BULAWAYO – A mainstream MDC Bulawayo provincial official who was arrested in November last year for denigrating President Robert Mugabe at a funeral was acquitted by the courts on Friday. Tsepiso Mpofu, the MDC Bulawayo provincial organising secretary was acquitted by magistrate Gladmore Mushowe due to lack of evidence. “These were just flimsy allegations without…
HARARE – High Court judge Happias Zhou will on Thursday determine whether Member of Parliament for Bikita West, Munyaradzi Kereke should answer to rape charges reported against him by an 11 year-old relative. The girl’s guardian Francis Maramwidze filed a High Court application, seeking an order compelling the businessman’s prosecution. Maramwidze’s lawyer Charles Warara yesterday…
BULAWAYO – A new political party was officially launched at Presbyterian Church in Bulawayo on Saturday. Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) becomes the second party pursuing the agenda of dividing Zimbabwe into two after the Mthwakazi Liberation Front (MLF) led by self-exiled Paul Siwela. Addressing journalists in the Bulawayo, MRP president Mqondisi Moyo said they were…
JOHANNESBURG – South Africa’s priority crime investigation unit, the Hawks, is investigating the company which owns Bokai Platinum in Zimbabwe following allegations that the emails of senior staff were illegally hacked and some employees put under undue pressure in “a racist interrogation.” Among the senior employees allegedly subjected to an array of illegal measures by…
HARARE – President Robert Mugabe has invoked the Presidential Powers (Temporary Measures) to amend the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act which will see life imprisonment for sea piracy. The criminalisation of acts of piracy committed in the high seas by Zimbabwe relates to one in which the country is obliged to address. The new…
HARARE – Government has gazetted the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe Bill and the Biological and Toxin Weapons Crimes Bill, clearing the way for the bills to be tabled in Parliament. Cabinet in November last year, approved the Sovereign Wealth Fund of Zimbabwe Bill which will fund the Government’s economic blueprint Zim Asset (Zimbabwe Agenda…
HARARE – A local courier services company has been dragged to court on criminal charges for allegedly operating without a valid licence. Megapost International Freight, represented by its managing director Luka Moyana denied the allegations of contravening the Postal and Telecommunications Act, when it appeared before Harare magistrate Georgina Tsatsawani Ndava last Friday. According to…
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s prospects of a good farming season might be in jeopardy following revelations that part of government’s $160 million inputs are yet to reach the intended farmers, while rains continue to be elusive in some parts of the country. Despite years of declining agriculture output due to persistent droughts and lack of inputs,…
HARARE – Schools will open tomorrow under a cloud of uncertainty as teachers’ unions threaten strike action if their demands for salary adjustments are not met by Wednesday. Apart from the threats, parents and school heads are also still not sure how much they are to pay for school fees as government announced a freeze…
EDITOR — I appeal to the minister of Primary and Secondary Education Lazarus Dokora to look into the welfare of teachers as a matter of urgency. This affects the teachers’ performance as well as other sectors of the economy. Teachers are not equipped for inclusive education and that’s where our greatest challenge is. Learning difficulties…
