities for the construction of a primary school. Mayor Herbert Gomba was supposed to officiate at the Kuwadzana event but duly deferred to his party leader. The MDC controls the country’s capital as
By Robert Tapfumaneyi FORMER President Robert Mugabe and his are family are expected to leave the country shortly for their annual break in the Far East, it has emerged. The government would, as ever, pick up the tab, our sources said this week. While in power, Mugabe hardly took his annual holidays at home, usually
By Staff Reporter SOUTH Africa-based businessman Mutumwa Mawere has been invited to appear before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development. Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda recently wrote to the Zimbabwe-born Mawere confirming the development. According to Chokuda, the committee which is chaired by independent Norton lawmaker Temba Mliswa had considered and resolved
By Leopold Munhende STRIKING junior doctors have vowed to continue with their job action which started beginning of this month, despite government calls for them to return to work while their grievances were being looked at. Speaking at a press conference in Harare Wednesday, Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) secretary general, Mthabisi Bhebhe maintained that
By Mary Taruvinga FORMER cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has approached the High Court seeking to avert his prosecution at the Harare magistrate’s court. Kasukuwere, who is facing three criminal abuse of office charges and another of contravening the Procurement Act, is accusing the trial magistrate of irregularly handling the matter. The ex-Zanu PF political commissar
By Court Reporter JAILED ex-Zanu PF Psychology Maziwisa (34) and ZTV broadcaster Oscar Pambuka (33) have approached a Harare magistrate who sent them to prison seeking leave to appeal their sentence and conviction. Through their lawyer Jonathan Samkange, the two told magistrate Lazini Ncube that they felt his ruling was unfair and that the High
By African News Agency HARARE: A prominent Zimbabwean human rights activist on Monday reminded President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he had termed the abduction of journalist activist Itai Dzamara “barbaric” and called on him to follow his words with actions to prevent and punish rights abuses. Dzamara has been missing since March 2015 after suspected state security
By Court Reporter THE trial of MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Biti stalled Tuesday after it was claimed that top prosecutor Michael Reza derisively condemned the presiding judge. The defence immediately asked the court to charge Reza with contempt. The prosecutor was recently removed from the case over political bias. Magistrate Gloria Mtandwa was Tuesday
By Leopold Munhende OUTSPOKEN traditional chief Vezi Maduna Mafu has sought protection from Amnesty International’s South African office while claiming President Emmerson Mnangagwa has assigned state agents to trail him and ensure he did not leave his area. Chief Maduna of Avoca, Filabusi claims he was a likely target of state intimidation following his bold
By Bulawayo Correspondent THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) says cases that have come under its investigations have surged from last year’s 294 to 400 this year with high profile cases now featuring prominently among those being handled by the anti-graft body. This was revealed by ZACC deputy chair Nanette Silukhuni at the belated International Anti-Corruption
By Robert Tapfumaneyi THOUSANDS of villagers in Mazowe, once tormented by then First Lady Grace Mugabe 2016 and 17, now face fresh eviction worries, this time in the hands of the country’s lands ministry which has earmarked their land for redistribution to a suspected top government official. The close to 600 villagers and their families
By Idah Mhetu NETHERLANDS ambassador to Zimbabwe, Barbara van Hellemond has urged the Zimbabwean government to release the findings of the Commission of Inquiry into the country’s post-election violence of August 1. The disturbances saw six civilians gunned down by what is widely believed to be members of the national army deployed into central Harare
By Staff Reporter POLICE officers left out of recent internal promotions by the force have slammed their bosses for allegedly abandoning the normal examination processes to elevate their favourite individuals without any explanation. Speaking on condition of anonymity, some police officers are also up in arms with the system for allegedly sidelining Ndebeles after the
BBC Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila says he will leave office after the 23 December poll, but may seek re-election in the future. Kabila, 47, said he would remain in politics after the poll as “there is still a long journey ahead”. He became president of the resource-rich African state in 2001 following
By Mary Taruvinga POPULAR Zimbabwean socialite and businessman Genius Kadungure has pleaded with the courts to let him use his passport so he could help fix the issue of gas shortages in the country. Kadungure, affectionately known as Ginimbi, is being tried for allegedly prejudicing Treasury of $3,5 million in a tax evasion scam. He
By Idah Mhetu PROPERTY worth millions of dollars was destroyed Friday morning when a fire razed part of Harare’s Gulf Complex. The facility, located in downtown Harare, is popular with those looking for reasonably priced imports from countries such as China. The fire is the latest in a number of such unexplained infernos that have
By Staff Reporter SOCIAL media was abuzz much of Friday over claims that a mermaid had been found in central Mutare and that the creature had been apprehended and taken into custody by the police. This was however denied by the ZRP. “It’s a lie that a mermaid was brought to our station. As police,
By Leopold Munhende POPULAR for her role in the history making Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War as ‘General Okoye’, Zimbabwean Danai Gurira has been appointed as a United Nations (UN) Goodwill Ambassador. Gurira who is only the fourth African to be on the list after the late South African leader Nelson Mandela, Didier Drogba and Jaha Dukureh
By Anna Chibamu MDC deputy national chairperson Tendai Bit has hit out at finance minister Mthuli Ncube for travelling aboard at a time the country’s economic problems have taken a turn for the worst. Biti, a former finance minister, was not impressed Thursday as it was revealed that Prof Ncube was not available for debate
By Court Reporter ONE of the senior Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) suspended in October over corruption allegations appeared in court Thursday charged with criminal abuse of office. Mirirai Chiremba – director of the RBZ’s financial intelligence unit – appeared before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa who granted him $6,000 bail. The charges relate to allegations
