HARARE – Industry and Commerce minister Mike Bimha knew exactly what he was getting himself into when he was appointed to the portfolio last year. Bimha had his job cut out for him, well before he took office. Deteriorating economic conditions in the country since the hyperinflationary period and the influx of cheap commodities during…
HARARE – Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) has welcomed the suspension of the Presidential Scholarship Programme, saying the bursary should be used to support students in local universities. Chris Mushowe, head of the scholarship programme said last week enrolment for the Presidential Scholarship Fund had been suspended amid revelations that government was battling to pay…
HARARE – Samuel Sipepa-Nkomo, the MDC shadow minister for Agriculture, has called for the dismissal of Joseph Made from his position as minister of Agriculture. In an interview with the Daily News, Nkomo said Made, who has been at the helm of Agriculture, was out of his depth and could therefore not revive the sector….
MASVINGO – A rural couple, stalked by hunger, was recently forced to break into their neighbour’s granary to steal maize to feed their starving children. They also made away with a goat, a Masvingo court heard yesterday. The couple, Clifford Mugawa ,34, and his wife Alice Manzunzu, were lucky to escape jail after they pleaded…
MUTARE – The appeal against the expulsion of Mutare mayor, Tatenda Nhamarare and three MDC councillors over allegations of forging a voting pact with Zanu PF in council chambers is still pending, a senior official has said. Mayor Nhamarare and councillors Farai Bhiza, Pamela Mutare and Richard Mupfura were expelled from the party by the…
HARARE – An ex-convict yesterday told a Harare Civil Court that his girlfriend falsely got him arrested for rape. Simbarashe Mudhuru told magistrate Gamuchirai Siwardi that his girlfriend Privilege Gwatidzo reported him to the police after he told her he no longer loved her after discovering love messages from another man on her mobile phone….
HARARE – A Waterfalls man masqueraded as a Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officer and defrauded a motorist of $900 saying he could help him recover an impounded vehicle. Brighton Magoto, 40, appeared before Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe facing extortion charges. He was remanded to April 14 on $100 bail. Magoto was ordered not to interfere…
HARARE – A Southerton traffic police officer has been hauled before the courts for extorting money from commuter omnibuses. Trymore Hofisi, 36, reportedly collected money from commuter omnibus drivers plying the Epworth-Mbare route before clearing them of alleged traffic offences. Hofisi appeared before Harare magistrate Tendai Mahwe charged with extortion or alternatively criminal abuse of…
MASVINGO – The recent heavy rains received in Masvingo Province have raised water levels in Lake Mutirikwi to only 38 percent. While most of the dams around the province have recorded over 100 percent, the Zimbabwe National Water Authority’s (Zinwa) Runde Catchment Authority, said the dam has risen to 1,3 million cubic meters, translating to…
KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s prime minister has announced that missing flight MH370 crashed in the southern Indian Ocean. Najib Razak said this was the conclusion of fresh analysis of satellite data tracking the flight. Malaysia Airlines had told the families of the 239 people on board, he said. Standing sombre before the world’s media, Malaysia’s…
