By Anna Chibamu AT least five people are reported to have died while 44 were injured after a bus overturned along the Harare-Beit-bridge highway on Saturday evening. While police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi was not available for comment, State media quoted him as confirmed that five people had perished Saturday evening when a South
By Alois Vinga PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been urged to expedite the ratification of an Africa visa protocol that will ensure people from across the continent only apply for these at ports of entry. Currently, citizens from most countries have to make prior visa arrangements before travelling to Zimbabwe. Labour federation, the Zimbabwe Congress of
By Bulawayo Correspondent Bulawayo High Court Judge, Thompson Mabhikwa has formally nullified the suspension of Bulawayo City Council Town clerk Christopher Dube by the then acting Mayor Tinashe Kambarami. Last month, Kambarami, who is city deputy mayor, suspended Dube under controversial circumstances accusing the Town Clerk of mismanagement and corruption. The move triggered a political
By Robert Tapfumaneyi A government department has blamed the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) for its failure to disburse $9 million meant for vulnerable groups. The money allocated to the Ministry of Social Services, according to Auditor General Mildred Chiri had to be returned despite the fact that most Zimbabweans are struggling to put one
By Mary Taruvinga MDC vice president, Tendai Biti, has dragged First Mutual Holdings Limited to court demanding his retirement package amounting to $15 million. The insurance company had said it would only pay him what was agreed upon attaining his retirement age of 60. Biti argues that in 1993 while he was a partner at
By Bulawayo Correspondent A Bulawayo magistrate Friday convicted and fined a 35-year-old United Bulawayo Hospital (UBH) nurse, Jabulani Moyo for assaulting a doctor working at the same health centre following a dispute involving a student nurse. Magistrate Nomalanga Ndlovu fined Moyo $50 or 20 days in prison for head-butting Raymond Shandare. In convicting and sentencing Moyo, the Magistrate ruled
By Bulawayo Correspondent THE opposition Zapu party says it feared controversial Ntabazinduna chief and fierce government critic, Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni could be poisoned in jail. Ndiweni was jailed 18 months by Bulawayo Magistrate, Gladmore Mushove last week for damaging his subject, Fetti Mbele’s homestead. His other 23 co-accused villagers were sentenced to 525 hours of community
By Alois Vinga PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday issued a “chilling” warning to unproductive Zimbabweans holding large tracts of land acquired during the country’s controversial land reform programme by reminding them to be productive or risk losing it. Addressing farmers at the inaugural Zimbabwe Agricultural Show in Harare Friday, Mnangagwa underscored that the whole idea
By Staff Reporter NEWZIMBABWE.COM reporter Leopold Munhende was Friday morning arrested while covering a protest by the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) in central Harare. Munhende was bundled into a truck along with hordes of protesting teachers and human rights lawyer Douglas Coltart. Coltart was involved in skirmishes with police officers before he
By Costa Nkomo AMID claims of abductions on political and human rights activists by suspected state agents, one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s advisors and businessman Shingi Munyeza has launched a disguised tirade at government for failure to deal with the issue. Munyeza’s comments on microblogging site, Twitter come as a flood of reports emerge of
By Anna Chibamu GOVERNMENT is unaware of any cases of abductions despite the numerous claims from prodemocracy groups as well as the opposition, Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema said Thursday. Numerous opposition activists have reportedly been abducted, tortured and left for dead the latest being comedian Samantha Kureya popularly known as Gonyeti who late Wednesday
By Robert Tapfumaneyi THE relaxation of visiting rules and regulation for prison inmates during what has been dubbed Family Week, does not extend to giving them conjugal rights, the Zimbabwe Prison Correctional Services (ZPCS) said. ZPCS chief correctional officer Mayor Kanyezi told local media that once convicted such rights are automatically taken away. “There are
By Leopold Munhende LOCAL observers and journalists hoping to cover upcoming by-elections in Zimbabwe will now have to pay some foreign currency in order to be accredited, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said. In a notice published recently, Zec said all local observers and journalists will have to part with the equivalent of US$10
By Costa Nkomo AS the security situation in Zimbabwe continues to deteriorate, MDC Marondera Central MP Caston Mateu has claimed unknown people opened fire outside his home in the early hours of Thursday. No one was injured in the incident. The MDC has reported a crackdown on its members countrywide following an abortive attempt to
By The Sun BRITISH police are reportedly holding a 42 year-old Zimbabwean immigrant for the gruesome murder of his wife in Essex. A murder investigation has now been launched after a woman was found stabbed to death in a broad daylight horror attack. The 41-year-old was declared dead at the scene in the sleepy village
By Robert Tapfumaneyi MDC leader Nelson Chamisa’s lieutenants have reportedly refused to accept court papers in the case in which the opposition’s former workers are demanding their outstanding salaries. The party is reportedly claiming it is not the one mentioned in court papers. Chamisa’s party is known as the MDC Alliance in Parliament but beyond
By Anna Chibamu SIDE marketing and an opaque payment system have left cotton farmers reeling, Parliament has heard. Cotton Producers Association of Zimbabwe national chairman Stewart Mubonderi on Tuesday told the Portfolio Committee on Lands and Agriculture that government needed to intervene if the sector is to be revived. “Cotton is grown in marginalised areas
By Paidashe Mandivengerei ZIMBABWE’s high rate of corruption chases away potential investors, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said Wednesday. Mnangagwa was speaking at the launch of the anti-corruption awareness campaign in Mt Pleasant, Harare dubbed “corruption ends with you” with calls on all citizens to serve as “whistle blowers” and help wipe out graft. According to Prosecutor
By Tonderai Saharo OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa’s wish to lead the party in demonstrating against government failure to address the country’s economic and political challenges as well as force President Emmerson Mnangagwa into dialogue with him seem to be hitting one brick-wall after another. The latest is another prohibition order by police to attempts by
By Mary Taruvinga Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church has filed an urgent chamber application with the High Court seeking to bar their leader, Bishop Tadewu Mugodhi to appoint his son, Washington as the vice bishop of the church saying the appointment is unlawful. In an urgent chamber application filed by the sect’s vice bishop, Tonny Sigauke,
