By Robert Tapfumaneyi THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission’s high profile hearing into claims of sexual harassment by three Immigration Department bosses failed to take off Monday after the former top police officers requested to have legal representation. However, the request did not go down well with the Margaret Mukahanana Sangarwe led Commission which felt the three
By Tonderai Saharo GOVERNMENT has started paying off part of the $20m plus debt long owed to the struggling Masvingo City Council which now plans to install prepaid water meters within the former’s buildings to try and control a runaway debt accruing from unpaid rates. The giant debt has often been cited as one of
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 Court Reporter THE trial of former Information Communication Technology (ICT) minister Supa Mandiwanzira failed to take off Monday after he was “ambushed” with state papers minutes before his trial. The Zanu PF legislator for Nyanga South complained over the state’s “inefficiency” and successfully applied for postponement through his lawyer, Advocate Brian Hungwe. Hungwe told
By Mary Taruvinga FORMER Energy Minister, Samuel Undenge could not hide his relief after he was Monday acquitted in a case in which he was accused of favouring controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo with a $200 million tender for a solar plant project. Harare magistrate, Barbara Chimboza ruled that the ex-minister did not commit any offence
By Associated Press HARARE: Dressed as Father Christmas, a man dozes off while sitting in a supermarket in Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare. No one seems to care. The holiday mood is not catching on in a country where a currency crisis has forced people to risk jail time to buy basics such as medicine and food.
By Bulawayo Correspondent FIREBRAND MDC activist and Cowdry Park councillor, Hapson Ncube died on Sunday after a long illness. The MDC confirmed the death of the former Zimbabwe National Army serviceman who was in his early 30s. “It is with utmost heartfelt condolences that we learnt of the passing on of Cllr Ncube. The entire
By Staff Reporter POLICE have summoned for trial, a 46-year-old Karoi woman on charges of undermining the authority of then President Robert Mugabe five years ago. Flora Karosi is said to have committed the crime sometime in July of 2013. According to the summons, Karosi undermined and insulted Mugabe after she allegedly uttered an abusive,
By Staff Reporter Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) president Takavafira Zhou has condemned government’s unpopular directive on local boarding schools to enrol for Form One places through online application. In a statement, Zhou called the system dysfunctional technology as not even a single school has so far managed to use the online portal. He
By Staff Reporter Masvingo: A Zanu PF activist has been released from prison after serving a 14 year jail sentence for the murder of an MDC official in Zaka district. There were wild celebrations by members of his party while welcoming him from prison. Eddie Munjanja was released from prison last week and the family,
By Mary Taruvinga A 24-year-old attempted rape suspect who had been admitted to bail has landed himself back into custody after he has been pestering his victim to withdraw the charges against him, forcing the court to revoke his bail conditions. Lukas James stands accused of trying to rape his neighbour’s maid in a recent
By Staff Reporter THE MDC has expressed shock over a three-year sentence that was handed to two Zanu PF officials in Mudzi for killing a member of the opposition party in 2012. On Wednesday, High Court judge Justice Joseph Musakwa sentenced David Chimukoko and Graciano Kazingizi to four years in prison for killing Cephas Magura
By Staff Reporter CIVIL servants might be forced to undergo “ideological orientation” before recruitment if a proposal tabled by Zanu PF members sails through. A few years ago, the ruling party set up Chitepo Ideological College to ensure that supporters get a deeper understanding of its history, values and principles. The college complements the Border
By Mary Taruvinga A 31-year-old Harare woman has been dragged to court facing fraud charges for demanding and receiving maintenance from two men she claimed to have fathered her child. Rudo Muteti was Thursday hauled before Harare magistrate Rumbidzai Mugwagwa to answer to the charges. She was remanded out of custody to December 20 on
By Mary Taruvinga FORMER ZBC TV presenter, Oscar Pambuka and former Zanu PF legislator, Psychology Maziwisa were Thursday sentenced to 78 months each after they were convicted of swindling the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) through a bogus public relations deal. They were facing two fraud counts and were convicted of both. Harare magistrate Lazin Ncube
Business Report Zimbabwe says it does not have funds to pay former white commercial farmers displaced from their land under the country’s chaotic agrarian reform programme as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government battles to contain excessive expenditure on input schemes to support productivity on farms that are now in the hands of blacks. Compensating the former
By Court Reporter FORMER ZBC presenter Oscar Pambuka and ex-Zanu PF legislator Psychology Maziwisa will this Thursday know their fate when a Harare magistrate, Lazini Ncube delivers ruling on their fraud case. The two are due to appear before magistrate Lazini Ncube for ruling on allegations that they defrauded the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of
By Leopold Munhende THE government has embarked on an ambitious $30 billion which will see the rehabilitation and development of some of Zimbabwe’s oldest residential suburbs to world class status by 2030. The plans include a New City project in Mt. Hampden, just outside Harare as well as urban renewal projects in Bulawayo and Mutare.
By Agencies HARARE: Some major companies from various sectors in Zimbabwe have started winding up operations in their loss-making divisions as foreign currency dries up. This week Sakunda Logistics – a subsidiary of Sakunda Holdings, which controls a majority stake in fuel procurement and supply – told its workers that the environment they were operating
By Bulawayo Correspondent THE MDC youth assembly Wednesday vowed to resist alleged attempts by war veterans secretary general Victor Matemadanda to turn the country into “an old people’s home” through sponsoring a constitutional amendment aimed at revising the minimum age of any aspiring State President to 52 years. Matemandanda, who is also Defence and War
